Job Description

The Senior Finance Manager will be expected to be a Business Analyst

• Supporting the senior management team by providing financial planning and forecasting data, including business analysis and performance measures.
• Developing finance and business strategies.
• Providing information, analysing market trends and challenging business assumptions.
• Developing and reporting on targets based on strategies for commercial growth and diversification.

Financial and Commercial Management

• Monitoring the day-to-day financial functions, such as payroll, month end and VAT returns.
• Producing monthly and ad hoc management reports.
• Due diligence on budgets for tenders and proposals.
• Contract writing and review for client projects, including due diligence, providing sound judgement.
• Supporting the development and submission of EOIs, RFPs and assisting in client negotiations.
• Analytical support for project managers regarding project finance and resource planning.
• Management of insurance policies for the company.
• Oversight of company pension scheme and administer share holder schemes.
• Participation in board meetings as required.
• Understanding and adhering to financial regulations and legislation
• Line management of Finance and Operations Manager.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• International trade experience
• Client contract review and management
• Sourcing, negotiating and renewing commercial insurance cover
• Financial and legal requirements of non-profit organisations
• Experience of setting up new businesses
• Book-keeping and/or accountancy qualifications.

• Required skills and experience of the Senior Finance Manager

• 3 - 6 years in a similar commercial finance role
• Experience of working in a SME or a growing organisation
• Deep understanding of business principles and practices
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, able to draw on a range of information and market trends to solve problems, make decisions and provide insight and advice
• Advanced organisational and planning skills
• Superior numeracy skills
• Fully IT literate: a high-level user of Office 365, with a particular emphasis on Excel
• Excellent communications skills, able to draw and present financial information to a non-finance audience
• Line management experience
• Professionally credible and able to work independently
• Risk management experience
• Degree-level qualification in finance, accountancy, business, economics or related field.
• Paprika accounting software knowledge