Finance Manager

Forward Waste Management Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A waste management company based in Cardiff is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee finance operations and lead a small team. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical accounting background, be fully qualified, and possess at least 3 years of post-qualification experience. Responsibilities include preparing monthly management accounts, ensuring strong financial controls, and managing supplier payments. This role offers a competitive salary between £45k and £50k and is full-time.

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing budgets within a multi-disciplined conglomerate SME business.
• Ability to manage a finance team effectively.
• Proactive and flexible in supporting company growth.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth day-to-day finance operations.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and reports.
• Manage and lead the finance team.

Skills

Strong technical accounting knowledge

Strong Excel skills

Process driven

Ability to plan and manage the workload of the team

Education

Fully Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) with at least 3 years PQE

Tools

Sage 200

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Cardiff CF24 5EE

Hours: 42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm

Salary: £45-£50k

Reporting to: Finance Director

Job Purpose

Ensuring the day-to-day operations of finance run smoothly, to ensure the results and balance sheet presented in the monthly management accounts represent a true and fair view of the Company position.

Principal accountabilities

• Maintain up to date accounting policies and procedures for the company to ensure accurate management information and a clean audit report.
• Particular emphasis on ensuring a strong financial control framework exists for monitoring and mitigating risks.
• Review of the monthly management accounts including a comparison against budget and providing commentary and variance analysis.
• Prepare the monthly board pack, including profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements.
• Preparation and review of the balance sheet reconciliation file and ensure supporting information is available for every balance.
• Posting of any journals required to the Sage system as required to produce the above mentioned management accounts.
• Review of all divisional management reporting, offering suggestions for improvements and cost savings
• Production of weekly cash flow forecasts
• Responsible for supplier payment approvals and cash collection of trade debtor balances
• Actively look for working capital management opportunities in line with working capital targets
• Preparation of quarterly VAT returns and submission to HMRC
• Manage, develop and lead the Finance team (including supervision and development of 2 direct reports)
• Preparation of year-end financial statements in accordance with FRS102
• Preparation of audit information files and key contact for the auditors and tax advisors
• Assisting with the annual budget process and half yearly reforecasting
• Optimize full potential of Sage 200 accounting package in conjunction with bespoke waste management software (ISYS).

Skills and experience

• Strong technical accounting knowledge
• Fully Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA), with at least 3 years PQE
• Experience in preparing budgets within a multi-disciplined conglomerate SME business
• Ability to plan and manage the workload of the team
• Keen eye for detail
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to model opportunities
• Process driven
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of utilizing Sage 200 is essential

The ideal candidate

• Previous experience and success within a finance manager role is essential
• Previous experience working in industry will be an advantage
• Must be proactive and flexible to support the growth of the company
• Has experience of setting up or changing controls & processes where required to promote a strong financial control framework
• Excellent team player with a can-do attitude
• Very organised, able to work to tight deadlines with a strong attention to detail
• Excellent time management
• Commercially aware
• Enjoy working in a fastpaced environment and possess the ability to prioritise and juggle several tasks at any one time
• Able to work unsupervised and to successfully complete tasks within tight deadlines
• Able to manage and motivate a small team of 2

To apply for this role, please forward an up-to-date copy of your CV and / or covering letter

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Please note that all information received by Forward Waste Management as part of the recruitment process will be deleted and / or destroyed after 3 months from when you are sent the outcome of your application. If you would like us to retain your details and application information on file after this period for any future potential roles, please contact the HR Department.

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