Assistant Finance ManagerSalary £45,000 - £50,000
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with preparation of statutory accounts for all Group companies and Group consolidation in accordance with financial reporting standards and best practice
- Working closely with business partners and being a key point of contact to Site & Operations managers during month and year end reporting periods
- Manage, prepare and review the monthly management accounts
- Responsible for the month-end process including preparation, posting and review of journals, completing all balance sheet reconciliations and analysis of monthly movements
- Responsible for accurate reporting of accounts payable, accounts receivable, prepayments, accruals, fixed assets and other debtors and creditors
- Complete weekly and periodic management reports including detailed budget to actual variance analysis, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss
- Support Finance Managers on technical accounting issues including aspects of acquisition accounting.
- Ad-hoc analysis and projects to support the needs of the business
Commercial Reporting:
- Support Finance Managers to review, challenge and then implement changes to the accounting and Management Information (MI) to provide maximum insight into company profitability.
- Demonstrate exceptional financial analysis skills
- Work with internal stakeholders including board members to support them on budget setting and monitoring, delivering an excellent business partnering service
- Produce high quality information, data and KPIs, ensuring that information and data produced by the finance teams is transparent, accurate and appropriate for corporate reporting
Person specification:
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to multi task and manage conflicting priorities
- Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to build trust and credibility as well as fit into our company culture and share our values.
- Good problem solving skills
- Ability to work to structured deadlines
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written
- Knowledge of accounting systems and intermediate Excel- Pivot Tables and V-lookups
- Resilient and able to work in an organisation that is undergoing change due to development and growth.
- Is a real Team player
- Able to plan and prioritise workload to ensure objectives are achieved on time.
- Able to identify problems and make decisions, taking appropriate action to resolve
Desirable qualifications/experience:
- Experience of working in a similar role within a medium/ large company.
Essential qualifications/experience:
- Accountancy qualification/part qualification CIMA/ACCA/ ACA.
- Non-contractual 10% bonus on basic salary (based on meeting KPI's and company performance targets)
- Single cover private healthcare
- NEST pension (3% employer contribution, 4% employee)
- Perkbox - benefits platform
- 25 days annual leave
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