Finance Manager

SaB Consultancy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic and entrepreneurial consultancy in Greater London is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee the finance function, ensuring timely budgets and financial reporting. The ideal candidate will be qualified ACA, CIMA, or ACCA, skilled in Excel, and have the ability to convey financial information effectively. This role offers significant opportunities for career development in a fast-growing business with a reputation for quality and service excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven analytical and reporting skills through advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to convey financial information to non-finance managers confidently.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the entire finance function, ensuring timely budgets and financial reporting.
• Production and continued improvement of the monthly management accounts pack.
• Financial management of key business projects and improvement initiatives.
• Management of 3rd party relationships with banks and external accountants.

Skills

Strong Excel skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Education

Qualified CIMA / ACCA / ACA or Qualified by Experience

Tools

ERP System

Job description

Kingston Upon Hull West

Dynamic and entrepreneurial privately owned business.

Qualified CIMA / ACCA / ACA or Qualified by Experience.

Key Leadership role reporting to the MD and Executive Management team.

Strong Excel skills.

The Company

My client is a market leader in its field with a reputation for product quality and service excellence. The business is experiencing extraordinary growth and the need has arisen to recruit a highly competent Finance lead supporting the Managing Director and wider Executive management team.

About the Role

As Finance Manager you will oversee the entire finance function, ensuring timely budgets and financial reporting, driving performance improvements, and evaluating business cases. You will manage financial systems and reporting routines, oversee operational budgets, ensure audit and compliance requirements are met, as well as providing critical financial insight to the future growth and success of the business.

Key responsibilities

• Production and continued improvement of the monthly management accounts pack.
• Ensure maintenance of strong inter-company financial discipline and reporting across multiple subsidiaries.
• Production and analysis of P&L, Balance sheet, KPI's and cash flow forecasting.
• Financial management of key business projects and improvement initiatives.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of finance processes and accounting policies and ensure compliance with key controls.
• Management of 3rd party relationships banks, legal advisors and external accountants.
• Review and recommendation of finance, lease and service agreements.
• Support annual audit process by liaison with external auditors.
• Management and oversight of Credit Control function.
• Broad responsibility for ensuring correct utilization of ERP System.
• Undertake ad-hoc projects as required by the Managing Director specifically around business strategy, planning and financial forecasts.
• Enhance existing controls, processes and procedures system reports and develop reports to improve reliability and accuracy.
• Provide commercial financial analysis support to the Management team which will include product pricing and profitability and business planning.

Candidate Profile

Qualified ACA CIMA or ACCA or QBE you will have the ability to convey financial information to non-finance managers in a confident and persuasive manner. You will have proven analytical and reporting skills through advanced knowledge of Microsoft excel in addition to possessing excellent organisational and time management skills as well as attention to detail. You will have a professional and mature approach with the interpersonal skills to positively influence at all levels of management. This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive fast-moving business offering significant future career development.