Head of Finance – Maternity Cover
Bluetownonline
- London
- £50,000-60,000 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Management accounts and reporting
- Preparation of consolidated monthly management accounts for techUK and two subsidiary companies including:
- Accruals and Prepayments
- Maintaining the Fixed Asset Register
- Deferred Income
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Revenue/Cost Reconciliations and Analysis
- Maintaining the accuracy of the Purchase and Sales Ledgers
- Control of project budgets and accounts
- Background: techUK is home to 2 stakeholder groups which are funded by a mixture of sponsorship and government grants. techUK accounts to their boards for the monies received and paid. techUK also undertakes commercial consulting projects which must be separately accounted for and controlled.
- Provision of ad hoc management information to support the directors and management
- Preparation of monthly forecasts
- Preparation of the annual budgets
- Year-end statutory reporting
- Preparation and submission of VAT returns
- Manage employee compensation including (outsourced) payroll, PMI and pensions provision
- Management of the companies’ financial processes including:
- Sales Invoicing:
- Manage the process for sales invoicing ensuring that billing is accurate and complete.
- Review and process proposed monthly renewals and reconcile against CRM.
- Review discounts and ensure they are authorised in line with company policy.
- Ensure credits are properly authorised.
- Purchase Ledger:
- Manage the requisition to pay process ensuring that orders are authorised and placed and paid for in line with the company’s policies.
- Management of the company’s finance, expense and payslip system
- You would report into the CFO and have line management responsibility for the accounts admin assistant.
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA or qualified by experience
- Good accounting and bookkeeping knowledge
- An understanding of accounting systems and related financial systems
- Management accounting and reporting experience
- Strong excel skills
- Experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns
- Minimum 5 years experience in accounts/finance function
- Knowledge of Business Central accounting package