MacKenzie King are excited to be recruiting a Finance Manager for a Private Equity backed business that has achieved significant year on year growth which is set to continue. Based in Ipswich, with a hybrid working pattern, this role will suit a hands-on Finance Manager with an organised and results driven approach. As a Finance Manager you will be responsible for all aspects of finance operations and reporting.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- 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.
- 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.
- Support and provide guidance on the accounts 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 practice finance function.
Key Skills & Attributes:
- ACCA, CIMA or ACA Qualified is preferable, though Part-Qualified and QBE will be considered.
- Strong understanding of Purchase to Pay and Revenue to Cash.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with an ERP software package.
- Ability to query and run reports using SQL coding (desirable).
- Previous team management experience.
- Able to be hands on and work independently in resolving issues and finding solutions.
- Strong communication skills to management, team members and external parties.
Benefits:
- A company discretionary bonus scheme up to 10% of the annual salary,
- 25 days annual leave,
- Private Medical Insurance,
- Partially-funded further qualifications/training scheme,
- Group Income Protection scheme,
- Group Life Assurance scheme,
- Cycle To Work Scheme,
- "WeCare" - a range of online services supporting medical, mental, legal & financial wellbeing.
This is a brilliant opportunity for a forward-thinking, IT savvy Finance Manager to join a thriving, high growth business. To find out more about this opportunity please get in touch with Stephanie at MacKenzie King.