Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Cheltenham 
Permanent role – Monday – Friday

£45-50k + Bonus + excellent benefits

A highly prestigious business are seeking a commercially astute CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified finance manager to join an excelling business. The Finance Manager will oversee the day to day running of the finance function, with responsibility for producing monthly management accounts and will assist the Head of Finance with managing the Finance team.

They will be part of a small team and therefore they will need to have a flexible and adaptable approach. They will need excellent communication skills with an ability to consult with operational staff at all levels. 

Responsibilities

• Management of purchase/sales ledgers, payroll function to ensure transactions are recorded and processed in a timely manner
• Prepare Monthly Management accounts and review control account reconciliations
• Prepare VAT returns
• Develop the monthly reporting pack to provide accurate and timely information to non-finance managers
• Assist with year-end audit and other ad-hoc reporting

Qualifications and Skills required

• Confident finance manager/management accountant seeking a step up
• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Previous experience in all aspects of accounts function (ideally payroll too but this is not essential)
• Month end processing and reporting experience
• Analytically minded
• Good team player
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Good IT literacy – advanced excel
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent time management

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, as well as an additional day off given between Christmas and New Year
• Company Pension scheme (the Company will match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6% of basic salary in the first year. Then the scheme becomes non-contributory with employer contributions of 10% leading to 20% based on years’ service)
• Life assurance of 3 x basic salary for members of the pension scheme
• Bupa Private Health Care Scheme with employee contribution
• Enhanced maternity pay with years of service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual discretionary performance-related bonus scheme (Pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Swapping of 3 bank holidays (Good Friday, Early May Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday) to be taken on a cultural or religious date of significance
• Extra day of annual leave with 5 years’ service (pro-rata for part-time workers)
• Employee Ownership Trust:
• As an Employee Ownership Trust, we do things a little differently from some other organisations. Every one of our employees has a voice and our people are highly motivated and committed. Our structure allows for our combined success as an organisation to be shared equitably across the Company. The trust is indirect, meaning that eligible employees are not shareholders directly, however they are held ‘in-trust’ by the Trust’s Board of Directors.
• The Employee Ownership Trust allows for a yearly tax-free bonus that is in addition to performance related bonuses to be paid to all eligible employees – dependant on the company’s annual performance.
• Eligible employees: Employees must be employed for 6 months before being an eligible beneficiary of the Trust.

If this role is of interest, apply today to sadiek@ RE Recruitment.com

RE acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

RE Recruitment would like to thank you for applying for the above role. We do try to come back to all applications however if you haven’t heard from a consultant within 5 working days, this unfortunately means that you have been unsuccessful.

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