Finance Manager / Accountant

Your new company
Hays Accountancy & Finance is partnering with one of Suffolk's leading family-owned successful businesses who require an experienced, confident, commercially aware Finance Manager / Accountant to manage the day-to-day finances across the businesses which have a combined turnover of £12M.

Your new role
They are looking for a highly organised, efficient, confidential finance professional to oversee, manage and report on the financial position, produce and manage monthly financial reports, budgets, forecasts and analysis, as well as provide advice and guidance on financial matters to enable the company to make sound business decisions and meet the company's objectives, whilst ensuring compliance with regulations.
Key duties:

• Production of key financial information for the divisions group of companies
• Provide support and challenge to the Operational Management team with the aim of achieving budgeted targets.
• Ensuring appropriate financial controls are in place and maintained with the business.
• Preparation of year-end statutory accounts and audit schedules
• Monitor and prepare key financial metrics, highlighting departmental performance.
• Salary payroll processing and oversee wages payroll processing.
• HMRC compliance and reporting inc VAT returns, P11d and PSA
• Resolve queries in financial records.
• Prepare and present monthly financial information, including balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow and other reports.
• Prepare analysis of the data, showing trends or changes.
• Preparation of annual budgets
• Provide line management and guidance to the other members of the finance team.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will play an active role in the day-to-day management of the finances, which will require you to be office-based 5 days a week to be close to the operational leads based in Stowmarket.

What you'll need to succeed
The business is open to considering candidates who are either Part-Qualified or Qualified provided they can demonstrate the required skills in overseeing and being involved in the transactional finances, production of the management accounts, including variance analysis and able to support the Senior Management Team / Board with sound commercial finance advice and guidance across the business. This role will be working 5 days a week on-site in Stowmarket.

You will need good all-round financial and business experience, possess strong written and verbal communication skills, have exceptional administrative and organisational skills, experience with people management, and be passionate about using financial analysis and management skills to help drive business growth and profitability.

What you'll get in return
The business will pay between £45,000 - £50,000 depending on experience and for details of their benefits package, contact Andy Jarman on (phone number removed).

What you need to do now
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