Key Responsibilities
Finance
- Performing financial month-end and year-end close activities.
- Dealing with finance related enquiries from third parties/stakeholders (e.g. auditors and Group finance).
- Maintaining accurate bank and cash records.
- Continually seeking and implementing opportunities to streamline and improve finance and accounting operations through technology including training staff to better utilise financial systems and processes.
- Monitoring cash flow, highlighting areas of risk and potential cost-reduction opportunities.
Reporting
- Providing accurate and timely information to the business to support commercial and management decisions.
- Assisting budget holders in producing, developing and monitoring departmental budgets and assisting with monthly financial reporting requirements.
Accounts
- Ensuring day-to-day transactions such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank & cash, and payroll are recorded properly.
- Ensuring the general ledger is maintained accurately.
- Performing timely and accurate month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Ensuring reconciliations and supporting schedules are submitted on a timely basis via Blackline system.
- Ensuring all finance and accounting operations comply with generally accepted accounting principles and Group policy.
- Preparing monthly management account pack for review with Head of Finance.
- Maintaining fixed asset register and tracking capex spend versus budget.
Stock
- Liaising with stock controller to ensure accurate cost capture and to resolve any PO/stock related issues.
- Maintaining accurate data within the ERP system and ensuring it is configured and updated correctly.
Compliance
- Ensuring compliance with HMRC obligations regarding W1/W5/W5D responsibilities.
- Preparing monthly VAT return for submission.
Payroll
- Processing and reviewing monthly payroll for submission to payroll bureau and advising re payments to bureau and HMRC.
Management/Team
- Supporting direct reports in finance team to provide day-to-day direction of activities, general performanceand management, helping with queries etc. Resolving system/finance related queries from rest of the team.
- Communicating regularly with the Head of Finance.
The above is not exhaustive as additional ad-hoc tasks may be required to meet the needs of the business.
Technical Skills:
· Finance qualification such as AAT (Level 3 minimum)
· Advanced Excel skills
· Experience of a wide range of accounting software
· Experience working in practice and in industry
· Experience managing small team
Personal Attributes:
· Confident communicator
· Able to use common sense and initiative
· Excellent organisational skills
· Good sense of humour
· Team player
Core Values
Innovative
Creative thinker, offers suggestions, open to new ideas and trying different things, not afraid to stand out in the crowd
Inquisitive
Ask questions, looks forward, curious, looks for improvement, challenges current practice, will step out of their comfort zone
Resilient
Not easily beaten, welcomes feedback, always strives to do well and do their best, loves a challenge and can work with stretched targets
Collaborative
Team worker, understands we all have the same end goal, communicative, flexible, helps out others, inclusive
Passionate
High energy levels, the ability to work at pace, an infectious passion for the brand and products, self-driven and authentic
