Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Location: Edinburgh, EH1 3QB – Office Based
Salary: £32,000- £36,000, OTE £40,000 including quarterly performance bonuses!
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Hours: Monday-Friday (9:00am-5.00pm)

Benefits:

• Hargreaves Lansdown SIPP pension
• Financial support for ongoing professional Qualification and training and exam preparation time
• Vitality healthcare. Regular health checks and access to mental health and well-being resources.
• Bike-to-work-scheme.
• Great coffee, fresh fruit and snacks.
• Friday after-work drinks, quarterly offsite strategy days, and regular socials.

About Us

The Kingsford Group is a well-established property investment and development business based in Edinburgh.

We create and operate cutting edge space to call your home or your office offering technology enhanced client service and experience. Innovative and ahead of the curve.

Early creators of Flex- office service with our Kingsford office brand and Kingsford Residence one of our flagship developments, was one of the first Built to Rent developments (BTR) in Scotland -pioneering positive change to Scotland’s rental landscape.

Kingsford is also developing a Net Zero affordable modular housing system as a company in growth mode.

Finance Manager – The Role

At Kingsford we are always on the hunt for exceptional talent - looking for people with a passion for property and innovation to work within our dynamic team!

We set high standards for ourselves and work hard to achieve this, with a foundation built on trust, pride, flexibility and adaptability with a “can do” attitude. We expect everyone to be proactive in their role as well as strive for excellence, take responsibility, and have a willingness to innovate and experiment in finding continual improvement.

This is an office-based role at the centre of business operation, with active inclusion and input to management meetings. Role has active support from the Company’s in-house CA and external Accountancy firm. No direct reports but ideally seeking a candidate with ambition who is interested in helping grow the finance team as the company grows.

Key Responsibilities;

• Manage internal financial accounting, monitoring, and reporting systems.
• A thinking manager: Ability to not only ensure accuracy in recording numbers but ability to interpret them and determine what they are indicating about the business’s operational performance, with curiosity to try and spot and advise directors on any areas for improvement.
• Inputting of invoices payable, invoices receivable and expenses on Xero.
• Monitor day-to-day finances including the reconciliation of financial transactions against bank statements and daily communications on financial queries from clients and suppliers.
• Revieing Property funding packages and supplier contracts and monitoring for best value
• Issue client invoices based on agreed terms.
• Preparing monthly reporting packs for monthly operation reviews.
• Preparing budgets and reviewing on a quarterly basis.
• Responsibility for the month-end.
• Collating information for the year-end statutory accounts.
• Allocate payments and prepare payment runs.
• Bank and credit card reconciliation.
• Managing and collecting debts of company debtors.
• Intercompany recharges and management fees – with an understanding of VAT implications.
• Processing of disposal gains/losses.
• Help to advise team on capital expenditure with cashflow in mind.
• Reporting on a quarterly basis to the team.
• VAT returns
• Time recording and analysis to allocation time correctly within the portfolio.
• Reconciliations of bank, SME Professional software and Tenancy Schedule.
• Monthly accruing and prepaying.
• Setting up of new tenants/clients and processing deposits on check in and departure, processing any dilapidations and deductions.
• Acting as a financial controller to drive efficiency, control expenditure, and carrying out varied ad hoc duties to ensure the smooth running of the business.

What you will need to be successful in this role – Experience;

• Experience in financial administration/bookkeeping.
• Excellent IT skills, particularly in Excel and able to produce reports.
• Thorough attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
• Solid time management skills with the ability to prioritise.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge and experience with Xero required (unless very detailed experience with comparable package and ability to quickly retrain to Xero)
• Qualified to min AAT (or equivalent) Level 3, but preferably Level 4 passing at merit level standard or above. Alternatively, part qualified under ACCA or CIMA to similar level and desire to continue along professional qualification route.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful for this role, click on “APPLY” today!

No agencies please.