Job Description

Your responsibilities as a Finance Manager:

• Closing of the monthly accounts and all supporting analyses and reconciliations.
• Alongside the CFO prepare the monthly management accounts.
• Working with the CFO on the departmental budgets and forecasting.
• Assisting budget holders in monitoring and tracking the performance of budgets and deliverables.
• Business Partnering with the wider operational team to enable financial training and support to Operational Management team and Project Managers.
• Identification and implementation of improvements in Xero, Zoho, Project Works and Fathom reporting.
• Work with the CFO to collaborate with teams across the business to deliver financial strategy.
• Modelling of operational improvement initiatives and investment opportunities.
• Raise sales invoices, process purchase invoices, pay suppliers and resolve associated queries.
• Preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns, ensuring compliance with VAT regulation.
• Preparation of R&D tax credit claims and other tax compliance with the CFO and external advisors.
• Preparation of statutory accounts with CFO and external advisor support.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The ideal candidate will be qualified with ACA/ACCA or CIMA. The candidate must be enthusiastic and highly organised, with strong process orientated skills, capable of working cross-functionally on the planning and implementation of projects. A logical mind with the ability to plan and manage the completion of tasks and an ability to review and interpret KPI's, deriving the reason for performance and improvement insights.