Financial Manager (with some Accounting)

Job Responsibilities:

• Collating, preparing and interpreting reports, budgets, accounts, commentaries and financial statements • Undertaking strategic analysis and assisting with strategic planning • Producing long-term business plans • Undertaking research into pricing, competitors and factors affecting performance • Controlling income, cash flow and expenditure • Managing budgets • Developing and managing financial systems/models • Carrying out business modelling and risk assessments • Liaising with managerial staff and other colleagues. • Preparing reports, budgets, commentaries and financial statements • Undertaking financial administration and internal audits • Supervising a team of accounting technicians • Developing and managing financial systems/policies • Negotiating and obtaining finance for major projects • Controlling and forecasting income and expenditure • Creating business strategies to generate shareholder value. • Preparing accounts and tax returns • Administering payrolls and controlling income and expenditure • Auditing financial information • Compiling and presenting reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements • Analysing accounts and business plans • Providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation • Financial forecasting and risk analysis • Dealing with insolvency cases • Negotiating the terms of business deals and moves with clients and associated organisations • Meeting and interviewing clients • Assessing, reviewing and protecting company financial wellbeing • Ensuring cash flow is adequate • Handling daily cash balances and the money market • Managing major projects such as company refinancing • Assessing the likely impact of problems such as late payments, limited cash flow etc • Making decisions about company funding options, insurance contracts and other financial issues • Carrying out risk management activities • Liaising with company investors, bankers and senior managers • Negotiating and evaluating overdrafts and loans with bankers • Maintaining records • Making company board presentations • Keeping up-to-date with developments within the profession/industry. • Collating, checking and analysing spreadsheet data • Examining company accounts and financial control systems • Gauging levels of financial risk within organisations • Checking that financial reports and records are accurate and reliable • Ensuring that assets are safeguarded • Identifying if and where processes are not working as they should and advising on changes to be made • Preparing reports, commentaries and financial statements • Liaising with managerial staff and presenting findings and recommendations • Ensuring procedures, policies, legislation and regulations are correctly followed and complied with • Undertaking reviews of wages. • Administering payrolls • Liaising with managerial staff, colleagues and clients • Arranging payments for invoices • Undertaking financial administration • Monitoring financial transactions • Bookkeeping • Preparing accounts, reports, budgets, commentaries and financial statements • Calculating end of year accounts • Consulting • Ensuring compliance with taxation legislation. • Advising on and controlling income and expenditure budgets • Review financial and accounting contracts.