Finance manager

We are recruiting for a Finance Manager on behalf of a successful, privately owned business, working within the construction industry. This firm offers a vibrant office environment and prides itself on the wellbeing and growth of its employees. The role is office based and requires 30 hours per week with flexibility to suit, which could be four full days or hours spread across five days. Along with a competitive salary the firm offers: * 20 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + minimum 3 extra days over the Christmas break * Salary sacrifice; electric car scheme and pension scheme * Private medical insurance * Half year and annual company awards * Length of service holiday accrual * Enhanced maternity/paternity leave Reporting to the Managing Director and leadership team, the key function of this role will be to strengthen and enhance the quality and depth of financial reporting and analysis for the Management Team. As Finance Manager your responsibilities will include: * Overseeing the finance and credit services departments on a day-to-day basis * Preparation of year-end financial accounts * Managing and reviewing sales and purchase ledger ensuring the accounts team are keeping accurate accounts * Preparing monthly management accounts , including cashflow forecasting and variance analysis * Take responsibility for the maintenance of the nominal ledger, preparing journal entries where relevant for accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and payroll * Maintain Fixed Asset Registers * VAT and limited CIS administration * Structuring and monitoring the company rsquo;s financial KPIs * Sales and profitability analysis * Review and account for supplier rebates * Prepare profitability statements for external Sales Team * Consider bad debt provisions Please apply if you have the following skills and experience: * Be an experienced accounts professional either qualified ACCA/ACA/CIMA or qualified by experience * Minimum five years rsquo; experience gained within the finance department of a UK SME * Good general IT skills ndash; the company currently uses Sage 200 but is migrating its finance and CRM system to SAP imminently and although not essential, experience in either of these would be desirable * Ability to effectively manage the accounts department of a busy company * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Be confident managing own workload Submit your CV for this Finance Manager role Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a graduate visa. Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within the finance department of a UK . We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful