Finance Manager

Reporting to the Managing Director and with support from the Group Financial Controller, you will provide a complete finance function to the business, including general bookkeeping, the production of management accounts, strong cashflow management, compliance with taxation and treasury requirements, and the provision of high-quality management information, analysis and commentary on multi-site business performance and forecasts.

Salary and benefits:

Salary – £40,000 – £42,000, DOE, hybrid working options, (need to be able to work out of the Ludlow office for at least 2 days), 35 hour week (with flexibility around usual 9-5), 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare (Medicash), life assurance and critical illness cover.

Responsibilities include:

o Providing commercial finance support working in conjunction with the Managing Director and board members.

o Management and development of a part-time Accounts Assistant who will help with transactional elements.

o Preparation of month end management accounts for the business.

o General bookkeeping activities and accounting controls.

o Produce all bank and other relevant accounting reconciliations.

o Production of a rolling 3-month cashflow forecast to monitor short-term cashflow.

o Supporting the production of monthly KPIs by exception for inclusion in Board information packs as required.

o Support the Managing Director with commercial activities and customer reporting.

o Assist the Board with Treasury management and banking information requirements and reporting.

o Payroll implementation with support from Accounts Assistant.

o Production of budgetary and forecasting practices (P&L, balance sheet and cash flow) for the annual budgeting process.

o Implement and manage financial controls and systems in line with Dimensions Care policies.

o Contributing to the control of organic revenue growth activities within the business portfolio.

o Support the outsourced preparation of annual statutory accounts.

o Support the outsourced preparation of corporation tax returns and affairs.

o Seek continuous improvement in processes and systems and recommend changes to the MD and Board members.

o Contribution to senior leadership team operations and scheduled meetings.

o QBE/Qualified AAT/Part or full qualification CIMA/ACCA/ACA

o Experience in a general accounts department and good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and production of management accounts, cash flows and budgeting.

o Strong IT system skills, including advanced Excel user with the ability to use lookups, sumifs and pivot tables. Experience of Xero would be ideal.

o Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

o Strong communication skills both written and verbally

o Diligent and good attention to detail