Finance Manager / Controller

JOB DESCRIPTION

Purpose of the position

Managing the strategic and operational financial role within the organisation. The dynamics of the role and the company will provide a great opportunity to help grow the business, upscale its support infrastructure and report to the Board members with significant operational and strategic input.

Day to day operations

• Managing, motivating and developing the Finance team to ensure a focus on delivering the correct transactional tasks and value-added business partnering
• Proactively monitor the business performance to ensure financial / operational trends and issues are clearly highlighted and communicated early, working effectively with other departments to drive improvements
• Own the business planning and forecasting cycle. Ensure that the right KPIS are in place to track progress to deliver financial targets whilst highlighting and driving profit improvements through growth and cost reduction and control
• Reporting to the board, driving the strategic planning and performance of the business by the provision of effective analysis, modelling and advice
• Ensure the monthly management pack is prepared in a timely manner with easy-to-understand variance analysis covering margin / channel / carriage and cashflow
• Deliver the annual cash flow plan and deal with all cash related matters
• Drive process improvement within the department, with increased automation and a far more paperless function
• Bank reconciliations, PAYE & payroll, CIS for sub-contractors, UTR verification of sub-contractors, suppliers and VAT management & payment.  
• Producing the P&L and Balance Sheet on a monthly basis and managing the Payments Spreadsheet, which is a real-time bank balance and cash-flow forecast on Excel

Key interfaces

All office & site personnel, including front line and management staff and contractors, internal / external auditors and regulatory bodies

 
PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION

Qualifications

• GCSEs / A levels
• AAT qualified or equivalent

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years in similar working environment.
• Experience and training in accounting software SAGE / Xero
• Intermediate / Advanced user of Microsoft Office Suite
• Some understanding of VAT procedures

Specialist skills / attributes

• Experience with bookkeeping practices
• Knowledge of accounting terminology and accounting rules and legislation
• Payroll experience 
• Experience in balance sheet and account preparation
• Attention to detail, with the ability to detect inconsistencies 
• Prioritisation and excellent communication skills 
• Mathematical, analytical, administration and organisational skills 
• Understanding of filing systems and experience of data entry

This role requires an individual with a proactive and flexible outlook and someone who is prepared to roll their sleeves up and get involved in every part of the function. We require a highly analytical individual good at data handling & management, suiting a qualified accountant with a background in construction companies.

• Hands on and able to take on many tasks themselves with excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced growing business with the skills required to meet deadlines and manage a high level and variety of tasks
• Strong people management skills with experience of managing similar sized teams
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to create good relationships to get buy in and drive improvements across the business
• Highly developed management skills with the ability and confidence to report at Board level
• Strong and rounded commercial and business awareness
• Excellent analytical, IT (Excel) and modelling skills. Good attention to detail, likely to be or have been an expert in Excel
• Outstanding systems experience and high-level ability to pick up the processes within system with experience of developing reporting and improving processes

Other

Must have a full & current driving license and have access to transport to, from and during work.

Reporting to:     Managing Director

Location:           Hildersham offices and / or working from home

Benefits:             Flexible hours | Private healthcare | Pension | Annual Discretionary Bonus | Other flexible benefits 

If the above sounds of interest, please send through your application to include; covering letter, CV and salary expectations to careers@visionarch.co.uk