Role Summary
This role is essentially focused on improving the accuracy, structure, and scalability of the company’s finance function as the business continues to grow.
The person coming into the role would act as the technical finance expert for the business, making sure the numbers are correct, controls are robust, and finance processes are running efficiently. Initially, they would oversee the day-to-day finance operations including purchase ledger, sales ledger, reconciliations, and credit control, while also coaching and developing the existing Finance Manager to eventually take over those operational responsibilities.
Alongside this, the role would involve improving finance systems and processes, automating manual tasks, supporting audits, ensuring compliance with accounting and tax regulations, and helping management make informed business decisions through forecasting and financial analysis.
Longer term, the position would become more commercially focused, supporting budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning/FP&A.
The company is ideally looking for someone with strong technical accounting knowledge, experience strengthening financial controls in a growing business, and the confidence to work closely with senior leadership in a fast-paced, project-led environment.
We’re looking for someone ideally at least part-qualified or QBE with strong technical grounding, ideally with experience in improving controls, processes, or systems within a growing or evolving finance environment.
Job duties
- Own the application of FRS 102 across the Group, including revenue recognition, WIP, accrued/deferred income, leases and provisions.
- Lead all tax compliance activities including CIS, Domestic Reverse Charge VAT, Corporation Tax and Employment Taxes, managing external tax advisors as required.
- Ensure the integrity of the General Ledger through robust reconciliations, balance sheet reviews and month-end controls.
- Prepare Group and subsidiary statutory accounts and manage the year-end audit process from planning through to completion.
- Provide technical accounting support to the Finance Director on complex transactions, acquisitions, contract restructures and other non-routine matters.
- Take ownership of AP, AR and credit control processes, while coaching and developing the Finance Manager to assume operational responsibility over time.
- Review, streamline and strengthen end-to-end finance processes, implementing controls to improve accuracy, efficiency and scalability.
- Lead finance systems governance and automation initiatives, reducing manual processing and improving reporting capability.
- Support acquisition activity through financial due diligence, quality of earnings analysis, working capital reviews and accounting policy assessments.
- Develop and execute finance integration plans for acquired businesses, ensuring alignment with Group reporting, systems and controls.
Offer
- £50,000 – £55,000 (experience dependent)
- Hours are 8:30 to 5pm Mon to Thursday, 8:30 to 3pm Friday
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (must use 3 days over Xmas during shut down)
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance programme
- Professional Subscriptions paid
- Ongoing investment in learning and development
- Free onsite parking
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