Financial Accounting Manager

Radar Recruitment are pleased to be exclusively recruiting a Financial Accounting Manager, as a newly created role for a large, multi-site company based in East Kent. Reporting into the Finance Director, the Financial Accounting Manager role is responsible for statutory reporting and taxation compliance, group reporting, treasury management for the primary entity and numerous associated companies.

The Company: Genuinely one of the most reputable companies in Kent, locally they have an excellent employer brand, with most people knowing who they are and having heard good things. The company, the culture, the service, the product, the people, all live up to some really high expectations. This is a top-down mentality, and everyone is treated as a valued member of the organisation, this combined with some excellent strategy has resulted in sustained and significant growth, especially over the last 5 years, with plans to capitalise on this and take good to great in the immediate future.
The Role: Whilst the list below gives a good idea as to the foundation of this role, this a newly created position, that makes up a part of the senior management team, and will include a range of ad-hoc elements. As an example of what might fall into this ad hoc category, if this person was in place already, they would be leading on the following:

• Set up a brand-new company from scratch to be fully operational on ERP system.
• Manage an IT project to re-organise and migrate existing folder structure over to Sharepoint.
• Remap management accounts process to suit the Group reporting format.
• Help rebuild the invoicing process for third-party services. The current process is too manual and time consuming so needs some IT development.

The People: The people are part of the reason why we are excited to represent their brand in the market. Rarely does this business recruit in Finance, and when they do, it tends to be a newly created position. A healthy mix of ages, personalities and backgrounds, there are several commonalities amongst them however, all hold a genuine care for their work and the team around them, and whatever your level of operation, you are genuinely valued in what you bring to the team.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation and submission of monthly and year end reporting information to group.
• Ownership of the monthly consolidation process, including group intercompany reconciliations.
• Preparation of year end statutory accounts and co-ordination with the Financial Controller and external auditors to support the audit process.
• Ensure all statutory tax reporting requirements and obligations are fulfilled, submissions are accurate, and payments are made by the correct date. Taxes include corporation tax, VAT (oversight and submission not preparation), payroll taxes, plastic packaging tax and duty.
• Liaise with external tax advisors in the preparation of annual Corporation tax computations. Review and approval of such before submission to tax authorities.
• Working with external consultants to manage the site R&D Expenditure Claims process.
• Compile all other statutory reporting requirements e.g. payment practices, EPR, National Statistics.
• Maintaining an up to date understanding of current and future financial and accounting regulations to ensure continued compliance.
• Treasury management - administer the companies banking systems, cash flow forecasting, cash deposits and foreign currency exposure.
• Continual review of existing processes and systems, recommending areas for improvement.
• Contributing to ad hoc financial projects as required as part of the overall finance function.

Profile:

• Formally Qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• PC Literate and intermediate/advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel (to Pivot Table, Power Query and xlookup level), Microsoft Word and ERP systems.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK tax and statutory reporting requirements.
• Experience of reporting under UK GAAP (FRS102).
• Excellent analytical/numerical skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, able to present information in a clear, articulate and concise manner.
• Be able to work on own initiative and as part of a busy team.
• Experience of working to deadlines with the ability to prioritise those deadlines.

On Offer:

• 60k - 70k basic salary.
• 28 days holiday + bank holiday.
• Private medical.
• Company Pension.