Your new company

Hays Accountancy & Finance are exclusively partnering with an interesting international group to recruit a dynamic and hands-on Finance Manager for their Stonehouse, Gloucestershire office. A varied accounting position reporting directly to the Financial Director overseeing a small accounting team. With day-to-day supervision of the accounting team, you will support the Financial Director in oversight of all transactional duties through to monthly account management preparation, cashflow planning, reconciliations and more. A great opportunity to really add value to a well-established business in a newly created growth role.

Your new role

Your key duties will involve delivering accurate reporting of all financials, including management accounts preparation for review of the Financial Director, P&L, balance sheet reconciliations. You will be involved in assisting with budgeting and forecasting processes, cashflow planning and treasury reporting. Timely completion of month-end responsibilities, analysis of commercial processes including monitoring margins and costs, co-ordinating with supply chain teams to manage working capital processes, including stock management, procurement, and debtors. You will support in year-end audit co-ordination, process/system improvement/implementation, along with processing of monthly salaries. You will support the ongoing development of a small accounting team with oversight of all transactional duties, including purchase/sales ledger processes, bank reconciliations and credit control, while remaining hands-on in busy periods.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this hands-on Finance Manager role, you will need experience within a similar position, excellent attention to detail and accuracy, with key MS excel skills, and experience in financial systems. You will have experience preparing monthly management accounts, including balance sheet and P&L’s, along with being used to managing workloads to time-constrained deadlines. Ideally, you will be part-qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA/AAT or qualified by experience. You will be a team player, but also able to use your own initiative with key problem-solving skills and be willing to adapt to business needs. Experience with SAP and Sage financial systems, along with supervisory/management experience in an SME, would be advantageous but not essential.

What you'll get in return

This permanent Finance Manager role offers a salary between £38,000 - £45,000 per annum, dependable on experience, based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Full-time hours of 36.5 per week, rising holiday allowance up to 30 days plus bank holidays with length of service, contributed pension scheme up to 7.5 % from the employer, and various other group benefits. A great opportunity to really support an established Finance Director and supervise a small accounting team within an interesting business.

What you need to do now

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