Finance Manager/Financial Controller

Description:

One of our leading build contractor clients based in Wiltshire are now seeking to employ a full time Finance Manager / Financial Controller reporting into the Finance Director.
Responsibilities:
To include overseeing end-to-end finance operations, financial planning and analysis, balance sheet reconciliation's, looking to make improvements to procedures and controls, as well as ad-hoc projects and requests as and when they come up. They will consider a part qualified or qualified by experience (QBE) Finance manager for this role. The successful candidate will be someone who will integrate well into our already established team, can motivate and inspire people and who has a financially commercial mind who wants to forge a long lasting, successful and rewarding career.
Summary:
• Responsibility for, managing and completing everyday functions of the Finance department (i.e.inputting invoices, payment runs).
• Drive the continuous improvement of end-to-end accounting practices.
• Analysing targets.
• Managing and coordinating monthly reporting, budgeting and re forecast processes.
• Monitoring cash flow and predicting future trends.
• Daily cash flow monitoring with weekly cash flow report.
• Quarterly OH reports and measuring against budgets.
• Financial accounting (prepayments, accruals, WIP, stock movement).
• Monthly CIS returns, Quarterly VAT returns.
• Producing reports to the Group Exec Team on the Company’s financial situation.
• Liaison with the Company’s external accounting, pension and payroll provider.
• Year-end Accounts preparation.
• Company Insurances.
• Credit card reconciliation, staff expenses and commission payments.
• Monthly CVR reporting.
• Work with external accountants regarding the R&D tax relief claim.
• Ensuring the Company meets all its statutory and compliance obligations including statutory accounting and tax issues and keeping abreast of changes in financial regulations and legislation.
• Looking for cost-reduction opportunities.
• Developing relationships with external contacts such as auditors, solicitors and HMRC.
• Assisting the Group Exec Team in producing strategic and long-term financial business plans.
• Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance.
• Line management and mentoring of a Junior Accounts assistant (apprentice) with the intention to build the team as the company grows.
You:
• Commercial and business awareness.
• Experience in managing and supervising others.
• Sage50.
• Excellent Excel and reporting skills.
• Experienced in process improvement and implementation of automating manual processes.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Able to delegate and manage the work of others.
• Excellent numeracy skills.
• Ability to organize own work and multitask.
• Ability to analyse queries, identify problems and come up with solutions.
• To work as a part of a team or on own initiative and work accurately under pressure and meet targets.
• Strong attention to detail and with an investigative nature.
• Contingency planning.
Experience and Qualifications:
• 5+ years' experience working in a finance role ideally within construction (but not essential).
• Qualified by Experience (QBE)/part qualified/ newly qualified accountant.
• Microsoft Office 365