SYSTEMS ACCOUNTANT/FINANCE MANAGER
Our client is large Private Equity backed business and has achieved significant year on year growth which is set to continue. They have built up a loyal customer base, having established a scalable platform. The company is led by an experienced management and investor team and have a collaborative and positive culture where talent is valued.
Due to an internal promotion, there is a vacancy for a Systems Accountant / Finance manager to join the Ipswich finance team, reporting to the Deputy Financial Controller. They are seeking a strong experienced finance professional responsible for all aspects of finance operations and reporting. It will suit someone very hands on and super organised who has a clear view of what "great" looks like in a high growth digital business and who has a positive, action-orientated and results driven approach.
Areas of responsibility:
- Key responsibility in ensuring revenue, cost of sales and gross margins are recorded correctly for reporting and analysis purposes. Ensure margins earned from commission and mark ups are accurately recorded.
- Management of 2 or 3 direct reports responsible for sale ledger processes on the consumer and travel agents/partners businesses.
- Involvement in month and year end close procedures and reporting, adhering to reporting timetable.
- Perform and manage key reconciliations and write-off routines in relation to key accounts payable and accounts receivable processes ensuring all transactions are recorded correctly.
- Manage the cash clearing and processing fees allocation for all payment transactions including any FX adjustments.
- Management of credit control and collections procedures in relation to the B2B business.
- Management of all business partners' commission payments.
- Support and provide guidance on the account payable processing and payment runs.
- Internal cross department collaboration to rectify any pricing and costing issues discovered during reconciliation and write off processes.
- Support the annual audit processes by being key contact person, answering audit queries and writing audit memos when required.
- Process improvement and scale up projects for accounts payable, accounts receivable and payment runs to ensure a best practise finance function.
Candidate's requirements:
- Finalist/ Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA)
- Previous experience in e-commerce business dealing with high volume and multicurrencies transactions.
- Strong understanding of Purchase to Pay and Revenue to Cash.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel.
- Prior experience with GP Dynamics or similar accounting software.
- Ability to query and run reports using SQL coding (desirable).
- Previous team management experience with 2 to 3 direct reports.
- Able to be hands on and work independently in resolving issues and finding solutions.
- Strong communication skills to management, team members and external parties.