Are you a dynamic and skilled finance professional looking for your next opportunity?
Principle Accountabilities/Main Functions
Cash Management / Banking
* Full responsibility for managing cash flow and forecasting.
* Manage payment plans.
* Authorize all payments affecting current and savings accounts. Manage credit cards, including ordering, cancelling, and sending statements to relevant departments, ensuring proper processing onto Sage and VAT analysis.
* Manage unfunded debt levels, liaise with invoice discounting providers, and ensure monthly reconciliations are completed on time.
* Oversee the annual invoice discounting provider audit.
* Assist in preparing and submitting the HMRC Quarterly VAT Return.
Accounts Receivable
* Manage a sales ledger debt of 7 million, employing appropriate debt recovery strategies.
* Handle high-profile clients and key escalation points for queries.
* Carry out and report debt collection forecasts weekly to the FD, indicating outstanding debt and cash liquidity impact.
* Close the Sales Ledger by the 15th of each month, ensuring all transactions are completed and accounts reconciled. Report any delays to the FD.
* Manage credit limits, new accounts, and existing account administration.
* Generate outstanding debt reports to prioritize collection efforts.
* Handle intercompany transactions and recharges.
Accounts Payable
* Monitor and manage the Purchase Ledger, processing 3 million invoices, ensuring correct coding aligned with budgets.
* Manage relationships with external suppliers and prioritize payments within cash flow constraints.
* Analyze gross profit on consultant deployments, monitor margins, and report to the FD.
* Process employee expenses, ensuring HMRC compliance, with approval from departmental budget holders, and close off by the 15th of the following month.
* Manage the company credit card system, ensuring transactions are correctly coded and processed onto Sage, with VAT analysis.
Payroll
* Assist in monthly payroll administration for the outsourced payroll team.
* Lead and develop the finance team, setting SMART objectives, conducting appraisals, and streamlining workflows.
* Conduct quarterly performance reviews of the team.
Ad hoc
* Ensure consistency and accuracy in the accounting system, maintaining confidential and organized financial data.
* Review and improve processes regularly.
* Manage work delegation from mailboxes.
* Handle company insurance and utility renewals.
* Support other departments with reporting and process setup.
* Assist with ISO 9001 and 45001 certifications on behalf of the finance team.
Preferred Qualifications / Experience:
* Experience in a managerial or supervisory role.
* AAT part or full qualification, proficiency in Excel, Microsoft Office packages, Sage 50 or 200, and payroll administration experience.
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