Finance Manager

Our client is looking for a Company Accountant to join their award-winning, multi-disciplinary, design consultancy!

Reporting to the Managing Director and working closely with the Board. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and well-qualified accountancy professional with proven breadth and depth of knowledge and experience to work for a successful, forward thinking and growing organisation that can offer an informal, friendly but professional and hard working environment.

Key Responsibilities:

· Manage and supervise the Accounts Team and their core tasks (Management Accountant, Sales & Purchase Ledger Assistant, Payroll Assistant)

· Budgeting, forecasting and financial planning - update and maintain complex Excel models associated with the annual financial budgeting cycle, cash flow forecasting and strategic planning.

· Statutory accounts and audit - planning, preparation of audit files, reviewing statutory accounts for clearance, Companies House filing

· Liaising with Auditors on site as required.

· Corporation tax - calculation of tax in advance payments, checking of computations for provisioning and final return, preparation and review of R&D claims, liaising with their tax partner regarding international tax queries

· Pensions - ensuring compliance with auto enrolment requirements, management of pension contributions via their Pension provider’s digital platform

· Employee benefits - liaising with their employee benefits consultant regarding pensions governance, annual planning documents and preparation and submission of P11Ds

· Insurance - coordinate and prepare documents and data for the annual renewal, liaising with their broker regarding insurance queries

· Administer on line banking

· Monitor the storage, retention and destruction of accounting documents and data in accordance with legislation and GDPR procedures

· Attendance & reporting at monthly Board meetings as required

About You:

• Extensive knowledge of effective accountancy practices and legislation
• Motivated by change and driven by achieving results
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly both verbally and in writing across all levels of staff, management and external customers
• Proven ability in meeting service level agreements against agreed deadlines
• Creative with the confidence to contribute new ideas and ways of working
• Ability to plan and prioritise work in line with agreed deadlines and objectives
• Self-motivating and able to work on own initiative and work well in an established hybrid team
• High level of organisation and co-ordinating skills
• Reliable and adaptable
• Ability to work in a highly confidential manner
• Capability to undertake own continuous professional development, sharing knowledge and best practice with the team
• Able to produce concise and accurate records and reports with a high level of attention to detail
• IT Literate – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Able to work to intermediate level on Excel in order to produce a variety of statistics and reports
• Hold a relevant accountancy qualification and combination of experience. CIMA, ACA or ACCA.
• Experience using Access Dimensions and Focal Point would be advantageous
• Experience of project accounting reporting would be advantageous

Please be aware that it is likely that there will be some restrictions as to when holidays can be taken so to avoid key deadlines.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £55,000.00-£65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• Language training provided

Flexible Language Requirement:

• English not required

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Warwick: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (preferred)

Experience:

• Management: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: FINMAN1