Job Description

The postion will start part-time for 2.5 days a week and will likely grow into a full time role during the course of 2021, based on current sales growth expectations. You will be able to work remotely, communicating electronically by email, video-calls and online systems, such as Xero, Hubspot and Google suite.

Your main responsibilities will include:

1) Delivery of monthly management and annual financial accounting for each group entity, including the consolidation for management review of group financial results and position

2) Reporting against budgets and prior year, by entity and on a consolidated basis

3) Supporting management review of gross margins by customer, segment and region, highlighting variances, opportunities and risks

4) Supporting purchasing and financial systems of control, providing insight and suggesting improvements to senior managers

5) Reporting the group treasury position, identifying risk and significant foreign exchange exposure

6) Performing bookkeeping and accounting for the UK entity

7) Reconciliation each month of all balance sheet control accounts

8) Acting as the group liaison with management accountants / finance managers for off-shore group entities in USA, Bangladesh and South Africa

10) Supporting the preparation of group finance reports to the board and shareholders

11) Overseeing the following recurring areas of responsibility:

a) Prompt, complete and accurate issue of sales invoices across business units

b) Credit control function and achievement of debtor day targets

c) Bank transactions and reconciliations, and credit cards in the UK

d) Managing UK suppliers and trade creditors, and working within creditor day targets

e) Management of HMRC accounts, covering PAYE/NIC and VAT

f) Ensuring smooth running of the UK monthly payroll and analysis of monthly payroll and departmental and expense line posting

g) Supporting sales management in calculating commissions and bonuses

h) Monthly accounting journals preparation: accruals, prepayments, commissions, stock, capital expenditure, depreciation, amortisation, tax provisions

Candidate profile

Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong technical skills and the ability to partner with commercial and operational stakeholders in a fast paced, growing SME international environment

Relationships with other teams and managers

• Responding to external correspondence
• Liaising with customers supporting the credit control function
• Liaising and negotiating with external suppliers
• Ad hoc tasks requested by CFO, CEO and senior management team
• Day-to-day management and performance appraisals of members of the finance team

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Familiar with accounts consolidation for a group of companies Xero and other enterprise accounting system experience Power user of Excel and Google sheets Working in a professional service environment with focus on gross margin controls and analysis