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Kenneth Brian Associates are delighted to be partnering with a long-established and respected construction group in Sutton, who are seeking a Finance Manager to join on a 12-month fixed term contract.
Key Duties:- Full responsibility for financial reporting.
- Providing accurate and insightful management information to the Directors and Senior Leadership Team.
- Ownership of P&L, cash flow forecasting, and group consolidations.
- Delivering budgets and overseeing year-end processes.
- Proactively challenging financial performance and supporting commercial decision-making.
- Ensuring strong cash-flow management and tight financial controls.
- Presenting management information at bi-monthly Board meetings.
- Ensure ledgers are reconciled and maintained to the highest standards.
- Prepare month-end management accounts with clear and insightful commentary.
- Group reconciliations and consolidated reporting.
- Streamline and improve accounting systems and processes, including cost allocation accuracy.
- Deliver reliable reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts.
- Oversee monthly payrolls and ensure compliance with VAT, PAYE, P11D and CIS requirements.
- Budget preparation, KPIs, and reporting against budget.
- Manage the Fixed Asset Register.
- Prepare high-quality year-end packs for all subsidiaries and liaise with external accountants.
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with at least 3 years’ post-qualification experienc or Qualifed by extensive experience.
- Construction industry experience is essential.
- Proven ability to manage and motivate a small finance team.
- Strong experience with group accounting.
- Confident in identifying problems, analysing cost reports, and implementing improvements.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to challenge senior management where necessary.
- Commercially astute with SME experience.
- Knowledge of lean processes or process improvement would be advantageous.
