Finance Manager

Trial Balance Consulting; Totnes; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in wildlife and conservation is seeking a motivated Finance Manager for their Totnes office. This full-time, permanent role involves managing the accounts team and developing the company's finance function, with responsibilities including management reporting, financial analysis, and liaising with external stakeholders. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills and a background in finance, either through qualifications or experience.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern accounting platforms.
• Previous experience with EU trading businesses/multi-currency advantageous.
• Strong management and reporting experience required.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of accounts team and accounting processes.
• Production of management accounts and financial forecasts.
• Support accounting for European subsidiary and VAT submissions.

Skills

Commercial aptitude

Management reporting

Team-working

Communication skills

Excel competency

Education

Part/fully ACA/ACCA/CIMA or qualified by experience/AAT

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

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Finance Manager - Totnes - £33-40,000

If working within a small, friendly, experienced and highly passionate team motivates your career search, you’d do well to read on. Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been engaged by a highly successful and fast-growing online retail and B2B business – a leader in the wildlife, ecology and conservation sector – which seeks to recruit an experienced Finance Manager. This is a full time, permanent position to be based at the company’s offices in Totnes.

This is a pivotal role within the business where, working closely with the business directors, the successful candidate will play a key part in developing and maintaining the health of the company’s finance function. It’s a broad and rewarding role which will call for strong commercial aptitude and excellent management reporting. Key responsibilities to include:

- Day-to-day management of the accounts team and transactional and statutory accounting processes, including purchase and sales ledgers

- Work closely with the management team to design and implement systems and process improvements

- Production of detailed management accounts with full commentary

- Supporting accounting processes of European subsidiary

- Liaise with external stakeholders and Chartered Accountants

- VAT preparation and submissions

- Accruals and prepayments

- P&L Forecasting

- Cashflow forecasting

- Assisting Directors with company projects that require financial costings and analysis

Our client is completely open minded where qualification status is concerned and welcomes applicants either part/fully ACA/ACCA/CIMA or those who consider themselves to be qualified by experience/AAT. Previous experienced gained with EU trading businesses/multi-currency would probably be advantageous, but by no means a prerequisite. The successful candidate should have experience of working with modern accounting platforms (ideally Oracle NetSuite), and have good MS Excel competency. The role works with a motivated and professional team and the Finance Manager will be a prominent member of the business so excellent team-working and communications skills essential.

To apply for this opportunity or talk through the role in more details, please contact Dan Saunders or Alex Callister quoting reference DS8469 ASAP.