Assistant Finance Manager

The Assistant Finance Manager will report directly into the Financial Controller. The successful candidate will at a minimum be AAT qualified and/or part qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA. They will be able to deal with a fast paced work place and able to both work autonomously and as part of a team. They will be exposed to all areas of the finance function in order to assist in maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Assisting the Financial Controller with managing all aspects of the Finance activities of the business.
• Assisting with cashflow and preparation of cashflow forecast.
• Assisting in preparing annual budget, monitoring monthly budget control and analysing variance between budget and actual expenditures.
• Carrying out month end closures.
• Assisting in preparation of internal and external reports for lenders, senior management and other stakeholders.
• Supervision of purchase ledger, sales ledger and general ledger.
• Supervision of accruals and pre-payments
• Preparation of VAT and VAT returns.
• Supervision of asset register.
• Assisting with the treasury function, general banking activities including monthly reconciliations.
• Ad hoc financial modelling

Requirements:

• At least 4 years' experience within a similar role, within financial services preferable
• Educated to A Level standard and AAT qualified / Part Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA (Preferable);
• PC literate and an expert user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint);
• Previous experience of using Sage Accounts and Sage Payroll (preferable);
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills;
• Be self-motivated, dedicated, driven, confident and a team player;
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.