Job Description

As their Finance Manager, you will work closely with the CFO to drive business performance forward and to effectively control the finance function. This is certainly not an accounts role where you will be confined to your desk! The CFO is wanting someone who is keen to expand their commercial skill set and who is willing to really get out into the business to understand how to maximise profitability.

Your responsibilities will include the following:-

-Manage two finance assistants, holding regular one to ones to train and develop them, so you can start delegating some of your more junior tasks
-Provide financial guidance and support to the CFO to support with key strategic and commercial business decisions
-Help to minimise any financial risk to the business by ensuring robust financial controls are in place
-Prepare the monthly management accounts and MI reports to strict deadlines to aid management decision making
-Business partner across the entire organisation to form strong relationships
-Overseeing payroll and transactional finance duties to ensure the correct procedures and policies are in place
-Lead the budgeting and forecasting process
-Cash flow forecasting and management
-Act as the key point of contacts with the banks and external auditors
-Cost reduction and profitability analysis

To be considered for this role you need to be a qualified accountant with the confidence to work autonomously. As much as you will have the support of the CFO, they are looking for someone who can hit the ground running with the confidence to enhance current processes with minimal supervision. You must be commercially astute with excellent communication skills as business partnering is a key focus in this role.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To be considered for this role you need to be a qualified accountant with the confidence to work autonomously. As much as you will have the support of the CFO, they are looking for someone who can hit the ground running with the confidence to enhance current processes with minimal supervision. You must be commercially astute with excellent communication skills as business partnering is a key focus in this role.