Finance Manager
North–West London
Circa 70000 – 80,0000 + Bonus + Healthcare
Fantastic opportunity for a technically strong Qualified Finance Manager to join this leading construction business who have a long–term track record of successful and profitable innovative project delivery. The role will be joining a fantastic collaborative team and offers a great working environment. The business takes great pride in its people and as such we are looking for a collaborative, proactive and driven individual who enjoys working closely with their colleagues in a progressive environment.
Role Overview:
The Finance Manager will play a pivotal role within a high performing team of eleven, responsible for all the group's financial reporting. The role will include accounts preparation, reporting & analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, treasury management, VAT & Corporation Tax, budgeting & forecasting. Reporting to the Head of Finance and closely with the CFO and Management Accountant you will oversee the delivery of subsidiary and consolidated monthly management accounts, annual financial statements, tax and other returns in an accurate and timely manner.
Key Responsibilities:
Prepare group management accounts each month
Responsible for maintaining the Contract Schedule spreadsheet each month.
Liaise with contract surveyors to challenge and understand contract performance and position
Responsible for the provision of financial information to various divisions including liaising with divisional senior management
Oversee capex spend, process fixed asset additions & disposals and run the monthly depreciation routine
Request equipment financing quotes from an agreed list of financiers and prepare a comparison of the quotes for review
Act as cover for the group Treasury management, which includes maintaining the Daily Cash Flow forecast and performing bank reconciliations for all company bank accounts
Preparation of the monthly cash flow forecast
Preparing and posting monthly journals
Performing balance sheet reconciliations each month following up reconciling transactions in a timely manner
Assist in the preparation of the annual group budget and 6 months forecast
Prepare subsidiary and consolidated annual financial statements for principal group companies
Liaise with external auditors and respond to requests for information and deal with audit queries in a timely manner
Prepare the quarterly group VAT return
Investigate and prepare new project VAT assessments
Prepare company annual corporation tax computations
Assist in the preparation of R&D tax claims
Assist in the annual insurance renewal process
Assist in ERP user acceptance testing for system upgrades
Prepare Office of National Statistics returns
What we are looking for:
You will be a fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA with a minimum of 5 years previous experience in financial / management accounting.
You must have previous experience in the following areas:
Preparing subsidiary and consolidated financial statements
Tax – Corporation Tax, VAT, CIS (Nice to have)
Balance sheet reconciliations
Budget & forecast preparation
Advanced Excel for spreadsheet design (minimum capabilities include capability to use VLOOKUP, SUMIF functions and pivot tables)
Delivery of accurate and timely management information
Able to demonstrate the ability to challenge the status quo and make improvements
Additional desirable skills that would be an advantage are:
Knowledge and experience of using Microsoft Power BI
Experience of working in construction or exposure to accounting in a project–based environment
Data management and dashboard creation
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