Finance Manager

4 weeks ago


Sunderland, United Kingdom Trace – Expert Accountancy Recruitment Full time
Finance Manager, 8-12 month FTC - up to £60000 a year. Fully Remote

Our client is a £100m+ turnover group Engineering Services that supports SMEs by preserving their core strengths and providing a unique growth platform.

Bullet PointsnProducing of Management AccountsnPreparing and filing VAT returns is essentialnFully qualified

Full Job Description

Team info

You will be working as part of a collaborative 30-person finance team distributed across the UK Group. We have dedicated finance leads in each business who either have their own finance team or are supported by the central finance team in Sunderland. This role will sit within the central finance team and will be mainly remote with the option to use our office located in central London. Whilst the role initially has no direct reports, there is scope for this to change in the future and the role will need to work closely with the other businesses, their finance leads and management teams. The role will formally report into the Senior Finance Manager and will work closely with the group team on a day-to-day basis.

Main purpose of the job

As we look to further centralise and streamline our shared services, additional support is required in the finance team. The candidate will be responsible for preparing management accounts for various companies across the group. They will also play a part in standardizing processes as we ultimately migrate all businesses onto one finance system.

Day-to-day responsibilities will include:nSupport to Senior Finance ManagernProvide guidance and mentoring to the teamnPreparation of monthly management accounts and variance analysisnCalculation of depreciation, prepayments, accruals and other provisionsnReviewing balance sheet reconciliations and taking action to resolve issues as they arisenPayroll reconciliationsnSupport in delivering the year end accounts including preparation of year end audit files and provision of information to the auditorsnPreparation of short term and long term cash flow forecastsnPreparation of quarterly VAT returns including turnover reconciliationsnDeliver process improvements and identify opportunities to make repetitive tasks more efficientnAssist with migration of brands to our finance system (Unit4)nPreparation of month-end reports required for senior management meetingsnAd-hoc reporting as required by management and other functions within the groupnDaily banking tasks including reviewing / authorising paymentsnAbsence cover for other members of the finance teamnAd-hoc tasks as required

Knowledge & experience :nQualified accountant – ACA / ACCA / CIMAnManagement accounting and VAT experience is essentialnKnowledge of Unit4 Business World (Agresso) – not essential but preferred

Key skills required:

Ability to communicate and collaborate well with various different stakeholders across the groupnAccuracy and attention to detailnEffective time management skillsnWork to strict deadlinesnCommercial awarenessnAdvanced excel skillsnProactive approach to improving processes


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