Finance Manager

Career Cross Limited; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established manufacturing firm in Cardiff is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to lead the finance team. The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with at least 3 years of post-qualification experience, strong Excel skills, and proficiency in Sage 200. Responsibilities include preparing financial statements, reviewing management accounts, and managing a small team. This role offers a Monday to Friday work schedule from 8:00am to 4:30pm.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years PQE as a Qualified Accountant.
• Experience in budget preparation for multi-disciplined businesses.
• Proven ability to manage and lead a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accounting policies and procedures for the company.
• Review monthly management accounts and provide analysis.
• Prepare the monthly board pack including financial statements.

Skills

Fully Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)

Strong Excel skills

Utilizing Sage 200

Team management

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)

Tools

Sage 200

Job description

Our client is an extremely well–established company working primarily within the Manufacturing industry; due to continued growth and success they are now looking to recruit an experienced Finance Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain up to date accounting policies and procedures for the company
• Review of the monthly management accounts including a comparison against budget and providing commentary and variance analysis.
• Prepare the monthly board pack, including profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements.
• Posting of any journals required to the Sage system
• Production of weekly cash flow forecasts
• Preparation of quarterly VAT returns and submission to HMRC
• Manage, develop and lead the Finance team (including supervision and development of 2 direct reports)
• Preparation of year–end financial statements
• Preparation of audit information files and key contact for the auditors and tax advisors

Skills and Experience

• Fully Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA), with at least 3 years PQE
• Experience in preparing budgets within a multi–disciplined conglomerate SME business
• Strong Excel skills
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of utilizing Sage 200 is essential
• Previous experience and success within a finance manager role is essential
• Able to manage and motivate a team of 2

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday 8:00am 4:30pm