Finance Manager

Hays PLC; Westbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Finance Manager job in Westbury

Your new company

A growing charity in Westbury is looking to appoint a Finance Manager. This is a standalone finance role reporting to the COO. The purpose of this role is to lead and improve financial performance, be a pivotal member of the Executive team, and contribute to the implementation and delivery of strategy to secure long-term financial health and growth.

Your new role

Responsibilities:

1. All aspects of the finance function, preparing reports and other financial information, ensuring all appropriate financial processes and procedures, and cash management controls are in place, and overseeing assistant and administration support.
2. Developing financial and other reports to help the Executive team to effectively plan, manage, and drive the organisation forwards.
3. Ensuring regular and ad hoc internal and external reporting is relevant and developed (incorporating agreed KPI's) and reported in a timely and effective manner.
4. Working with the Executive team as appropriate, ensuring funding applications are researched, prepared, and submitted to Trusts and other grant awarding bodies as agreed.
5. With the Executive team, ensuring that good relations are maintained with external funding organisations through appropriate communications and other means as appropriate.
6. Work collaboratively with others on the Executive team, the Finance Committee to contribute to strategic leadership, including shaping and ensuring delivery of our 3-year strategy and innovation initiatives.
7. Working closely with the Executive team to ensure the delivery of regular forecasts and projections.
8. Ensure financial accounts information and systems are accurately providing relevant information to the organisation.
9. Oversee and manage bank account, bank reconciliations, and other accounting reconciliations as appropriate.
10. Oversee all QuickBooks accounting, data input, processes, and system.
11. Ensure the delivery of management accounts on a monthly basis, including cash flow forecast and projections.
12. Lead the coordination, development, and production of the Annual Report and Accounts with auditors.
13. Oversight of the annual process for statutory accounts preparation, audit, and sign off, including setting timeline and reporting to external stakeholders as appropriate.
14. Review audit systems and improve efficiency of audit processes.

What you'll need to succeed

1. A strong multi-tasker, with excellent organisational and administration skills.
2. High attention to detail, excellent mathematical skills, with an ability to spot numerical errors.
3. An understanding of data privacy and confidentiality standards.
4. Self-motivated and able to work alone, with excellent time management, as well as working as part of a team.
5. A personable individual, with proven high level of integrity.
6. Experience in developing and monitoring large budgets with various department priorities.
7. Managing, reviewing, and updating financial reports.
8. Managing, reviewing, and updating financial management systems.
9. SORP/Charity Accounting.

What you need to do now

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