Finance Manager

Rockfield Specialist Recruitment; Ross-on-Wye; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Finance Manager (hybrid working)
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Our client is a dynamic, highly commercial, rapidly expanding, market-leading provider of a very worthwhile humanitarian service on the world stage. It is a VC-backed international operation with a growing nucleus of professional staff based at their Head Office in Ross-on-Wye. The company and culture are quite unique, a blend of highly professional, profit-focused capability with the reward of making a highly valuable contribution to society. This is a full-time role and the company offers a flexible and hybrid working pattern.

In a new role, they now seek to appoint a capable and diligent Finance Manager, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, to manage and develop an efficient and effective finance function. This is a hands-on management role where you will be directly engaged in the monthly reporting on projects as well as managing the overall financial reporting on the group-wide project portfolio. With a strong emphasis on business partnering, the Finance Manager will feed into senior management in all departments including operational and support services.

Key responsibilities

1. Lead, manage and develop a small team of Management Accountants responsible for project accounting, transaction processing, and management reporting.
2. Ownership of the financials for the group's project portfolio, including collation and review of budgets and forecasts, maintenance of project-related accounting records, maintaining the integrity of the accounting system, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards (UK GAAP and IFRS).
3. Responsible for the production of monthly management accounts for operations in line with group financial reporting requirements, including commentary of key points, explanations, reconciliations, and analysis.
4. Prepare monthly consolidation of project-related financial results for reporting to CFO, CEO & Board, along with all necessary analysis and commentary.
5. Responsible for the production of regular cashflow forecasting, providing analysis, recommendations, and commentary explaining key movements, risks, issues, and opportunities.
6. Take the lead on project and overhead related cashflow management, including analysis of the UK businesses cashflow forecasting, liaising with the group corporate accountant and banking partners, and management of the UK’s currency requirements.
7. Preparation of operational budgets, including liaising with budget owners, senior management, and other parties to ensure completeness and accuracy.
8. Consolidation of monthly project reports, feeding into the corporate timetable for generation of the monthly management and Board reporting packs.
9. Co-ordinate the completion of the monthly funding cycle including reconciliation of field floats and communication to overseas bank accounts.
10. Ad hoc analysis of Project Scenarios.
11. Focal point for all Finance ERP related issues and improvements. Subject matter expert on the financial systems and ways to optimise reporting.
12. Point of contact for the Group to all UK banks, ensuring all bank accounts and credit card facilities remain operational and all issues dealt with in a swift manner.
13. Support the Corporate Accountant in the year-end audit process, liaising with external auditors to ensure the audit process is completed in a timely and efficient manner, and that all entities produce complete and accurate statutory reporting.
14. Oversee project-related tax compliance, including liaising with external tax advisors to ensure local tax requirements are understood and adhered to, ensuring payments are budgeted and made on time, and ensuring compliance with all relevant local tax matters.
15. Working with the contractor management team, ensure completion of contractor payroll on time and accurately, reliable contractor payment records are maintained, and all statutory reporting is completed to all relevant entities.
16. Providing finance support and advice to the operational teams, working as a trusted business partner to build the reliability and credibility of the Finance Team.

If you are interested in this role, please apply online or contact Camilla Clark at Rockfield Specialist Recruitment for a confidential chat.