Finance Manager

We are very pleased to be partnered with our established and professional client as they seek to recruit a Finance Manager on a permanent basis. This is a superb opportunity for a Finance Manager to join a very reputable and rewarding organisation.

Finance Manager

Full Time permanent role - Hybrid with around 2 days per week based at the office in Burgess and 3 days per week working from home. This can vary on a week by week basis depending on business and departmental needs.

Monday - Friday, 35 hours per week. Office based in Burgess Hill. Around a 10 minute walk from the mainline station.

Salary - £45000 plus exceptionally good company benefits.

Role subject to references and DBS checks

Purpose of the role:

Full responsibility for the management of the finance transactional team.
Responsibility for sales invoicing and debt management activities.
Responsibility for purchase invoicing and credit management
Responsibility for the supporting the treasury function and to include specific activities around cash management, cash books, petty cash and credit cards.
Supporting the finance department in the delivery of financial information and to provide a comprehensive financial reporting service

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manage, support and develop members of the accounts receivable and accounts payable team. 2 direct report and 5 indirect reports
• Manage all aspects of the purchase, sales ledger and credit control function.
• Debt management to ensure debt levels remain within targets set.
• Act as main point of contact for the auditors on transactional items.
• Ensure all purchase invoices are posted within the required deadlines by the team.
• Ensure all sales invoices are raised and posted within the required deadlines by the team.
• Responsible for liaising with the finance business partnering team and the financial planning and analysis team to ensure all information required is provided within a timely basis.
• Support treasury management through the review and maintenance of the cash position through activities undertaken within the transactional team.
• Check and authorise payments to suppliers, transmit weekly payment run, oversee posting to cash books and undertake reconciliations of company bank accounts.
• To manage the recording and reporting of petty cash and credit card entries. .
• Alongside the financial controller, maintain up-to-date bank information, including bank mandates, open credits, standing orders, and direct debits.
• Support the monthly management accounts process.
• Oversee the preparation of debtors schedules to be distributed monthly.
• Oversee the management of the Invoice management system
• Support projects where required.

Competencies, skills and experience required:

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills with good attention to detail
• Experience and ability to work to tight deadlines providing accurate and timely information to a high standard.
• Strong knowledge of accounts receivable, accounts payable, credit control and cash and banking activities
• Good computer skills, including using Microsoft Excel and other IT systems.
• Strong commercial acumen, with good business analysis skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships with those both inside and outside the organisation

This is an excellent opportunity for a Finance professional to join a superb business who offer a friendly working environment along with superb company benefits

Apply today for immediate consideration. Short-listing will start very soon.

Wild Recruitment Ltd T/A First Recruitment Services is acting as an employment agency on behalf of this vacancy