Job Description

Key responsibilities:

•    Ensuring cash transactions are reconciled and updated to the ledger on a daily basis

•    Preparing monthly bank reconciliations

•    Preparing and managing rolling 3 month cash forecasts

•    Preparing the quarterly VAT return for the business

•    Overseeing the Accounts payable ledger ensuring transactions are kept up to date and reconciled to supplier statements. Preparing payment runs for approval.

•    Oversight of Accounts receivable and Sales order control including order entry control, sales invoicing and credit control are all managed effectively.

•    Accruals/Prepayment preparation and journal posting

•    Fixed asset register maintenance 

•    Generating monthly margin report including investigation of variances to budget

•    Investigating and explaining overhead spend variances to budget

•    Generating draft month end PL, balance sheet, cashflow 

•    Support the Annual budget preparation for the VCS business

You will ideally be able to demonstrate:

•    Extensive experience in general accounts

•    Good attention to detail

•    Intermediate level Excel

•    Experience of finance elements of an ERP system

•    High integrity with the ability to manage confidential information/cash handling

•    Flexibility to support ad hoc tasks

•    Experience in a Manufacturing environment is preferred but not essential

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive experience in general accounts • Good attention to detail • Intermediate level Excel • Experience of finance elements of an ERP system • High integrity with the ability to manage confidential information/cash handling • Flexibility to support ad hoc tasks • Experience in a Manufacturing environment is preferred but not essential