Skills

Leadership Monitoring Sales Accounting

Job Specifications

The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring consistent corporate financial strategy through a range of avenues such as managing and allocating accounts, financial statements, and tax data. Alongside an ability to manage individuals studying towards their qualifications

Responsibilities:

- Effectively contribute as a Leadership Team member to both define and implement the strategic direction of the business and track its actual and forecasted impact on financials;

- Actively engage with peers at the LT level to coordinate key initiatives and ensure targets are reached through data and fact-based analysis;

- Challenge business assumptions where relevant and help drive mitigation and development plans;

- Continually evaluate and monitor risks in the external environment relating to the business;

Project Support: Global ERP Project

- business lead for current ERP system (EFACs)

- key change agent for implementation of new ERP (D365) for UK businesses

Finance – Statutory Accounting, Management Reporting & Compliance

- Ensuring the reliability of the company's accounts at local (statutory) and management reporting purposes. Ensuring that monthly, half-yearly and annual closings comply with Group requirements in terms of standards (IFRS), format and deadlines.

- Ensuring compliance with Listed procedures and local legal requirements in terms of risks and internal controls.

- Implement the management procedures and KPIs required to monitor activities and report to management.

- Develop the budget and business plan in line with strategic choices as well as the monthly forecast

- Working closely with commercial management, identifying challenges and opportunities with operational stakeholders, providing actionable information to support improved financial performance, Treasury, credit, collection, banking relations:

- Ensure banking relations.

- Monitor the cash position and analyse variances from forecasts.

- Defining and monitoring credit policy in collaboration with the sales department.

- Ensure invoices are sent to customers on time with a high level of accuracy

- Stock valuations

- Gross margin understanding

- Bills of Materials

- Ensuring compliance with HMRC obligations

- Supervise payroll activities

- Implement the remuneration policy in conjunction with the Global HRD.

Qualifications

CIMA/ ACCA/ ACA Qualified with 5 years + PQE
Proficiency with current financial software
Understanding of UK GAAP/ FRS 102

If interested please apply below/ reach out to james.berry@investigo.co.uk

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