Finance Manager Sme

2 weeks ago

Dartford, United Kingdom Butler Rose Full time

Management Accountant (SME / Start up) - London (EC1) - £45 - £55K

There's nothing quite like working for a start-up organisation, which has just gained huge private equity backing. The excitement, energy, and anticipation by all involved creates a fast-paced work environment where no task is to big or small, and your effortsare truly moving the business forward.

This is one of those opportunities

This private equity backed, owner managed Manufacturing business has created the perfect storm of offering a brilliant product into a rapidly growing industry sector at the right time, then super charged it with P.E. investment. We're bringing finance in-houseand need an experienced Finance Manager to join the team and support business in achieving it's short, medium, long term, strategic goal.

Reporting to the founders, you will be in sole charge of company finances which and as such need to be experienced in the following areas:
**Management responsibilities**:

- Producing monthly management packs including bespoke insight for the founders and funders.
- Preparing weekly KPI performance reporting
- Analysing cost factors such as production, profit margin, cost / profit per unit to produce detailed and insightful reports for your directors
- Collate information to monitor and report on product costs including innovation development and launch, manufacturing efficiency, customer / range and product profitability
- Supporting the Founders in developing long-term business plans, setting annual budgets, forecasts, and ways to monitor
- Setting up agile and robust financial process, procedures, and make recommendations on fit for purpose systems

**Daily / transactional finance**:

- Daily bank reconciliations
- Full purchase ledger responsibility, including supplier statement reconciliations and creditor payments.
- Full sales ledger responsibility, including issuing / submitting invoices, chasing debts, handling claims/debits.
- Responsible for payroll, including all associated administration - holidays, new starters, RTI submissions, pensions, etc.
- Preparing and submitting VAT returns

To be in contention, and ultimately successful in this role, you will have experience in sole charge finance in a Manufacturing company, and display the follow character traits:

- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Confidence, experience, capability in analysing cost factors such as production, profit margin, cost / profit per unit to produce detailed and insightful reports for your directors
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to multi-task and prioritise workload
- Self-motivated with a commitment to continual improvement
- Good team worker with a positive outlook
- Excellent levels of literacy & numeracy will be required

To discuss the role in more detail, please send your CV directly to

This role is being advertised by David Marchant at Butler Rose (AGY)

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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