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Finance Manager

Astute Recruitment are currently working in partnership with a well-established family-owned business in their search for a new Finance Manager to join their team. As Finance Manager, you will be expected to deliver a comprehensive finance and administrative service. You will work closely with the directors, sales, and supply chain team.

The Role:

• Completion of records of incoming and outgoing funds, posting receipts to sales ledger on Access accounts – sending out monthly statements – allocation of payments
• Managing a range of related tasks, including credit control various administration – processing roles and dealing with ad-hock issues that arise daily
• Company bank reconciliation, cash flow forecast and management
• Producing month end reports for purchase and sales ledger
• Producing monthly accounts
• Profit and cost analysis – margin integrity analysis and resolution
• Reconcile bank statements
• Process weekly and monthly payroll for all employees including year ends, P11d’s YE tax on payroll system – P60’s etc (initially this will be carried out by an external 3rd party)
• Pay PAYE, Class 1a NI, VAT
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns for trading company and pension company
• Working knowledge of Quick Books for our HK business and preparation of accounts includes transfers to the HK bank account to pay China suppliers.
• Manage cash and calculate daily availability to issue cash for creditor payments.
• Liaise as required with representatives from external organisations HMRC, bank and invoice discounting, debt insurance, auditors, and insurance company
• Year end Audit – liaise with auditors to provide required schedules
• Stock reconciliation.
• Liaising successfully at all levels of the business; volunteering ideas and contributing to the success of the team in general

Skills and Qualities:

The successful individual will be qualified CIMA, ACCA, or AAT (or qualified by experience) and have developed experience working within either a stand-alone finance role or part of a larger finance team

You will also have: Excellent understanding of Access accounts or other similar financial management systems and be proficient with Excel, good organisational skills, the ability to manage multiple company accounts and an excellent attention to detail.