Head of Finance
Salary : £80,000 pro-rata
Permanent, Part- Time – 9 days per month
Location : Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
A well-established recruitment business, based in Gateshead, is seeking to recruit an experienced and commercially focused Head of Finance to lead the finance function and play a key role within the management team, as the business continues to expand and develop.
Key responsibilities:
· Ownership of monthly MI reporting, comprising branch level Profit and Loss reports, detailed sales and margin analysis and insight into variances against budgets and historic performance.
· Responsibility for preparation of monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, journal posting and overhead analysis
· Preparation and submission of VAT Returns.
· Payroll RTI submissions.
· Management, support and development of finance department team members in payroll, sales ledger, credit control and purchase ledger functions.
· Supporting the external annual audit process.
· Management of Invoice Discounting and Banking facilities.
· Primary contact for internal and external stakeholder communication.
· Taking an active role within the senior management team, providing a finance based approach to key business decision making processes.
Knowledge, skill and experience:
· Holder of a recognised accounting qualification.
· Strong technical accounting knowledge and commercial acumen.
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
· IT literate with expertise in Excel and financial modelling.
· Familiarity with Sage 50 accounting software advantageous but not essential