£37,000 - £42,000 per year | Full time, Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30 | Office based
Borno Pharmacy are currently looking to recruit a full-time Finance Manager to join our Finance department at our Head Office in Witham. We are a family-owned business with 10 branches, and our priority has always been, and will always be, our Customers, Clients and Staff and their wellbeing.
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven finance professional seeking all-round general business involvement within a successful SME, where you can really add value and influence the future fortune of the business. This is a hands-on role managing the finance function day to day, and you will be responsible for supervising and developing one finance team member. It would suit an experienced Finance Manager, or an experienced Management or Assistant Accountant ready to take the next step.
Key responsibilities
- Taking ownership of the balance sheet and ensuring its integrity
- Working at trial balance level and producing monthly P&L accounts and variance reports to realistic deadlines
- Preparing weekly and monthly journals
- Completing daily bank reconciliations
- Ensuring accurate and timely VAT and PAYE payments
- Working with our Stock Manager to control stock value and margins, and monitoring stock across all 10 branches
- Supervising and developing the Finance Assistant
- Striving to enhance processes wherever possible
Essential
- AAT qualified, or currently working towards AAT or another recognised finance qualification
- Proven experience working at trial balance level and producing monthly management accounts
- Experience of VAT and PAYE
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups (such as VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP) and building reports from raw data
- Proficiency in accounts payable, cost control and financial accounting
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication and interpersonal abilities
- Above all, "common sense" and a desire to challenge the "status quo"
Desirable
- Knowledge of Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 Payroll (a strong advantage)
- Experience gained in an SME background
- Experience supervising or developing staff
- Experience of stock control across multiple sites
