Finance Manager / Financial Controller

WH Finance Ltd; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

WH Finance Ltd is seeking a bright Finance Manager / Financial Controller to make a real difference in a rapidly growing SME with clear career progression toward senior finance leadership.

The role covers budgets for UK, USA and South Africa, management accounts, VAT and statutory work, and driving process improvements across finance and operations.

Qualifications

• This is a great SME role requiring a qualified, part-qualified or QBE accountant with relevant experience.
• Experience in a fast-paced SME environment with minimal supervision and deadlines.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Sage Accounts and Sage Payroll.

Responsibilities

• Create and oversee budgets for UK, USA and South Africa businesses.
• Prepare quarterly management accounts and reconcile budgets against forecasts.
• Manage warehouse and customer services to ISO 9001:2015.
• Improve business systems and operating procedures; stock control.
• Process sales orders, purchase orders and internal works orders.
• Handle debtor management, supplier reconciliations and month-end payments.

Skills

Highly methodical

Organised

Rapport building

Education

Qualified accountant / Part qualified / QBE

Tools

Sage Accounts

Sage Payroll

MS Office

Job description

My client is a specialist niche manufacturing business and they are now looking to recruit a bright and ambitious Finance Manager / Financial Controller who is looking to make a real difference within a rapidly growing business with plenty of space for career progression.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and oversee company budgets for the UK, USA and South Africa businesses
• Preparation of quarterly management accounts
• Reconciliation of budgets against forecasts
• Management of warehouse & customer services to ISO 9001:2015
• Proactive in improving business systems and operating procedures
• Stock Control
• Process Sales Orders
• Process Purchase orders and Internal Works Orders
• Approve and send out Customer invoices
• Debtor management and collection
• Creditor reconciliation and Month End Payments
• Bank reconciliation
• Preparation of VAT returns
• Regularly review project spends and raise any issues or concerns with team to ensure any potential issues are addressed
• Proactively develop financial analysis to help improve the efficiency of the business as a whole

Skills & Experience:

• A qualified accountant, part qualified or QBE with relevant experience
• Used to working in a fast paced SME environment with a minimum of supervision to agreed deadlines
• Highly methodical and organised candidate with a strong character, able to set and meet goals
• Excellent working knowledge of using the MS Office Package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), Sage Accounts and Sage Payroll
• Ability to build and maintain excellent rapport face to face and over the phone

This is a great opportunity if you have previous experience gained in an SME business and you are looking to become FD in the future.