Finance Manager / Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant - Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited : Job Details

Your new companyHays Accountancy & Finance are delighted to be working exclusively in partnership with an established owner-managed business who operate in a niche business sector who are embarking on an exciting period of growth and require a confident, experienced Finance Manager to manage the day-to-day finances of this £40M turnover business based close to Bury St Edmunds.

Your new roleIn this newly created Finance Manager job, you will play a key role in working with the Senior Management Team in taking responsibility for managing the day-to-day finances across the ledgers, with a particular focus on cash flow management and extensive reconciliation of several multi-currency accounts.

As a business, they work closely with UK-wide and international suppliers and customers, including well-known household brands, in a fast-paced business-to-business set up which requires you to use your broad financial commercial expertise in high-volume transactional finance and preparing monthly reconciliations of their invoice factoring balances.

You will also oversee the duties of a part-time credit controller in the collection of outstanding balances and work closely with them for updated payment due dates, which will enable you to produce an accurate cash position for the Senior Management Team. The organisation has been established for a number of years and does not have a cashflow issue but requires the data to make commercial decisions. As the main finance contact in the business, you will monitor and prepare key financial metrics and highlight any departmental financial performance or concerns.The Finance Manager will also be responsible for the payroll of circa 10+ staff, preparing the trial balance statements as well as the annual audit schedules, HMRC compliance and VAT returns.What you'll need to succeed

The business is open to considering candidates who are Part-Qualified or Qualified by Experience provided they can demonstrate the key skills required in overseeing and being involved in the transactional finances, able to produce accounts to a trial balance, undertake extensive reconciliations and be aware of invoice factoring. It is expected you will be confident with Excel and Sage as well as be comfortable working in a family business who are very supportive.

What you'll get in returnThe business offers a salary package of circa £35,000 - £39,000 depending on experience, a generous holiday allowance, free car-parking including EV charging, pension scheme etc.

This will be an office-based role, working 5-days on site as you need to be close to the operational leads and working from 9am to 5pm.

What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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