Job Description

This role will manage the management accounts and be a key financial business partner of the Central functions within the company, providing insightful efficient financial management information to direct and influence optimised financial performance.

An ability to understand the commercial levers of a business , strong technical financial skills and the ability to influence performance utilising MI are critical success factors of the role.

Job responsibilities

• P&L responsibility
• Working with Central finance functions to develop key forecasts
• Delivering succinct daily, weekly and monthly reporting with insightful variance analysis
• Producing financial commentary and MI reports as required to direct commercial strategy
• Governance of the PO process
• Balance sheet reconciliation and trial balance production
• Responsible for VAT/GST returns
• Assisting in the preparation of year end statutory account files for statutory audit purposes and consolidation, and in the preparation of tax computations
• Developing process improvements to drive process efficiency

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Part or Fully Qualified CIMA / ACCA Outstanding Excel and analytical skills Strong Commercial experience - sales and margin forecasting, financial planning and analysis Able to deliver to tight timescales P&L management experience and responsibility Cross functional collaboration (sales, marketing, operations) Excellent communication and presentation skills at all levels, to any audience. Ability to lead and drive change in a demanding environment Strong communicator at all levels