Assistant Finance Manager
Coventry
£30-35k DOE
We are currently recruiting for a longstanding client with an exciting opportunity to recruit a new Finance role into their structure. You will support the Finance Manager in a broad range of core financial management activities and operate as a Finance Business Partner to two separate business entities, taking the lead role in stakeholder liaison and relationship management.
This is a great first Finance Business Partner role for someone looking to build upon their experience in Commercial/Transactional Finance or Accountancy and work in true partnership with business operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee cash management, reconcile accounts, update spreadsheets and make weekly postings
- Preparation and posting of monthly recharges and stock balances
- Support the annual statutory audit process
- Raise sales invoices
- Undertake credit control activity
- Monitor and oversee queries within the Finance email inbox
- Deal with invoice queries
- General support to the Finance Manager to include contributing ideas to the finance strategy and adhoc projects
- Drive positive working relationships at all levels with colleagues and key stakeholders across the business
Key Skills & Experience
- Experienced in a similar Finance role
- Skills in relationship management, able to respond efficiently to changing demands with the ability to challenge others' thinking where necessary
- Ideally experience of working across different business subsidaries
- Flexible approach, willing to take on tasks relating to accountancy alongside transactional finance duties
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Strong systems knowledge; Microsoft Office, Excel and experience using a finance system