Finance Manager

Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire

Job Summary:

Responsible for the financial reporting for the Operating and Holding companies. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and ensuring the completion of annual statutory accounts for both group companies.
• Preparing monthly management and end-of-year accounts for two group companies, including variance analysis reports and forecasts.
• Preparing monthly project cost analysis.
• Maintaining financial records for equipment, including inputting AP invoices and payments, running payroll for one director, and cash forecasting.
• Monitoring and analysing accounting data, presenting financial reports to the CEO and management team, including regularly updated financial forecasts and annual budgets.
• Establishing, implementing, and enforcing proper accounting standards, policies, procedures, and principles.
• Providing recommendations and continually reviewing and recommending improvements to systems and procedures, initiating corrective actions as needed.
• Meeting financial accounting objectives.
• Establishing and maintaining fiscal files and records to document transactions.

Person Specification

Job Title: Finance Manager

Qualifications:

• Part Qualified, QBE, studying towards CIMA / ACCA / ACA

Essential Skills:

• Proven experience as an accountant, accounting manager, accounting supervisor, or finance manager
• Experience using SAP for accounting
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Word and Excel
• Ability to manipulate large amounts of data

Desirable Skills:

• Experience preparing consolidated management accounts
• Experience delivering financial presentations (PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of foreign currency transactions

Work Experience:

• Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws, and regulations
• Experience using SAP Business One in a financial environment

Competencies:

• High level of organisational skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Presentation skills
• Confidence in establishing order and procedures within the finance discipline