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Company profile:
A bespoke Flexographic printing and Flexible Packaging Manufacturer who supply packaging solutions to a wide range of industries. Who are now looking for a Finance Manager to join their team.
Title: Finance Manager
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
Role and Responsibilities:
To lead the day-to-day Finance function, ensuring accuracy and timely financial reporting, robust financial controls and effective wider support to the business.
Financial Reporting
- Prepare monthly UK management accounts, including P & L, balance sheet and variance analysis.
- Manage and reconcile balance sheet accounts and ensure accurate GRNI reporting.
- Weekly cash flow forecasting
- Produce and distribute the costing/margin report monthly, highlighting low margin customers and large variances on estimates vs actuals
Finance Systems & IT Oversight
- Champion the use of the Radius ERP system across departments to ensure data accuracy and consistency
- Ensure the finance system is fully utilised and optimised for reporting and control.
Purchase Ledger Management
- Oversee all aspects of the Purchase Ledger function through the Accounts Assistant.
- Ensure timely invoice processing, supplier payments, and month-end accruals.
- Maintain robust invoice coding, approval limits, and cost allocations.
Sales Ledger & Credit Control & Payroll Oversight
- Support the payroll process through the Accounts/Payroll Assistant to ensure timely
Oversee Bank Reconciliations
- Transfer funds between bank accounts to ensure positive balances.
- Bank Reconciliation for three currencies.
- Manage cashbook postings.
Year end Audit & Compliance
- Manage the year end Audit with external Auditors
- Prepare year-end tax packs and ensure compliance with audit and statutory requirements.
General
- Work closely with others in departments including operations and commercial to support business performance through financial insights.
- Treat all colleagues in a professional, fair and empathetic manner.
- Ensure health, safety, environment and quality always remain a priority.
- Work on your own initiative as required ensuring the smooth, efficient and effective availability of financial information is available for the business.
- Be flexible to provide the required support to the Finance Director / Department wherever
Person Specification:
- Qualified Accountant with proven track record.
- Experience managing people.
- Experience of a manufacturing business essential.
- Strong knowledge of finance systems (Radius or similar) with excellent Excel skills.
- Highly accurate with strong financial control mindset.
- Strong interpersonal skills, confident communicating with all levels.
- Professional, proactive, calm under pressure and a team player.
