Finance Manager

Airband; Droitwich Spa; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the technology sector is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee all accounting and controlling functions. The role includes managing financial reporting, compliance, and team development, while ensuring high standards of governance. The ideal candidate will have a professional accounting qualification and significant experience in financial management.

Benefits

25 days paid leave plus bank holidays

5% Airband pension

Customer referral bonus

Free Broadband

20% off EE’s phone plans

Healthcare and medical insurance

Employee discount platform

Refer a friend reward scheme

Qualifications

• Approximately 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrable experience in financial modelling, control, budgeting, forecasting and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month end close, consolidation and reporting requirements.
• Manage the accounts payable department and ensure timely invoice processing.
• Act as a business partner to the commercial team.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Planning

Organizational Skills

Collaboration

Attention to Detail

Education

Professional Accounting Qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA)

Tools

Salesforce

Sage

Job description

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Droitwich (Hybrid)

Job Type: Full-Time (40 hours per week)

Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 depending on experience

Job Summary:

The Finance Manager will support the Head of Commercial Finance and the Finance Director with all accounting and controlling within the business. They will ensure a high standard of reporting, governance and controls across all areas of finance. The Finance Manager will work with other departments to ensure accurate and timely reporting to meet the decision-making requirements of the wider business. Act as a key member of the Finance Team. Together with the wider business, they will continue to embed structured processes and drive continuous improvement in all areas of financial reporting, control and business performance.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting and Support

The Finance Manager is responsible for ensuring accurate accounting and reporting for Airband including:

• Maintaining accruals and prepayments

• Maintaining and accounting for a large value of fixed assets

• Assisting with the preparation of technical accounting memos with reference to relevant prescribed accounting guidelines and ensuring the accounting for all Group entities is kept up to date, accurate and maintained to a good standard.

Monthly Closing and Reporting

The Finance Manager will be responsible for leading the month end close, consolidation and reporting requirements for the business covering:

• Leading the monthly close timetable

• Ensuring accurate reporting of revenue and costs in flash reports

• Leading on the presentation and review of business performance dashboards

• Monthly closure of periods and rollover on a timely basis

• Lead the monthly balance sheet reconciliation process, ensuring the books reflect an accurate picture for the business and its assets and liabilities

• Preparing the group first draft flash results for review

• Completing the month end reporting and board pack for both internal and external use

Commercial business reporting and management

• Assisting in the budgeting and forecasting process and reporting of variance against plan

• Assisting with ad-hoc presentations, financial analysis and reporting projects as required

• Managing the insurance policies and annual renewal cycle

• Managing the accounts payable department, ensuring invoices are processed in a timely manner and assessing metrics such as payment performance and spend analysis

• Monthly VAT returns and PAYE submissions

Business Partnering and support

The Finance Manager will act as a business partner to the commercial team, by providing support across various financial and commercial areas including:

• Drive a deeper understanding of commercial costs

• Supporting the commercial functions in the continued development of more efficient business and finance processes and controls

• Support various improvement initiatives

Compliance and Governance

To manage and deliver high standards of governance and compliance covering:

• Maintaining and improving financial control and processes

• Preparation of annual statutory accounts

• Support the management of the statutory audit, providing necessary audit packs in line with requirements as laid out and agreed between management and auditors.

• Ensure that the Company is compliant with accounting standards, tax compliance and all required financial-related regulatory filings

People Management

To manage, develop and mentor members of the team, covering:

• Providing annual responsibilities and accountabilities aimed supporting the organisational objectives

• Conduct periodic performance reviews, providing honest feedback and assessment with an aim to hold the team appropriately accountable

Person Specification

Confident and comfortable in coordinating and influencing multiple

stakeholders, working collaboratively to deliver business results.

• A role model, able to always demonstrates and uphold Airband’s values.

• Excellent planning and organisational skills, resilient with the ability to successfully manage conflicting priorities.

• Self-starter, able to take the lead and brings projects and tasks to completion

• An eye for detail, focused on implementing robust controls and processes

• Pursues excellence in line with the organisation’s norms and values

• Has tenacity with repeated and enduring efforts to overcome obstacles and/or to complete tasks

• Is adaptable maintaining effectiveness in different situations, environments and cultures

Essential Criteria

• Professional accounting qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA)

• Demonstrable experience in financial modelling, control, budgeting, forecasting and analysis.

• Approximately 5 years’ experience in a similar role.

• Highly numeric with strong analytical skills

Also, ideally you will have:

• Experience in a recurring revenue technology business would be beneficial

• Knowledge of WAP, Salesforce and Sage

What can Airband Offer you?

• 25 days of paid leave a year rising to 30 plus bank holidays with service.

• 5% Airband pension plus a minimum 3% employee contribution.

• Customer referral bonus - a thank you for every customer you send our way.

• We offer hybrid working – a mix of working from home and in the office.

• Free Broadband - If you are in our coverage, you can benefit from free broadband with us!

• 20% off your monthly line rental on EE’s phone, tablet, SIM only or mobile broadband plans.

• Cycle to work, Tech scheme, Healthcare and medical insurance. Dental care, and Health cash fund (dependent on the length of service)

• Airshare (employee discount platform) - discounts on everyday shopping, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless - save up to £1,000 a year!

• Refer a friend reward scheme – a selection of great rewards to choose from!

Pre-employment checks

Please note that you are required to have the right to work in the UK and we request satisfactory references as part of our recruitment process. A DBS check may be required for a number of our roles, particularly those that are customer-facing. Also, a driving license may be required for positions that require you to be out in the field as part of the role.

Recruitment agency support is not required at this time.