Finance Manager

JN-292-1 Posted: 21/11/2024

£40000 to £50000 Per: annum + Benefits: Excellent benefits
Ilminster, South West,
Contract

My client, based in Ilminster, are currenty recruiting for an experienced Finance Manager for a long 18 month initial contract.

Job Description:

Provide line management and leadership of the Finance team.
Motivate and lead finance team members by clarifying roles and providing helpful feedback
Maintain, control and optimise the ERP system for all financial and business processes.
Create systems to prevent errors in data collection and calculations.
Prepare timely monthly management accounts for DIBE and submit results to Head of Finance for review.
Review DME monthly management accounts in accordance with accounting policies.
Manage company cash flow through monitoring transactions and by reviewing analysis to improve cash management in the company.
Process the reporting of DME monthly accounts to the DMJ system to forward reporting onto Japan.
Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed and reported. This includes sales, purchases, payroll and all nominal ledgers.
Manage Credit Control ensuring there are customer credit checks, setting credit limits, monitoring of aged debts and collection of outstanding amounts.
Manage Finance team routine activities including payroll generation, staff expenses, P11Ds, PAYE settlement agreements and reconciliations. Ensuring adhere to HMRC regulations.
Maintain control accounts including Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, PAYE and VAT.
Reconcile GRNI monthly
Providing technical support and advice to all on-site companies regarding VAT and PAYE.
Develop and improve financial systems and management information.
Main contact for annual audit transactions for DIBE and DME.
Prepare annual statutory accounts documentation for Audit purposes.
Maintain internal controls across the business and maintain a culture of process improvement.
Assist the Head of Finance to coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures.
Maintain a safe and secure work environment.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
Contributes to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.
Assist Head of Finance on projects including Costing, integration with new ERP system, Improving processes.

As a term of your employment, you may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required of you in the post and department mentioned above or in a comparable post in any of the Company’s other departments.

Person Specification:

Qualifications/Education standards and level of skills

CIMA/ACCA qualified /QBE

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

An Accountant with significant experience in fulfilling the complete range of financial management processes

An understanding of the complexities of finance management within an international Group is preferred, ideally with some experience within the manufacturing sector and foreign currency transactions.

A strong IT skill set is essential including previous experience of Information Systems Management, in which you will have gained knowledge of ERP system implementation and optimisation