Finance Manager

Finance Manager

We are working exclusively with one of the global leaders in Home Mechanical Ventilation, Airway Clearance and Sleep therapy on an extremely exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join their site in Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the UK management team.

The Finance Manager will have overall responsibility for the UK Finance function, including management of the finance team.

Essential Tasks:

• Overall responsibility for the UK Finance function including leading and guiding the local Finance team to reach expected Finance work
• Member of the UK Management team and a business partner for all other functions
• Month and year-end closing, ensure that monthly closings are performed timely and with high quality and according to regulations
• Financial reporting, internal reporting to HQ and management team, and external reporting to UK authority’s, including Annual Financial Statements
• Ensure compliance with and enforce adherence to all financial requirements, including reporting & taxation
• Analyse and follow up on business performance and KPIs
• Budgeting, Forecasting and long-term planning
• Cash management, including cash flow forecast
• Plan, coordinate and lead external financial audit
• Bank contact, including financing short term and long term
• Approve all financial transactions to include payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivables.
• Credit management to include customer terms, credit limits and collections
• Sign off on all purchase invoices and approve weekly BACS payment run
• Tax declaration of income statement, VAT and administration of taxes
• Develop and improve routines and processes within Finance, including closing, reporting and analysis
• Work closely with the business to drive simplification processes in P&L and finance flows to gain business growth
• Update job knowledge and ensure competence in the field of finance and tax
• Superuser JDE, for Finance UK
• Close cooperation with Finance at HQ

HR & Payroll - Following HR responsibilities are to be covered within the Finance department, not necessarily by the Finance Manager

• Administrate and process monthly payroll (manage and record employee vacation and absences etc for processing by external accountants)
• Administration of insurance, pension schemes etc
• Manage and administration of employee benefits, healthcare scheme etc
• Manage transactional HR tasks in various employee life cycle processes, e.g. onboarding, change, offboarding. Ensure contractual elements in line with legal requirements and company practices
• HR reporting to authorities
• Ensure UK HR master data accuracy in Breas’ HR systems. Ensure HR data processing in accordance with GDPR.
• Support local execution of global HR processes, track progress
• Support HR business partner with UK specific information and/or third party connections on a needs basis
• Support Global Legal team with UK Insurances renewals
• Secure alignment with WHS regulations (Work Health Safety Inspections etc)
• Oversee alignment with the Competence, Awareness & Training procedure
• Responsibility for UK training curriculums in line with local and global procedures

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience within Finance
• BS degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience with tier 1 ERP system
• Advanced computer skills in Excel and PowerPoint
• Extensive knowledge of UK GAAP
• Experience working in an international group - preferred
• Experience from manufacturing entity
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be a self-starter and be extremely detail oriented
• Hands on in the day-to-day working tasks
• Leadership skills with the ability to delegate, motivate and inspire team members
• Ability to work independently
• Team focused, accountability and strong work ethic a must
• Ability to articulate concepts and recommendations in a clear and concise manner
• Working experience within Payroll and other HR related issues - preferred
• Hybrid model possible - 3 days in office as a minimum

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