Company
Our Client has a rich heritage of providing excellent customer service and a key part of this is providing a great working environment for our amazing people.
We operate in small teams with a friendly, hard-working culture and we definitely like to celebrate success too!
If you want to join a team where what you do makes a difference and are excited to get involved and work hard, this may be the right place for you!
Responsibilities
- Help to develop and improve the financial capabilities of the company
- Provide support and cover for the Lettings Accounts department
- Produce the weekly and monthly management information
- Produce the monthly management accounts and contribute to the monthly and quarterly Board packs
- Process year end accounting procedures
- Budgeting and forecasting both short and longer term
- Independently run sales ledger, purchase ledger, payroll and expenses
- Ensure all VAT, Tax, PAYE and Pension filings and payments are made accurately and on time
- Run the annual processes: P60, P11D, financial audit, etc.
- Post all entries on to the finance system and run regular Bank reconciliations
- Cashflow management, analysis and forecasting on a weekly basis
- Act as point of contact for internal colleagues and external stakeholders for all Finance queries
- Proactively flag issues or concerns to management
- Manage external relationships including accountants, banks, legal, regulatory bodies
- Manage suppliers, negotiate payment terms and ensure payments are made on time
- Produce all company reporting
- Work closely with the CEO and Senior Management Team including providing commercial insight, analysis, timely MI, and ad hoc analysis
Special projects
- Support the CEO and SMT including performance analysis, board pack collation and presentation, review of incentive plans, business cases on major investment decisions and any other matters that arise
- Critically review all current reporting needs in the business, design solutions to current challenges and to unlock untapped potential
- Upgrade systems and processes across the finance department
Requirements
- Qualified accountant with previous experience within a Finance Controller or similar role
- Familiar with UK accounting, financial and regulatory requirements
- Competent on accounting software (Zero)
- Advanced Excel skills
- Great attention to detail
- Commercial awareness and able to contribute to the SMT
- Works well under pressure
- Previous experience of staff management is preferable
- Experience of working as part of a senior management team is preferable
Personal qualities
- Self-starter
- Team player
- Resilient
- Honest
- Flexible
- Commercial awareness
- Ambitious and keen to learn
Trustworthy, Organised, Great attention to detail?
We are on the hunt for an integral member of our finance team ! If you have aspirations to work in a team and company where your opinion matters, then roll your sleeves up and get involved! You could be an integral part in the running of a growing, innovative business.
What to expect
As well as taking on a lot of the responsibility for all finance related processes this person will work closely with Senior Management to advise on investment, costs and to innovate wherever possible.
What we need
We are looking for someone approachable, trustworthy and discrete, with excellent attention to detail and a positive approach. If you are ambitious, looking for a challenge and want to be an integral part of a growing and energetic team, this could be the position for you.
