Finance Manager

Finance Manager
Hertford
40,000 - 50,000 + excellent benefits
StormX Recruitment are incredibly excited to be working with an extremely fast-growing and ambitious company based in Hertford. Reporting into the Financial Controller, the role is expected to develop quickly alongside company growth plans. Recruiting, training and retaining a small team will also be an integral part of the role.
Founded by entrepreneurs with a successful track record in building businesses, the company has significant operations in the UK and is looking to expand its activities into other markets.
The company is seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic individual to make a significant contribution to the continued growth and success of the company. The role of Finance Manager is a key position within the growth of this finance function.
The client is open to candidates are qualified, part qualfied or qualified by experience - the right person (not qualification) is key.
Operating within the Finance Team, the Finance Manager ("FM") will be responsible for the day-to-day accounting operations of the Company to ensure the maintenance of accurate financial records. The FM will also ensure that the Finance Team operates a robust control environment to effectively manage financial risk.

• Supervision, mentoring and development of Finance Assistants.
• Ensure all financial transactions are correctly recorded and reported.
• General ledger, sales ledger and purchase ledger postings, reconciliation and control including accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory accounting, fixed assets, and revenue recognition.
• Manage the preparation and posting of month-end journals e.g., accruals, prepayments, and payroll.
• Ensure that all balance sheet and control accounts are reconciled including a review of accruals and prepayments.
• Ensure income is accurately recorded by the Company's pre-wholesaler and allocated to the respective revenue streams.
• Proactively manage cash flow by tracking transactions and regularly reviewing internal systems and reports to ensure that cash shortfalls are identified.
• Foreign exchange hedging and management.
• Preparation of payments within the Company's corporate banking and digital payment systems.
• Preparation of monthly client sales and inventory reconciliation reports.
• Production of quarterly VAT Returns including postponed VAT on imports.
• Preparation of quarterly Import Valuation Returns.
• Provide accurate and timely information for management accounts.
• Work with the Financial Controller and Financial Operations, Planning & Analytics Manager to ensure the integrity of the financial data supplied by the Finance team to Senior Management as well as other internal and external stakeholders.
• Preparation of external financial audit packs.
• R&D tax credit claim tracking and preparation.
• Assist with budgets, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Management of the Company's finance and liquidity management facilities.
• Ensure that financial processes, systems and controls are operating effectively.

Key Attributes:

• Highly ambitious and a self-starter with experience working in a similar position, or this being the next step in your career.
• Ability to embrace technological change and be seeking work in a growing business with a team receptive to growth and improvement.
• Ability to think laterally and anticipate issues and opportunities both internally and with clients.
• Strong reconciliation skills
• Working knowledge of VAT
• Strong system skills, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Attention to detail is vital.
• Ensure positive, productive and proactive relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-driven, takes ownership and demonstrates high levels of personal accountability.
• Capable of thriving in a fast-paced, challenging, entrepreneurial and team-orientated environment.
• Ability to look for and suggest new and improved processes.
• Motivated to deliver a high-quality service

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications we may receive for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes.
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