Finance Manager (6 month Contract)

About The Role:

Our client is looking for someone to join their Finance Team, initially on a 6 month fixed term contract basis, to help support the business through a significant period of change.

You will be supporting the fractional CFO with the day to day Finance needs. This will be a broad role encompassing transactional finance and bookkeeping, weekly and monthly reporting cycles, year end statutory reporting, tax compliance and much more.

Role Responsibilities:

• Month end: Calculate and post all month end journals, including accruals, prepayment, depreciation and adjustments. Review the numbers to ensure that they are complete and correct, and produce month end reporting.
• Bookkeeping: Ensure that Xero is kept up to date with daily, weekly and monthly transaction postings, and that all accounts are fully reconciled.
• Processes & Controls: Ensure the business has appropriate financial processes and controls in place and that these are maintained and updated as necessary.
• Business partnering: Work with key stakeholders across the business to ensure that they have appropriate financial support, particularly around budget vs actual spends.
• Payroll: work with the external payroll provider to ensure that all payroll is complete and correct, and payments are made.
• Accounts payable: Create and process the weekly payment runs, with the support of the Finance Assistant.
• Weekly sales reporting: Assist the MD with weekly sales reporting.
• Year End: Support the CFO in the year end close process and liaising with the external accountants to facilitate their work.
• Tax Compliance: Assist the corporate tax advisors with completion of the annual corporation tax returns, and relevant Beer Duty returns for HMRC.
• Invoice Financing Facility: Manage the drawdown process and recourse list.

About You:

• Relevant accountancy qualification (part or fully qualified) - ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
• Experience of an end to end Finance function for an SME, including book keeping and month end close processes
• Experience of working with key senior stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience of strong communication skills
• Strong Excel skills
• Good knowledge of the Xero accounting package

What's on Offer:

• This is a great opportunity to make a real impact on the business as it goes through a period of positive change that ultimately sets the business on a course to be successful long-term.
• Flexible working policy with requirement to be in the office 3 days a week
• Staff rewards available and attached
• 23 days holiday excluding bank holidays.

Hours: This is a full-time role, core working hours are 9-5 Monday to Friday.

Location: E17

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience

If you are interested in hearing more, please apply today!

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications 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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