Job Description

Main responsibilities

Preparation of management accounts, using Excel, including:

• Setting month end FX rates and ensuring FX revaluations to month end rates of monetary assets (including Forward contracts and currency options).
• Making accruals
• Investigating unexpected stock variances in Cost of Sales
• Investigating and explaining unexpected expenditure and variances to budget
• Executive commentary on financial results

Maintaining balance sheet schedules and following up as required, including:

• Fixed asset register
• Staff loans and advances
• Sundry creditors
• Sundry debtors
• Pensions creditor
• Directors current accounts
• Reviewing adequacy of provisions
• Act as back up to Assistant Finance Manager VAT returns and payroll preparation

Identifying variances to plan of staff payroll

Preparation and presentation of cash flow forecasts

Checking/authorising expense claims

Preparation of annual budget, including discussing and agreeing proposals with the Directors.

Maintaining statutory registers and filings as required with Companies House

Checking tax calculations (prepared by external advisors) for fact and questioning as required

Calculation of staff bonuses, and development of bonus schemes.

Generating monthly and quarterly sales analysis reports for Directors

Assisting Finance Manager on VAT and any other enquiries from statutory bodies

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities