Finance Manager

Our client based in Frimley; Surrey is currently recruiting for a Finance Manager to join their organisation for a 12-month fixed term contract role to start as soon as possible.

The role will be managing the overall Business Controlling of the UK, and Export Region. The role will involve preparing, developing and analyzing key financial information for the region business to ensure that management makes well informed decisions,to ensure future stability, growth and profitability. Provide a high-quality support by liaising with the Commercial and Sales teams on all aspects of finance.

**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS**
- Prepare and analyze monthly performance on key business drivers - sales trends, product gross margins, rebates, freight, inventory expense
- Work with Senior Sales Management to maximize profitability and aid sound business decisions, assisting with P&L modelling, customer and product mix analysis, discounts and pricing, freight programs, and extended warranty offerings.
- Manage all aspects of financial budgeting and forecasting process by working with sales & commercial management and EMEA HQ Finance to ensure timely and accurate submissions.
- Define, implement, and track action plans to deliver financial commitments.
- Assures that cash flow and other forecasts are reliable and timely
- Facilitate and manage the month-end close process in partnership with the Shared Service or future setting, by keeping priorities on track and assisting staff when necessary.
- Reconciles and/or oversees the reconciliation and analyses of all balance sheet accounts. Ensures that adequate documentation is maintained for all transactions.
- Review and/or manage the A/P invoices approval, ensuring vendor invoices & T&E's have been properly approved and recorded, A/P aging report has been reviewed for payments, any open bill issues have been resolved.
- Review of overall expense with scrutiny of month-end accruals required.
- Review and/or prepares accurate financial statements on a timely basis.
- Supervision of Local Statutory fillings, VAT and other tax declarations.
- Primary point of contact for external and tax consultants.
- Assist with financial and tax audits when required.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**

**Education**:

- Bachelor's degree in Business, preferably in Accounting and/or Finance
- Advanced degree desirable
- Professional certification desirable.

**Experience and Skills**:

- Minimum 5 years successful experience working a Finance Manager / Business Controller
- Strong controlling and analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively deliver information to all levels of the organization

**Demonstrated knowledge of**:

- Good understanding of accounting processes and operational dependencies
- Solid knowledge of financial systems, financial management processes and specific systems across the EMEA business
- Excellent controlling and analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and persuading others
- Self-motivated, proactive attitude, and strong team player able to step into various roles when required.
- Ability to provide innovative solutions in a fast paced and occasionally ambiguous environment to deliver results
- Anticipate, identify, quantify, and resolve problems quickly and permanently
- Interact positively and productively (through oral and written communications) across functions within the organization to accomplish the organization's goals
- Willingness and interest in driving change and improvements
- Accuracy and high-quality control
- High level of system and PC skills (SAP R/3, SAP BI)
- Expertise in leveraging MS Office Tools (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) to gather and distribute financial data among remote team members

This is a hybrid role, 3 days in the office & 2 days from home. You will also be required to visit the London office once a week but this will be expensed.