This role can be worked flexibly, including partly from home, and there is the potential to grow this into a full-time role.
Partner senior management in making critical business decisions and planning to ensure business growth and long-term success.
Drive the Company’s financial planning by gathering, analysing and presenting key financial data regarding the Company’s performance and risks for internal use in a timely way, retaining constant awareness of the Company’s financial position and acting to prevent problems.
Continually improve internal accounting control policies, procedures and IT systems.
Coordinate responsibilities and activities with Cost Accountant.
Key elements
Determine what information is needed by management and explain numbers to non-financial managers in a way they can understand and action.
Take a financial lead with Financial Director in departmental and inter-departmental meetings.
Gather and analyse financial information for corporate accounting, including preparing and publishing a timely monthly management pack to support the Financial Director with narrative and commentary on:
budgets;
variances;
forecasts;
risks identified – providing insightful and commercial analysis to minimise and manage risks, suggesting improvements.
Support budgeting and funding activities.
Explain to management the financial consequences of business decisions, including advising on the financial implications of projects.
Monitor spending and financial controls.
Ensure quality control and compliance through conducting internal business audits, developing and documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
As MIS super user, empower others to maximise value driven from MIS, suggesting updates and improvements for accounting systems.
Support month-end and year-end close process.
Fixed asset register maintenance.
Act as Data Controller as per Data Protection Act.
Deputise for the Financial Director as directed by the CEO.