We are working with a high growth privately owned family business looking for a new Finance Manager. The client is a niche specialist within the construction sector, operating throughout the UK.
The successful candidate will be based locally and able to work on site in the office, supporting the day to day financial transactions of the business, produce accurate and timely management accounts as well as provide insight and commercial advice. This role reports directly to the Managing Director/Owner, contributing to the smooth running of the day-to-day finance activities for the business.
Key responsibilities:
You will responsible for supporting a wide range of accounting tasks whilst the team is lean and is growing
* Produce accurate management accounts and reporting
* Build an effective relationship with the MD and all internal stakeholders
* Maintaining accurate and detailed customer records and creating new customer accounts
* Provide the Owners and wider stakeholders with relevant information and reporting
* Completing daily and monthly bank reconciliations
* Collecting monthly direct debits and making payments
* Preparing and entering journals into the system
* The preperation of management accounts and month-end duties
* Day to day administrative tasks
* Communicate directly with customers and handle queries relating to invoices and other accounting issues.
Key skills & experience:
* Excellent organisational skills
* High level of accuracy and attention to detail
* Experience working in a small business with high growth plans
* Comfortable working in a lean team
* A can do attitude and approach to problem solving
* Computer literacy and a working knowledge of accounting packages and Excel
* Solid understanding of financial systems and processes
* Strong analytical skills to evaluate financial data and make recommendations