The purpose of the Finance Manager is to be responsible and own the processes of the 4 areas for finance operations;
Accounts payable
Collections
Billing
Sales order processing
The Finance Manager’s objective is to improve internal controls of day-to-day operations in finance to support the key stakeholders. The individual will work closely with the Reporting Manager to ensure real time analytics and understanding of the order to cash cycle.
The Finance Manager will work closely with the financial and commercial accounting managers to ensure end to end impact of finance transactions is accurate and complete. It is imperative that you are a team player, support your colleagues and ensure effective collaboration from yourself and your team. This is fundamental in presenting a competent and slick order to cash process to the business as well as an audit ready finance function.
The individual will provide weekly and monthly reporting to the FD and other leadership team members to help effectively manage the business.
The number one objective of the Finance Manager is to make transacting with finance for all stakeholders easy through the continuous review and improvement of processes.
The day-to-day responsibilities will involve but are not limited to; managing a medium sized team and always ensure they feel fully supported; analytical reporting on the order to cash cycle; cashflow forecasting; control account reconciliations; system administration; ad-hoc projects and requests as and when they come up, including providing cover for payroll, collation of key monthly payroll data for submission to the external payroll provider.
The suitable candidate should be confident with the ability to finish work to an excellent standard, a team player and be used to working in a busy and fast changing environment and have a pro-active and hardworking attitude.
The role would be suitable for someone with excellent attention to detail, with a can-do attitude and a drive to add value and continuously looking for smarter ways of working to optimise efficiencies. This is a fixed term contract lasting 10 months.
Cashflow management
Be responsible and own the day-to-day operational processes of finance
Complete meaningful and insightful reporting on the order to cash cycle
System administrator for finance systems, Netsuite, Egencia, Webexpenses
Month end system close & reporting
Bank reconciliations & invoice approvals
Support and advise on queries
Weekly hardware analysis of invoicing and goods in vs sales in
Be able to accurately deal with inter-company transactions and journals across the entities
Assist in the preparation of statutory accounts and audit
Other ad-hoc reporting for the Finance Director as and when required
Day to day management of bank admin and bank payment approvals
Day to day management of credit card accounts
Starters/leavers update
Finance inductions
Intermediary reporting
Payroll cover
Clear understanding and proven working experience of Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet
Clear understanding of the order to cash cycle and a thorough understanding of implications around the business
Good knowledge of general accounting procedures
Excellent Excel skills (pivots, formulas, large data analytics)
Excellent analytical skills
Excellent ability to prioritise and intervene with others when priorities are not being met
Excellent communication skills to multiple levels of stakeholders
Understanding of variance analysis (actuals vs forecast vs budget)
Experience using Oracle NetSuite desirable but not essential.
Experience using Hubspot desirable but not essential.
Part qualified or QBE
Experience in moving finance systems
Payroll experience, including timesheet admin, overtime, commissions, starters & leavers
Excellent organisational and able to work unsupervised and manage workload
Excellent communication skills
Tenacious problem solver
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent ability to work to deadlines
Starter Finisher
Able to work independently and collaboratively in a team
Dynamic - strong ability to work in a changing environment
Calm under pressure in a fast-paced environment
Ability to manage multiple tasks and stakeholders
Flexible working to meet the needs of the business
Proven experience as a manager of more than one area of finance