Finance Manager

1 month ago


Skelmersdale, United Kingdom PHS Group Limited Full time

About The Role
**Finance Manager - Direct365**
**Skelmersdale**
**Competitive salary plus annual bonus, car allowance and more**
**Full time permanent position**
**Exciting opportunity as our new Finance Manager**
We’re looking for an exceptional Finance Manager to join us at Direct365 and be part of our success. If you’re a qualified accountant with a recognised accountancy qualification, a background in financial management, and live in or near Skelmersdale we havea great opportunity for you here at Direct365, in our established, friendly, fast-growing company.
**Responsibilities for this role include**:
**Leadership**:

- Leadership, management and motivation of the Finance and Credit Control teams
- Development of talent and proactive management of performance
- Setting and monitoring of key KPIs - rewarding success and addressing challenges
- Recruitment of new team members
- As a member of the Direct365 Leadership Team, contribute proactively and professionally to the overall performance and profitable growth of the business

**Finance**:

- Overall responsibility for all the timely and accurate delivery of local financial activities including: - Accounts Payable, Cash Flow Optimisation, Management Accounts, Period and Year End Reporting, Purchase Ledger, VAT, and compliance
- Providing guidance and support to the Managing Director to secure the orderly and profitable development of the business within the framework of the Direct365 business plan
- Providing proactive and meaningful financial analysis, input and advice on both operational issues and commercial decision-making; including commercial review of pricing policy, business cases and capex requirements, and the subsequent tracking of costsand benefits
- Providing incisive and user-friendly management information to allow fact-based decision-making.Present management reports in a consistent, cohesive, and comprehensible way, both in written and formal presentations
- Interpreting variances and trends in financial data and relating these to operational performance
- Preparing the Company’s periodic trading reviews and board reports and presenting meaningful results to the Direct365 Managing Director and Group Managing Director for Specialist Businesses

**Credit Management**:

- Managing the credit cycle, ensuring it is appropriate for the business and is working effectively. Update it when required.
- Produce high quality, accurate regular and ad hoc reports showing the performance of Credit Management in the Business
- Manage cash collection to terms and consistently deliver budgeted DSO
- Qualified accountant with a recognised accountancy qualification.
- Broad financial management background in a business-to-business service organisation.
- Maintains and demonstrates financial awareness through current knowledge imparting an appreciation of the financial consequences flowing from commercial decisions, internal policy changes and other external factors.
- Experience of sustaining profitability, quality and service standards using key performance indicators and ratios to identify potential issues before they materialise.
- Understands the key business drivers that contribute to value.
- Demonstrates commercial awareness and understanding, without compromising financial conduct.
- Ensures that business opportunities are appropriately evaluated to minimise risk and sustain/improve profit margins.
- Continually seeks opportunities to streamline administrative functions realising financial and operational benefits.
- Helps in setting stretch targets for the business whilst providing the right support and mentoring to attain them.
- Provides incisive and user-friendly management information, meaningful financial analysis, input and advice to Company colleagues and senior management to assist with operational issues and commercial decision making.
- Whilst a recognised financial expert, contributes constructively and collaboratively towards the development of strategy and policy across the full range of business issues, not just its financial dynamics.
- Communicates positively to colleagues about agreed policies and changes.
- Has an open and honest approach to ensure that the right messages are cascaded to the senior management team.

**In return for your commitment and expertise as a Finance Manager, you will benefit from**:

- A competitive salary
- Attractive bonus
- Car allowance
- Company pension contribution
- Employee discounts with major supermarkets and retailers with ‘phs Perks’
- Accredited ILM training through external and in-house training
- Other benefits such as improved parental and paternity leave, a 24-hour wellbeing helpline, cycle to work scheme, life assurance and more



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