Head of Finance with admin capabilit

Skillframe Ltd; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Kingston upon Thames is seeking a Finance professional to manage VAT, prepare financial reports, and streamline operations. The ideal candidate should be CIMA qualified, possess strong Excel skills, and have a proactive approach to implementing systems for improved efficiency. This office-based role offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar accounting role.
• Ability to organize workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Technical approach with system setup experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for VAT and annual returns.
• Maintain debtor and creditor ledgers.
• Prepare financial statements and management accounts.

Skills

CIMA qualified

Excellent Excel skills

Initiative and energy

Customer service skills

Tools

Sage

Shopify

WhatsApp

Job description

Are you a dynamic Finance person with strong interpersonal skills and tech savvy?

Are you looking to develop a career within a well established business with a superb product?

If so, this could be the position for you!..

We have a long standing, well established client within the beautiful Hampton Court area, that are looking to recruit a Finance person with a difference. The ideal candidate will be CIMA qualified (newly qualified ideally) and have the ability to flag up a situation and then advise on the next stage moving forward (e.g, stock amounts, locations and what to do with excess stock etc.)

The role will report to the Managing Director and existing Management Team as well as an External Accountant.

Customer Service / Technical Administration

You will be happy to speak to customers in a friendly and very helpful manner, respond to emails from customers, perform sales order processing duties and also be able to implement and integrate an automated system / app that will enable the customer to answer questions and be guided to the right contact, enabling more staff productivity. This could be WhatsApp for example. A motivated and keen desire to implement any new systems that will raise performance levels will be highly welcomed.

Finance

You will be responsible for VAT and annual returns, monthly management reports for sales team and operations, maintenance of debtor and creditors ledgers and monitoring of spending and budgets and you will also analyse the company’s financial performance. The role will also include reviewing and approving vendor agreements, invoice updating, preparation of financial statements and management accounts, prepayments and accruals, variance analysis and preparation of cashflow reports, forecasting and planning future spending and profits. You will recommend ways to reduce costs and profits and manage the Finance Department to ensure that the finance function is operating smoothly and all work is being completed in an accurate and timely manner. You will reconcile banks GBP / Euro / USD and allocation payments from Shopify / Amazon / Paypal. Credit control and processing payroll journals (calculated by external company). Entering and paying expenses, processing and reconciling credit card statements and management reports.

The Ideal Candidate will ideally have experience in a similar accounting role and have lots of initiative to be able to assist in setting up various systems. You will have the ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment and the ability to organise your own workload. Sage experience is required and very strong Excel skills also.

You will also have a technical approach and be able to set up systems on TikTok shop, shopify and whatsapp, for example. Lots of iniatitive and energy required.

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH IN THIS ROLE.

Hours of work

9am - 5.30pm, Monday - Friday - OFFICE BASED ONLY

£Negotiable depending on experience level.

Kingston area