Job Description

• Processing month-end journals and owning the month-end timetable, communicating across Finance leads to create a streamlined process
• Owning the monthly management accounts reporting pack (Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and cash flow), inputting budget data and variance analysis to monthly actuals to make sure management accounts accurately reflect business performance
• Preparing accurate balance sheet reconciliations with appropriate back-up in line with owner’s policy, including prepayments and accruals
• Reviewing payroll balance sheet reconciliations
• Managing the Accounts Payable Team, assisting with queries and improvements with the PO process
• Completing quarter-end VAT returns, and preparing the annual adjustment for partial-rated VAT percentage and corresponding journals

What are the benefits?

• A competitive salary that reflects your experience, our pay policy and the market we’re in from your first day
• The potential to earn an annual bonus based on business performance (those on commission-led roles will be rewarded monthly)
• We match what you put into your pension up to five per cent
• A health cash plan reimburses your everyday medical expenses (with the opportunity to increase the level of your plan in your flexible benefits)
• A generous holiday entitlement of 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Life assurance of four times of your basic salary

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified (or finalist)
• Highly numeric with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to identify and control weaknesses by being proactive to suggest and implement improvements
• Able to work well under pressure, whilst meeting deadlines
• Experienced with VAT
• Highly computer literate and proficient in financial systems, Microsoft Excel, and Word (including lookups, pivot tables and advanced formulae)
• Experienced in access Dimensions or SAP 
• Experience in implementing a new ERP/EPM system
• You’ll also be completing tasks such as:
• Annual PSA return and submission to HMRC
• Reporting on corporation tax to parent US company
• Key involvement with internal and external auditors
• Superuser of banking system, ensuring mandates are up to date
• Testing and assisting with implementation of our new finance system
• Taking ownership of our finance intranet pages
• Supporting departments and teams across the business
• Submitting payment practices reports
• Ad hoc analysis, and supporting Financial Director and Financial Controller