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Senior finance officer

Leicester
Vanilla Recruitment
Finance officer
Posted: 15 September
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Overview

This range is provided by Vanilla Recruitment. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Our client, a family-owned FMCG organisation within the food industry, is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Officer with experience of food manufacturing to join their growing team. The successful candidate will report into the Head of Finance and will oversee the day-to-day financial operations and ensure accurate maintenance of financial transactions in Sage 50 to trial balance along with the production of weekly financial KPIs. This is a fast-paced environment, and you will need to be hands-on in your approach and capable of using your own initiative.


Employment details

* Working hours full-time Monday to Friday 9am-5pm OR part-time 5/6 hours per day across 5 days
* Statutory pension
* On-site parking
* Hybrid working (1/2 days from home)


Responsibilities

* Maintain Sage 50 to ensure accurate and timely trial balance reporting
* Produce weekly financial KPIs and dashboards
* Analyse sales and purchase data by product, quantity, and price
* Ensure compliance with UK GAAP in all transactional reporting
* Monitor customer insurance compliance
* Prepare draft VAT returns for review and submission
* Post monthly journals including stock and freight cost allocations
* Reconcile stock holdings and associated costs
* Prepare comprehensive month-end accounts files with full traceability
* Complete monthly ONS surveys
* Manage credit control team and prioritisation of tasks
* Communicate with suppliers regarding invoices, payments, and credit notes
* Manage sales and purchase ledger
* Post and reconcile Amazon charges and ledgers
* Perform bank reconciliations including record and reconcile foreign exchange transactions
* Prepare draft payment runs


Qualifications

* CIMA, AAT or QBE
* Experience of working within FMCG in a food manufacturing environment is essential
* Experience of imports and recording and reconciling foreign exchange transactions desirable
* Experience of margin analysis, cost /sales desirable
* Experience of working within FMCG
* Strong working knowledge of Excel and Sage 50
* Confident in dealing with Directors and stakeholders in the business


Job function

* Accounting/Auditing


Industries

* Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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