Finance Manager

40hrs per week 

Monday - Friday

CRC Recruitment are working with our established client on a newly created Finance Manager position to be based at their Northampton Head Office.

We are looking for a hands-on individual who demonstrates all the skills, experience and attributes required of an accountant in an SME environment.

This is much more than a transactional role - the position will form part of the Management Team, will suit an experienced accountant with proven commercial acumen and the ability to add real value to business operations.

There will be a requirement to provide monthly management and financial accounts, reporting, budgets, forecasts, analysis, planning, and other MI as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the preparation of monthly Management and Financial Accounts for company’s/cost centres. This includes, not exclusively, KPIs, margin analysis, variance and trend analysis, reconciliations and forecasts. This also includes the computation and journal processing of prepayments, accruals, depreciation as well as balance sheet reconciliation's.
• Provide accurate and sound management reporting to assist with key decision making
• Supporting weekly and monthly payroll function
• Maintaining balance sheet requisitions in a timely manner
• Daily bank reconciliation and cash flow
• Maintaining the fixed asset register
• Stock reconciliation's
• Preparation of Holding company accounts and consolidating these with main trading company
• Performing Analytical Review, KPI's and commentary around monthly accounts
• Continually improve and develop robust financial procedures and processes, to future-proof the companies’ growth and to ensure efficiency.
• Support contract profitability analysis and reporting.
• Collate, present and explain key financial data to non-accounting managers
• Working closely with, as well as supporting and advising, key stakeholders across the business.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Part Qualified or Qualified by Experience professional with strong technical accounting expertise.
• Strong IT skills, especially knowledge of Excel
• Track record of improving processes, including identifying and implementing control improvements.
• Proactive with 'can do' attitude.
• Comfortable working under pressure
• Collaborative and team orientated.
• Highly organised

Benefits

• 31 days holiday
• Pension
• Life assurance (after qualifying period)
• On-site parking.

CRC Recruitment are a leading Midlands based recruitment consultancy covering vacancies across the UK. We have been established since 2003 and have a reputation for high service standards to both candidates and clients. We supply permanent or temporary staff to all areas of business covering a variety of different industry sectors.