Finance Manager

Sewell Group; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 20%

25 days holiday rising to 28

Auto Enrolment pension

Staff discounts

Bike 2 Work Scheme

Technology Scheme

Paid Parental Leave

Sickness Absence schemes

Co-Owner of Sewell Estates

Job summary

The Sewell Group is seeking a Group Finance Assistant to join our busy finance team at Sewell Head Office in Hull. You will handle invoice processing, credit control, cash book reconciliation and assist with management accounts and commercial reports for SewellAdvisory and related companies.

With potential on-going development, there is scope to take on additional responsibilities within the Group finance function, and some local travel to our Bridgehead Office is required.

Qualifications

• Full driving licence, UK-wide travel as needed.
• Previous experience in a finance environment.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of business.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (intermediate).
• Strong organisational skills and hands-on approach.
• Ability to work in a busy team and support others.
• Willingness to learn and develop within the Group.
• Flexible hours and support during holidays/sickness.

Responsibilities

• Process sales and purchase invoices.
• Manage credit control and cash book entries.
• Prepare and post prepayments and accruals.
• Support preparation of management accounts and reports.
• Assist statutory accounts preparation and VAT returns.
• Support wider Group finance team as required.

Education

AAT or part-qualified

Tools

MS Business Central

PowerBI reporting

Job description

Location: Sewell Head Office, Geneva Court, Geneva Way, Leads Road, Hull, HU7 0DG

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000, plus bonus opportunity of up to 20% of annual salary based on performance

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 8.30am – 5.00pm, with 1 hour for lunch

Role Overview

Workingas part of our Group finance team, the successful candidate will provide essential finance and accounting support for SewellAdvisory. With time, there will also be an opportunity to pick up responsibility foradditionalancillary companies.

On a day-to-day basis you will coordinate and complete a wide scope of finance activities, from invoice processing and credit control to cash book reconciliation and preparing management accounts and commercial reports.

You will also be responsible for supporting the wider Group finance team as required, to meet the needs of the business. This role also requires some local travel to our Bridgehead (Hessle) Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing sales & purchase invoices
• Credit control
• Cash book preparation and posting
• Prepayments and accruals preparation & posting
• Supporting preparation of management accounts
• Supporting preparation of statutory accounts
• Supporting VAT return preparation
• Supporting the wider finance team as required to meet the needs of the business, including providing holiday and sickness cover

Skills and Attributes

As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful person will have the following experience:

Essential

• Full driving licence, valid in the UK and own transport
• Previousexperience of working inafinance environment
• Be commercially aware from a business perspective
• A strong belief in delivering great customer service
• Excellentcommunication skills
• Hold at least an intermediate level of Microsoft Office experience
• Excellent organisation skills and a hands-on approach, with the ability to prioritise workload efficiently
• Have the ability towork both as a team member in a busy working environment
• Possess a positive approach to learning,developmentand progression
• Have a flexible attitude towards hours worked and interest in supporting the wider team during holiday and sickness periods

Desirable

• Have completed AAT or be part-qualified

• Experience in preparation of statutory and management accounts

• Experience in VAT return preparation

• Cashflow preparation experience

• Experience of specialist finance/accounting software (specifically MS Business Central)

• Experience of PowerBI reporting

• Project management work-in-progress analysis

• £35,000-£40,000 per annum dependant on experience
• Bonus opportunity of up to 20% of annual salary; measurement based on company and personal performance
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 28 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

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Sewell is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services. As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.