Job Description
This role will be responsible for the local finance team. This role will manage key accounting functions and reporting, ensuring good governance and sound accounting practices.
You will be responsible for:
- The management, delivery, timetable and execution of periodical accounting processes (month-end and year-end)
- Review of sales invoices and outsource fees calculations to ensure appropriate billing across entities
- Monthly analysis of expenses and investigation of variances
- Review of stock counts and stock controls
- Review of income tax, VAT and other statutory returns
- Analyzing the budget, actual monthly results and financial forecasts and preparing the variance reports
- Making sure monthly payroll is processed in a timely and efficient manner for multiple companies and reviewing reports
- Ensuring year end processes are completed within government guidelines and on time (P60's, P11D's, PSA)
- Accurate and complete financial reporting from payroll records
- Managing cash flow by tracking transactions and regularly reviewing internal reports
- Preparation and review of quarterly and annual audit files
- Liaising with internal and external auditors, HMRC and handling queries
- Business partnering and building relationships across departments to enable improved business performance
- Developing and documenting business processes and accounting policies, to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Continuous review of accounting and payroll systems and procedures, implementing improvements across the business
- Communication with managers and team members to ensure that all key deliverables are met on time and accurately and any queries are resolved timeously
- Guidance, mentoring and support of all direct reports to ensure that each team is working efficiently and cohesively