Finance Manager - Revenue & Cost of Sales

Panda; Gildersome; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK company is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee revenue and cost of sales accounting in their Leeds office. This role is vital for timely reporting and managing key stakeholder relationships across functions. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with strong financial control experience. Responsibilities include ensuring accurate monthly accounting, investigating discrepancies, and managing a direct report, focused on delivering operational performance. This position offers an excellent opportunity to drive financial insights within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
• Experience of working in industry & commerce is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that revenue and cost of sales is correctly accounted for each month.
• Ensure that intercompany transactions are correctly recorded.
• Review gross margin and explain variances to budget and KPIs.
• Work with the FP&A team on accounting and reporting.
• Investigate and resolve queries and discrepancies.
• Interrogate systems for accurate reporting.
• Ensure robust accounting of revenue and cost of sales accruals.
• Present monthly results to FC, FD and CFO.
• Assist with annual budget and external audit.
• Assist with embedding the new ERP system.
• Responsible for management and development of one direct report.

Skills

Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

Strong financial control experience

Proactive approach to resolving queries

Strong collaborative style

Diligent approach

Confident communicator

Experience in industry & commerce

Job description

Finance Manager (Revenue & Cost of Sales) - Leeds

Purpose

This position will play a key role in providing accurate and timely revenue and cost of sales accounting and reporting in the UK Processing division. You will work with complex data within a key component of the overall P&L and manage key stakeholder relationships across multiple functions within the business.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that revenue and cost of sales is correctly accounted for each month across each business within UK Processing
• Ensure that intercompany transactions are correctly recorded, using knowledge of business operations across the UK
• Reviewgross margin and explain variances to budget and KPIs
• Work with the FP&A team to align the accounting and reporting with weekly insight reports, correctly reflecting operational performance
• Investigate and resolve queries and discrepancies, collaborating with the wider finance, IT and Operations teams
• Interrogate the systems (SAGE and Workday accounting systems, AMCS Waste system, BI dashboard) to ensure accurate reporting
• Ensure robust accounting of revenue and cost of sales accruals on the balance sheet
• Present monthly results to FC, FD and CFO
• Assist with annual budget and external audit in relation to sales and cost of sales
• Assist with embedding the new ERP system
• Responsible for management and development of one direct report, Management AccountantSkills and experience

Skills and Experience

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
• Strong financial control experience, both P&L and Balance Sheet
• Proactive approach to resolving queries
• Strong collaborative style
• Diligent approach
• Confident communicator
• Experience of working in industry & commerce is preferable

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