Finance Manager

Robert Walters UK; St Albans; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Finance Manager in St Albans to oversee finance functions and lead a dynamic team. The role requires solid management accounting experience and proficiency in financial processes, including budgeting and taxation. Offering a salary range of £65,000 - £75,000 plus benefits, this position allows for hybrid working up to 2 days per week.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holiday

Private healthcare

Pension

Company-specific benefits

Qualifications

• Qualified management accountant, experienced in full management accounts.
• Strong management and leadership skills in finance.
• Proficiency in preparing budgets, P&L, forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise AP and AR activities, including KPI monitoring.
• Manage direct reports with guidance and training.
• Conduct balance sheet account reconciliations and analyses.
• Prepare profit and loss account analyses, including variance reporting.
• Administer customer rebates and journal entries.
• Handle company taxation matters like PAYE and VAT.
• Monitor daily cash flow and forecasting.
• Coordinate month-end and year-end close processes.

Skills

Experience of HMRC,VAT, PAYE payments

Bank reconciliations

Pre-payments and accruals

Excellent IT skills - with exceptional Excel ability

SAP experience/knowledge

Strong management accounts experience

Management/leadership skills

Sound commercial/business awareness

Excellent communication and presentation skills

High numeracy and sound technical skills

Tools

SAP

Job description

Finance Manager Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 depending on experience Location: St Albans

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance Manager to join their dynamic small finance team. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a qualified management accountant with experience in preparing full management accounts, budgeting, P&L, forecasting, cost and project accounting. The successful candidate will have the overall responsibility for credit control and the purchase ledger as well as the sales ledger, providing support to the Finance Director.

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic finance team
• Responsibility for credit control and purchase ledger
• Supportive leadership

What you'll do:

As a Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing the financial health of the organisation. You will be responsible for supervising AP and AR activities, managing direct reports, providing guidance, training and appraisals. Your role will also involve balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis, profit and loss account analysis, variance reporting and administering customer rebates. You will be tasked with creating and posting journal entries to SAP, handling company taxation matters including PAYE, VAT (including Intrastat), PSA, and TAS. Your role will also involve group intercompany reconciliations. You will be responsible for daily cash flow monitoring, forecasting and planning. Coordinating month-end and year-end close within set deadlines will also fall under your purview.

• Supervise Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) - day-to-day activities, set up and monitor KPI's, review of ledgers.
• Manage direct reports, provide guidance, training and appraisals.
• Balance Sheet - account reconciliations and analysis.
• Profit and Loss - account analysis, variance reporting.
• Administer customer rebates.
• Journal entries - creation and posting to SAP.
• Company Taxation - PAYE, VAT (including Intrastat), PSA, and TAS.
• Group intercompany reconciliations.
• Cash flow - daily monitoring, forecasting and planning.
• Coordinate month and year-end close within set deadlines.

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Finance Manager position brings a wealth of experience in HMRC,VAT, PAYE payments along with proficiency in bank reconciliations and pre-payments & accruals. Your excellent IT skills coupled with exceptional Excel ability & knowledge will be crucial in this role. Experience or knowledge of SAP would be an added advantage. Your strong management accounts experience and leadership skills will enable you to excel in this role. Your sound commercial/business awareness, excellent communication and presentation skills will be key in managing relationships within the organisation. High numeracy and sound technical skills are also essential for this role.

• Experience of HMRC,VAT, PAYE payments
• Bank reconciliations
• Pre-payments and accruals
• Excellent IT skills - with exceptional Excel ability and knowledge
• SAP experience/knowledge would be an advantage
• Strong management accounts experience
• Management/leadership skills
• Sound commercial/business awareness
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• High numeracy and sound technical skills

What sets this company apart:

My client is a globally renowed brand and has presence in about 100 countries and offers its customers a portfolio that is perfectly tailored to consumer needs.

This Finance Manager role has a salary of £65,000 - £75,000 (depending on experience), plus bonus, 25 days holidays plus bank holiday, private healthcare, pension and other company specific benefits. This role is based in St Albans and has hybrid working of up to 2 days per week.

What's next:

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Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates