Finance Manager

Knight Temple Recruitment ,
Bourne Valley, Poole, Dorset
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £35,000 per annum

Overview

Salary: Circa £35,000 dependant on experience Hours: 40 hours per week Monday to Friday (part time options available with a minimum of 30 hours per week) Reporting to: Head of Finance Who is our client? Just an Insurance Broker? In title yes but in how they live and breathe, absolutely not. As a business they have grown from an acorn to an oak tree at a significant pace and achieved great success through sheer grit, determination and always remembering their roots. Retaining their core values through growth and change is key to their DNA and unique culture. The business "why" is to reduce the protection deficit in the UK by protecting as many UK families as possible in the UK; it’s as simple as that. They believe in doing the right thing, first time. They do this through their absolute commitment to investing in their people, their products and innovation to deliver the very best customer experience. Who are they looking for? Reporting to the Head of Finance our client is looking for an experienced Finance Manager who is either accountancy qualified or qualified through experience. Joining a team of 5, it is essential the right applicant has worked in a 'hands on’ finance role within a team environment for a medium sized business or larger. Our Client are a collaborative business and therefore this position will involve communication and liason with employees up to Director Level, so the ideal applicant will be comfortable building relationships with others. Key Responsibilities: Managing and mentoring junior members of the Finance team including taking a collaborative approach to workload in their absence Timely production of the management accounting pack including balance sheets, cash flow, P&L and budget variance Responsibility for bank reconciliations and cashflow forecasting Maintaining the sales and purchase ledger function, including invoice management and payments Act as a support in the preparation of Payroll including collation, sign off and queries in the absence of our Payroll Manager Supporting the Finance administration team with customer vouchers, and cancellations Working closely with the HR team to ensure our employee CRM system is kept up to date, including processing new employees as required Key Requirements: Accountancy qualification ACA, CIMA, ACCA, or QBE Proficient with Microsoft packages, especially excel. PowerBI experience would be an advantage A high level of integrity, and the ability to work with discretion Proactive and exceptionally organised in your approach with excellent attention to detail Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise workloads People management experience would be an advantage A strong communicator with the ability to build positive working relationships effectively A strong alignment to our business values of Integrity, Collaboration, Passion, Understanding, Innovative and Energised It is Birchfield Recruitment’s policy, that we to respond to all applications within three working days. If your application is not taken forward by us your details will not be retained unless you specifically request us to do so. Birchfield Recruitment is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients .