Finance Manager

Autajon Packaging; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Autajon Packaging in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Finance Manager to own day-to-day financial operations, lead month-end processes, and support the growth of a small finance team. You will actively contribute to process improvements and system enhancements across the finance function.

The role offers the chance to drive efficiencies, automate workflows, and guide the transition from Sage 50 to Sage X3 while ensuring accurate reporting and strong controls.

Qualifications

• Experience in day-to-day financial operations and month-end processes.
• Ability to lead and develop a small finance team.
• Experience with Sage and Priority accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily financial operations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency across all core processes
• Optimise processes in Sage & Priority accounting systems.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop transactional finance team members
• Manage banking activities, including reconciliations
• Oversee the preparation and processing of customer invoicing on a regular basis, ensuring timely and accurate billing
• Oversee purchase ledger activities, ensuring supplier transactions are processed effectively
• Manage credit control processes to optimise cash collection and reduce risk
• Review and reconcile payroll-related financial data on a monthly basis
• Ownership of the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare accurate monthly management accounts & balance sheet reconciliations in line with international group deadlines.
• Manage timely & accurate ONS & VAT submissions
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Work closely with UK Finance Director to regularly review reporting.
• Support with external audit processes, coordinating required information and documentation
• Assist with year-end processes and preparation of statutory financial statements
• Build and maintain strong internal relationships across departments
• Identify opportunities to improve financial controls and drive operational efficiencies
• Drive improvements within the finance function, moving away from manual and paper-based processes by automating manual transactional workflows and modernising financial reporting tools.
• Assist with system developments, including the transition from Sage 50 to Sage X3

Job description

This is a hands-on role within a business that is evolving and improving its processes and systems. There is a real opportunity to make changes, drive efficiencies, and modernise the finance function.

You will take ownership of the day-to-day finance operations, lead month-end processes, and support the development of a small finance team, while actively contributing to process improvements and system enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

Team Management:

• Oversee daily financial operations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency across all core processes
• Optimise processes in Sage & Priority accounting systems.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop transactional finance team members

Ledger Control:

• Manage banking activities, including reconciliations
• Oversee the preparation and processing of customer invoicing on a regular basis, ensuring timely and accurate billing
• Oversee purchase ledger activities, ensuring supplier transactions are processed effectively
• Manage credit control processes to optimise cash collection and reduce risk
• Review and reconcile payroll-related financial data on a monthly basis

Reporting:

• Ownership of the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare accurate monthly management accounts & balance sheet reconciliations in line with international group deadlines.
• Manage timely & accurate ONS & VAT submissions
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Work closely with UK Finance Director to regularly review reporting.

Compliance & Audit:

• Support with external audit processes, coordinating required information and documentation
• Assist with year-end processes and preparation of statutory financial statements

Continuous Improvement:

• Build and maintain strong internal relationships across departments
• Identify opportunities to improve financial controls and drive operational efficiencies
• Drive improvements within the finance function, moving away from manual and paper-based processes by automating manual transactional workflows and modernising financial reporting tools.
• Assist with system developments, including the transition from Sage 50 to Sage X3