Finance Manager

Job Description

Finance Manager

£65,000 - £75,000 + Bonus and Benefits.

Growing company, interesting sector, awesome culture, and a great boss!

This is a highly varied accounting role that will provide you with oversight of the day-to-day finance function, responsibility for reporting, support in FP&A, and the opportunity to act as a business partner. You will also manage and develop a team of two in a growing PE-backed business.

We are looking for a qualified accountant who is technically astute with a commercial mindset. The right person for this role will have a genuine hunger to grow and develop in their career.

Month end reporting:

Ownership of monthly management accounts for all managed companies, including clear commentary explaining variances against budgets/forecasts
Review of work completed by Management Accountants
Preparation of monthly and quarterly board packs
Regular review of balance sheets and following up on discrepancies
Regular review of aged debtors and creditors with Accounts Payable Manager
Ownership of weekly and monthly cash forecasts
Ownership of spares movements and regular review with Stores Manager
Ownership of feedstock harvests and usage, and regular review with Feedstock Managers
Ensure data within the system is as clean and up to date as possible to drive real time information reporting

Business partnering:

Liaise across the business to build relationships between Finance and other departments
Assist commercial finance team with valuations and other queries
Ensure budget holders are kept up to date with their progress against budget and maintain a dialogue regarding potential issues and risks to highlight to the Financial Controller
Undertake ad hoc financial analysis as required to support business partners

Internal controls:

Assist in ensuring a strong internal control environment is developed and maintained
Prepare and update system and process documentation
Seek to continuously improve all existing systems, processes and controls

Statutory reporting:

Ownership of statutory accounts preparation and liaising with auditors
Ownership of corporation tax and liaising with tax consultants
Calculation of quarterly tax instalments
Assisting with VAT queries and inspections
Company secretarial filings

Budgeting:

Support Financial Controller and budget holders with annual budget setting processes

Investor relations:

Day-to-day contact for investor queries
Attend regular meetings with asset managers and other external stakeholders
Ownership of distribution payments to investors