About this role
Role Overview
- Preparing monthly management accounts and delivery of a timely and efficient month end close, including the completion of all balance sheet reconciliations, detailed analysis of monthly revenue and a review of other P&L items.
- Preparing and submitting monthly financial reports to the managing director and head office in France for group reporting.
- Preparing the company’s annual budget and rolling forecasts.
- Preparation and submission of VAT returns and other external statutory reporting as required.
- Providing financial management information to support the needs of the other departments and the wider business.
- Identifying improvements to financial accounting processes, procedures and systems to drive efficiency
- Support and facilitating the external audit process.
- Line management of the accounts assistant.
- Coordinate monthly payroll with outsourced payroll provider and administration of the company pension scheme.
- Prepare and present local financial data for the monthly finance review with the Managing Director and global team.
- To assist with ad-hoc projects and tasks as and when required.
- To provide cover for colleagues as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in accounting or relevant discipline
- CA or ACCA qualified
- 3-5 year experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of working in a commercial environment
- Experience in an international group environment
- Strong financial accounting, data and analytical skills
- Good experience of FRS & IFRS
- Competent in SAGE, transition to Netsuite in the coming months so any experience of this would be beneficial.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills across all areas of the business, both in internally and externally
- Ability to work effectively to deadlines
Benefits
- Hybrid working a possibility (3 days office/2 days from home).
- Yearly salary reviews (around July time)
- Companywide bonus
- this entails 4 elements
- individual, team, company and behavioural, and sits at £1-2 k per year (depending on overall performance of the company).
- Health Insurance (including dental & eyecare)
- 4X Salary
- Life Assurance
- Holiday allowance of 33 days, with up to an additional 1 day after 2 years service, 1 day after 3 years service and 1 day after 4 years service, giving a total of 36 days per each calendar year.
- Company pension scheme with option for enhanced contributions
- Enhanced long-term sick pay
- Fun & friendly team events!