Practice - Outsourced Finance Manager
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £30-50k depending on experience.
Opportunity to join a well-established, growing and innovative business and advisory firm based in Camberley who provide advice and accounting solutions to help entrepreneurial and high growth businesses. Heading up our Business Services and Outsourcing team, reporting to the Directors, you will be responsible for all aspects of a portfolio of clients for whom they provide end to end services. This role is essential to meeting their clients’ evolving requirements, delivering long term sustainable value to businesses by providing a range of solutions and advice such as accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, management accounting and statutory accounts and self-assessment corporate and personal tax returns. The role is office based and working in a friendly team, as well as some independent tasks, and will be great for a driven, ambitious and versatile individual who is looking for their next challenge.
Qualifications and Systems Experience:
1. Excellent knowledge of Outlook/Microsoft packages.
2. Highly IT literate. Must have worked with a variety of accounting software packages, be able to adapt quickly to new software, proficient in short cuts and navigating between screens and platforms whilst maintaining an exceptionally high degree of accuracy.
3. Advanced Excel skills. Must be confident in using VLOOKUP, SUMIF and SUMIFS.
4. ACA or ACCA Qualified (could be first role post qualification, depending on experience).
Relevant Experience:
1. Working in a busy, fast paced practice environment.
2. Solid understanding of the key VAT rules as well as being proficient in VAT return preparation, review and submission.
3. Previous experience working in public practice, and in an ‘outsourced’ finance function where regular contact is needed with your clients.
4. Proficient in the preparation and review of statutory accounts under FRS 102 & FRS 105, personal, partnership and corporation tax returns, including some more complex cases.
5. Managing a team and keeping tight control over daily work flows ensuring all deadlines and client needs are met.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for statutory accounts, corporation tax and personal tax returns, VAT returns, payroll and bookkeeping.
2. Responsible for management reports (annual and monthly) which identify results, trends and forecasts.
3. Assisting the Managing Director with all accounting operations including billing, cost accounting, stock and work in progress, cash flow and revenue recognition for a variety of clients.
4. Ensuring quality control and ensuring Practice standards are upheld.
5. Developing and documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
6. Examining all financial reports and data closely to check for discrepancies.
7. Creating systems to prevent errors in data collection and calculations.
8. Streamlining accounting functions and operations.
9. Supervising, managing and motivating outsource department team.
10. Reporting to their Managing Director on a timely and accurate basis to allow him to present financial information to our clients.
11. Working with their Managing Director to develop systems to support their clients’ businesses.
12. Building and maintaining strong working relationships with a portfolio of clients, understanding their business and ensuring that all communications are conducted in a professional and timely manner and within budget.
13. Following existing systems, updating them, and developing new ones as appropriate.
14. Suggesting updates and improvements for accounting systems.
15. Responsible for client portfolio, billing, budgets and WIP.
16. Ad hoc advisory services.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills:
1. To handle client enquiries on a day to day basis and know when to inform the Managing Director to ensure he is kept fully up to date.
2. To formulate reasoned views and recommendations, tempering technical knowledge with commercialism to address complex issues, seeking consultation where required.
Communication Skills:
1. To speak with confidence in all client handling situations.
2. To write clear, concise emails.
3. To identify key issues from file reviews and discussions.
Personal Qualities:
1. Sound analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills and be able to work to tight deadlines.
2. Resourceful.
3. Demonstrate scepticism. Able to think around situations and identify potential issues rather than accepting the status quo.
4. Strong attention to detail, exceptional accuracy and reliable.
5. To demonstrate utmost tact, integrity and confidentiality.
6. Able to gain the trust of clients and colleagues and motivate, support and connect with them.
7. Capable of managing multiple tasks and priorities at once.
8. Work independently as well as possessing strong teamwork skills.
9. Display drive, energy and enthusiasm and be focused on achieving results. Self-motivated, can do attitude, sense of urgency.
10. Strong organisational skills and robust under pressure, multi-tasking whilst keeping goals in sight.
For more information, please contact the below:
Ross Tremayne
Recruitment Consultant
T: 07955 269 094
E: ross@supreme-ss.com
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