Job Description

Reporting into the Managing Director the main responsibilities will include:

• Managing, motivating and developing the Finance team
• Ensuring the preparation of timely and accurate monthly management pack and an easy to understand but thorough understanding and analysis of the results
• Ensuring key KPIS are in place for the department and work with the MD to ensure the right KPIS are developed and produced across the business
• Working closely with the board, acting as a key business partner providing modelling, analysis and advice as required
• Ensure strong process are in place to monitor P&L performance for example carriage analysis and checking, detailed margin analysis.
• Maintain a strong P&L understand and control on accruals and prepayments
• Provide strong analysis skills providing strong detailed analysis with good easy to understand summaries
• Providing P&L and cashflow annual budgeting and monthly forecast with variance analysis
• Developing and maintaining a system of controls over accounting transactions
• Highlight and drive cost improvements and ensure all process are in place to drive cost control

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The candidate:

• At least 5 years’ experience at a senior finance level
• Qualified Accountant
• Rounded finance individual with a good time management skills
• Proud of high standards
• Excellent analysis skills and IT skills
• Good communicator with the ability to work well with all members of the company
• Very thorough with very good attention to detail
• High levels of experience of working with stock and high volumes of transactions

Good systems experience and experience of developing reporting and improving processes