Finance Manager

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 per year

Proven Finance Manager required to form part of a senior management team and support our client’s overall business strategy, providing financial information, operational planning, commercial awareness and decision-making.

The Position:

Heading up a small team, the Finance Manager will be responsible for:

* Analyzing financial information to assist business profitability and growth

* Providing accurate and sound management reporting to assist with key decision making

* Producing month-end and year-end financial reports

* Preparing statutory and management accounts

* Contributing to annual budgeting and planning process

* Managing capital expenditure

* Producing financial statements including P&L accounts, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries

* Ensuring compliance with all financial regulations

* Reviewing accounting processes and practices and improving where necessary to ensure efficient financial operations

* Cash flow accountability and production of forecasts

* Reviewing company assets and liabilities

* Preparing monthly reconciliations for all accounts

* Assessment of monthly expenses

* Calculation, presentation and payment of VAT

* Production of relevant commercial analysis

The Candidate:

The appointed Finance Manager will need to demonstrate:

* A minimum of four years’ experience as a Finance Manager

* CIMA / ACCA/ ACA (or equivalent) qualifications

* Proven knowledge of financial management information systems

* Strong commercial acumen and understanding of compliance

* Proven communication, analytical and numerical abilities

* The ability to deal with internal/external stakeholders and understand operational business practices

* (Ideally) previous leadership or senior management experience (you will manage a small team and report directly to board level)

* The ability to influence beyond your own team but also other operational departments

* Competence in business reporting using SAGE, MIS & Microsoft platforms

* The ability to make decisions and take responsibility for finance objectives and outputs

* Previous experience of process improvement within a similar business environment

* The ability to prioritize workload to ensure both short- and long-term goals are met

The Company:

A leading integrated communications agency based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, our client provides a range of creative design, marketing communications, branding, advertising, digital marketing, event management, experiential solutions, data management, fulfilment and on-demand print services to a wide spectrum of market sectors. The company’s culture is borne from its people, who create and manage wonderous things every day, who have energy, commitment and diversity and who believe that their products and services are truly an extension of who they are.