Finance Manager

Trial Balance; Plymouth; Sur place; GBP 48 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Excellent benefits

Hybrid working (2 days remote)

Résumé du poste

Trial Balance is seeking a Finance Manager for Plymouth with a hybrid working pattern (2 days remote). The role reports to the Finance Director and oversees a small finance team, focusing on robust controls and management accounts in a fast-paced services business.

The successful candidate will ideally hold ACA/ACCA/CIMA or AAT and have experience with Sage or Xero, with a drive to streamline financial processes and improve controls across the function.

Qualifications

• Ideally ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, or AAT with relevant experience.
• Experience using Sage or Xero accounting software.
• Strong interest in streamlining and improving financial controls.

Responsabilités

• Develop and maintain robust day-to-day financial controls.
• Manage a small team covering AP/AR, credit control, payroll.
• Produce high quality management accounts with commentary.
• Prepare statutory information and reporting to standards.
• Deputise for the Finance Director when required.
• Lead accounting projects.
• Maintain a streamlined digital accounting system (Xero based).
• Act as a key contact for stakeholders, suppliers and customers.
• Assist with year-end and audit procedures.

Connaissances

Financial management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Payroll

AP/AR

Formation

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or AAT

Outils

Sage

Xero

Description du poste

Finance Manager - Plymouth / Hybrid - Circa: £50,000 Negotiable DOE + Excellent Benefits

Trial Balance Consulting have been exclusively engaged by a new client, a specialist construction services business and a prominent, longstanding employer in Plymouth with a superb reputation for staff retention and development. They have tasked us with sourcing an experienced Finance Manager to join their established finance function. The role is offered as a permanent, full time contract and benefits from an excellent base salary (negotiable depending on experience), a host of enhanced financial/non-financial benefits and a friendly, sociable team of colleagues. The company also promotes a flexible hybrid working policy allowing the successful candidate to operate remotely for two days per week (if required).

Working closely alongside a highly experienced Finance Director and supporting a small team of transactional focussed colleagues, this will be a broad and fulfilling role allowing the successful candidate to play a key role in overseeing efficient operational financial controls. Key responsibilities to include:

• Reporting to and working closely alongside the FD, develop and maintain robust and efficient day-to-day financial controls for a fast paced and busy services business
• Management of a small but highly experienced team covering all aspects of accounts payable and receivable, credit control, payroll and other transactional responsibilities
• Production of high quality management accounts with commentary
• Preparation of statutory information and reporting to relevant standards
• Deputise for the Finance Director as and when required
• Play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of a range of ongoing accounting projects
• Maintain and develop a streamlined digital accounting system (Xero based)
• Act a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, suppliers and customers
• Assist with year-end and audit procedures

For this role we seek an experienced and switched on candidate with a good aptitude for working in a fast paced environment. Candidates will ideally hold a full professional qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA), though our client is open minded to candidates that possess an AAT qualification and/or appropriate vocational experience. This is a technology driven business throughout so good experience of modern accounting software (ideally Sage or Xero based), would be preferred, and an aptitude for further streamlining and improving financial controls a strong would be highly desirable. The role works as part of a friendly, close knit team that regularly support one and another so excellent team working skills a must!