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About the Business
A great opportunity to be a Finance Manager for a significant business within the wholesale industry. This role is really varied giving you the chance to work in all aspects of the finance function.
Main Duties:
As a Finance Manager, your main duties include:
- Support the testing and integration of a new system, ensuring key financial data such as customer invoices and cash transactions are successfully transferred to the accounting system.
- Oversee, manage, and track supplier rebates, including ongoing promotional offers and annual overriders of approximately £4m, working alongside the buying team to ensure all anticipated revenue is received. Be confident in questioning or challenging any inconsistencies with the buying team or suppliers.
- Record daily bank transactions and reconcile bank accounts.
- Process weekly supplier payments and handle ad-hoc payments as needed.
- Supervise the daily entry of customer invoices and cash transactions into the accounting system, ensuring accurate reconciliation of all amounts.
- Manage both AP and AR functions, overseeing the credit control process of approximately £1m, ensuring overdue accounts are actively pursued for payment.
- Assist the Financial Controller in producing monthly management accounts and reconciling balance sheet accounts.
- Provide day-to-day support, management, and development for the accounts team in collaboration with the FC.
- Reconcile VAT and duty payments, ensuring they are made within the required timeframe.
- Liaise with external auditors and support the year-end audit process.
- Build relationships with key financial and non-financial stakeholders, including operational staff.
- Develop and generate reports that aid the business in making informed commercial decisions.
- Continuously assess and enhance accounting processes and controls.
- Lead cost reduction initiatives across the business.
- Undertake various ad-hoc projects and responsibilities as required.
Location / Office / Culture
Their offices are located in Aston, where you will work alongside a great team.
What We Are Looking For
The ideal candidate will have:
- Qualified/Part Qualified with at least 5 years industry experience
- Proactive with ability to work using own initiative
- Business Partnering experience
- Good communication and people management skills
Why Join the business
- Great Team
- Varied Role
- Opportunity to work in a large business
About Us
We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.
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