Job description
Finance Manager | Stretford | £50,000 - £60,000 | Private equity backed SME | ACA/ACCA
Axon Moore are working with a private equity backed, highly acquisitive SME who are looking to recruit a technically capable Finance Manager to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven and ambitious individual, with a development plan to becoming the Group Financial Controller.
This role will report directly into the Group Finance Director and play a pivotal part in the continued growth of the company. With extensive exposure to the investors this is a superb role to shape and develop your career within a private equity backed environment.
Responsibilities include:
Axon Moore are working with a private equity backed, highly acquisitive SME who are looking to recruit a technically capable Finance Manager to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven and ambitious individual, with a development plan to becoming the Group Financial Controller.
This role will report directly into the Group Finance Director and play a pivotal part in the continued growth of the company. With extensive exposure to the investors this is a superb role to shape and develop your career within a private equity backed environment.
Responsibilities include:
- Prepare monthly management accounts together with relevant variance and ad hoc analysis
- Ensure balance sheet is fully reconciled
- Implement financial governance and controls to instil strong control environment.
- Oversee the processing of the accounts receivable and payable, with responsibility for timely cash collections and effective payment management.
- Oversee the processing of monthly VAT and all HMRC interaction
- Ownership of reporting to various external stakeholders e.g. lenders, banks, private equity house
- Actively manage cash flow on a daily basis and forecast cash balances
- Integrate future acquired businesses into the month end process and assist finance director with acquisition accounting
- Support the business with continuous improvement initiatives on controls and procedures.
- Collaborate with external auditors to ensure smooth running of year end statutory audit.
- Support the Finance Director with trend analysis and financial forecasting
- ACA/ACCA qualified - ideally with an audit background
- Deadline driven with excellent time management and attention to detail
- A positive attitude to work, with good problem solving skills is essential to succeed in this role