Regional Finance Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title:

Regional Finance Manager - FTC day rate

Reports to:

Group Financial Director

Based:

Theale

Main purpose:

To efficiently and effectively deliver the company’s financial reporting and transaction processing requirements for a number of countries, and to ensure compliance with all relevant legal and fiduciary requirements, in line with the Group’s financial objectives.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

 

• Accounting:  GL and Balance sheet control accounts – manage all aspects of both the controls, input and reporting requirements particularly for the following activities:
  • Deferred and accrued Income controls
  • Inter-Company balance sheet controls
  • Payroll Controls
  • All Balance sheet reconciliations
  • Stock Accounts – (work in progress, Inventory and Stock provision)
  • Rental and fixed Assets
  • Provide all audit information  while liaising with auditors as required for a clean audit

 

• Reporting:  preparation and production of the monthly commentary for review, including providing appropriate and relevant analysis.

 

• Budgets: preparation & production of budgets for management review, so contributing to medium to long term business planning process.

 

• Forecasts:  preparation and production of quarterly re-forecasting so contributing to short to medium term business planning process.

 

• Cash forecasting: production and submission of monthly cash forecast, to include supporting commentary on any material movements or changes from previous submissions for short to medium term cash planning.

 

• Business partnering: first point of contact on all finance aspects for the business departments and the management team.

 

• VAT: produce monthly reporting to support VAT submissions for UK and Ireland. This will include checking for accuracy and liaising with the appropriate teams to resolve any issues identified.

 

• Line management – manage and provide support to the team as required.
• Any other duties as assigned

 

Competency / Performance Drivers

Technical / Professional Expertise

 

Bilingual an advantage

Excellent communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Attention to detail and accuracy

Analytical

Self managing and motivating

Strong supervisory skills (support, guidance, mentoring)

Ability to work to tight deadlines

Flexible / adaptable

Numerate and logical

University degree preferable

Part qualified to finalist accounting qualifications or equivalent

Experience in managing the GL is essential

Computer literate especially with MS Excel and finance packages

Experience of working with all management levels.

Project accounting experience is an advantage

 

 

this is a contract role on a day rate