Finance Manager

6 days ago


Shoreditch, United Kingdom Talentedge Full time

Exciting UK owned Fashion Scale-Up
- Broad role with superb career development

Brilliant opportunity to join this exciting fashion retailer scale-up Although already well established they are in a period of rapid growth with further aggressive development plans for the next 3 years.

Broad role reporting to the COO managing the day-to-day financial operations & developing the finance function (actuals & FP&A) as the business takes off as well as leading a finance team of 2.

It’s an autonomous position but with the support of a very experienced and distinguished senior leadership team working with everyone across the business.

Chance to come in early and grow quickly with the company seeing your efforts make a tangible difference in this most creative, glamourous, fun & rewarding of industries.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ownership of the Finance function managing the day to day financial operations
- Preparation of monthly management accounts (full P&L/balance sheet), variance analysis & commentary for main company and subsidiaries
- Maintaining a robust control environment, financial controls to be continuously reviewed and improved across all areas of finance
- Support the founders and directors in all financial aspects of the business
- Support the operational teams with relevant analysis and KPI reporting to ensure trading is optimised across channels, including provision of relevant sales reporting
- Stock reconciliations to ensure stock and cost of sales are accurately reported, including the management of physical stock counts and stock loss reporting and accounting entries
- Full ownership of the trial balance ensuring journals are posted accurately and are reviewed against budgets/forecasts monthly
- Monthly meetings with department heads to discuss departmental P&Ls and variance analysis, ensuring a focus on cost controls and budget management
- Management of budgeting & forecasting & 5 year plans, including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Capital Expenditure
- Preparation of seasonal stock budgets to ensure monthly sales targets can be achieved
- Manage currency exposure with 3rd party provider to support the Buying and Merchandising team by setting and achieving a buying exchange rate to ensure margin is protected from currency fluctuation
- Key point of contact for 3rd party accountants who support with the statutory accounts filings and other company secretarial matters and submissions as required by Companies House
- Review of monthly payroll including liaison with 3rd party payroll providers to ensure smooth running of all payroll matters
- Cash flow management, tracking actual cash flow movements against budgeted cash flow movements and highlighting issues in a timely manner
- Review and submission of all statutory filings including quarterly VAT return
- Work with 3rd party tax consultants to ensure international VAT obligations are met
- Continual assessment and improvement of the analysis and reporting provided by the finance team to ensure it is fit for purpose and anticipates new requirements
- Liaison with IT to deliver enhancements to reporting and analysis utilising the Data Warehouse to enhance and automate reports
- Other ad hoc planning and analysis as required, in particular to support the needs of directors and other business functions

**Skills and Experience**:

- Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in running a month-end/finance function ideally in an SME
- Retail/fashion experience preferred but not essential
- Business facing with the ability to quickly establish credibility with senior stakeholders
- Ability to take a bigger picture approach but also happy to be hands-on
- Outgoing, driven and enthusiastic individual
- Have strong communication skills
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment


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