An international technology group are seeking to recruit an experienced people manager to head up the transactional team within finance. Reporting to the Finance Director, this will be a hands-on role with a broad range of responsibilities including taking things from team management to management reporting and budgeting. More specifically, the role will cover:
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• Managing the day to day accounting operations including the supervision and mentoring of a team of 5 staff.
• Overview of submission of monthly Management Accounts for multiple entities to group head office
• Control of Month end journal posting including WIP, prepayments, accruals etc
• Control of Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Production of monthly analysis reports
• Intercompany balance reconciliation and repayment
• Submission of VAT returns
• Control of submission of month end statutory accounts onto consolidation software
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets with input from the Business Unit Directors

\nSuitable candidates will have proven people management skills on a day-to-day basis to deliver against multiple deadlines. The candidate would ideally have an accounting qualification (ACA,ACCA, CIMA), with solid IT skills, experience with Sage and advanced user of Microsoft Excel as this is used extensively. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail are important personal competencies.