Job description
We are working on a sole agency basis with a rapidly expanding ethical organisation based in Sheffield. This organisation was founded in 2017 and has grown to become the experts in their field across the UK and EU. They're looking for a Finance Manager to join their team to be fully responsible for the accounts department.The successful candidate will be responsible for the completeness, accuracy, and validity of the business' financial data, including managing the payroll and posting of invoices, journals and other transactions. Monitoring financial performance, creating financial reports, working closely with the UK team along with partner organisations in Belgium, Dubai, and other countries.
The Finance Manager will report directly to the CEO/Founder and work closely with other members of the executive team.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and implement financial policies and procedures to ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
Ensuring financial data inputs are complete, accurate and valid, including invoices, costs and journals.
Managing the payroll inputs.
Managing the preparation of financial statements, and client reports,
Working closely with other team members in UK, Belgium and other countries to ensure timely and accurate data is provided to support the reporting to our clients, and ensure all financial transactions are properly recorded and reconciled.
Work with the Directors to prepare budgets, and forecasts.
Analyse financial data to identify trends and provide recommendations for improvement.
Manage cash flow and prepare cash flow forecasts.
Liaise with banks, auditors and other third parties in UK and overseas.
Compliance with Tax and VAT requirements, including VAT filing.
Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in a finance or accounting role.
Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organisation.
Experience with small business financial software, experience of Xero would be useful, but not essential.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Experience working with small businesses is preferred.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful.
Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
