Finance Business Partner

Elevation Recruitment Group; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A local recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner in Rotherham to manage monthly accounts, oversee purchase ledgers, and ensure accurate financial reporting. Candidates should have a background in management accounting, experience with Sage accounting systems, and strong Excel skills. The role is full time and permanent, offering the opportunity to contribute to efficient financial management within the organization.

Qualifications

• Prior management accounting and purchase ledger experience required.
• Experience in Sage accounting systems is necessary.
• Excellent skills in Excel are essential.
• Strong inter-personal skills for effective communication are needed.
• Self-motivated individual who can fulfill essential job tasks.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly management accounts.
• Review variances to budget and support nominal ledger balances.
• Maintain cash book and ensure bank reconciliations.
• Complete year-end audit files on time.
• Identify areas for improvement in finance and warehouse systems.

Skills

Management accounting

Purchase ledger experience

Sage accounting systems (Sage 200)

Excellent Excel skills

Good inter-personal skills

Self motivated

Job description

Elevation Accountancy and Finance are delighted to be working with a fantastic business in the Rotherham area as they look to recruit an experienced Finance Business Partner into their team on a full time, permanent basis.

Essential Job Functions:

• Production of monthly management accounts
• Review and explain variances to budget / forecast / previous year. Producing support for all nominal ledger balances
• Maintain fixed asset model to enable easy extraction year end summaries, ensuring profit / losses on disposals are identified and fully documented on a timely basis
• Responsible for maintaining the records and daily receipts
• Maintain cash book and ensure bank reconciliation is accurate and items posted on a daily basis
• Match purchase invoices to system purchase orders raised
• Effective purchase ledger ensuring that, supplier data (contact details / terms / relevant notes etc.) is properly maintained and up to date, all expenditure has been appropriately authorized prior to input to the purchase ledger, payments are made to suppliers agreed terms and purchase ledger balances are fully reconciled to supplier statements and summarized on a monthly basis
• Complete the production of half year and year end audit files to agreed timescales
• Attend warehouse stock takes to ensure these are carried out accurately and appropriately as required
• Own the margin report for the company identifying any anomalies and carrying out extensive reviews of products to ensure correct margins are being achieved
• Review stock price file and ensure goods are invoiced at correct price
• Monthly stock reconciliation
• Identify areas for improvement in the utilization of the existing finance and warehouse system
• Ensure that corporate credit card statements are distributed and returned with all appropriate receipts obtaining authorization in respect of any missing receipts
• Produce and post the analysis of expenditure and VAT
• Assist with the production of supporting information for tax computations and resolution of any subsequent queries

Requirements:

• Prior management accounting and purchase ledger experience
• Experience of Sage accounting systems (Sage 200)
• Excellent Excel skills
• Good inter-personal skills and able to communicate appropriately at different levels
• Self motivated and ability to clearly demonstrate that all tasks essential to the job function have been properly fulfilled