Finance Manager

Finance Manager - Seaton / Hybrid - £40-45,000

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively engaged by a long standing client, a unique specialist services business that operates a group of companies trading across a range of industry sectors. The business currently seeks to recruit an experienced Finance Manager, a full time, permanent position that can be performed on a hybrid working arrangement to suit the successful candidate.   

This will be a broad and interesting opportunity where the successful candidate will, working closely with the company director’s, take a lead role in managing the financial health for group of associated companies. Key aspects of the role to include: 

- Supervise and develop a small team of transactional support staff

- Production of management accounts with commentary for group companies

- Improving and streamlining accounting processes and symptoms

- Variance and business performance analysis

- Balance sheet reconciliations

- VAT reporting

- Prepare annual budgets and forecasts (with company director’s)

- Oversee bank reconciliations 

- Intercompany recharges

- Act as a point of contact for major clients

For this role we seek an experienced Finance Manager/Management Accountant with a good understanding of efficient accounting for group companies, ideally gained within the services/logistics sector. Our client is open to candidates that are either part/fully qualified or with appropriate vocational experience. The business is technology focussed and a good all-round IT aptitude will be essentially, ideally with exposure of Xero and Access Financials (in addition to some bespoke tools). The role calls for a candidate with good team working skills and supervisory aptitude; this is a fast paced role that works with an energetic management team. Please note that the role will require quarterly travel to the southeast of the UK to visit other operating sites. 

For further details and to apply, please contact Dan Saunders as soon as possible quoting reference DS8585. Our client is keen to appoint without delay and hopes to host interviews upon receipt of suitable applications.