Finance Manager in City of London

MMP Consultancy are working with a fantastic organisation to recruit a Finance Manager in South East London.

Responsibilities:

• Purchase & Sales Ledger input, invoice sign off and weekly and monthly payment runs.
• Raising of sales invoices, statement reconciliation, analysis of credit card expenditure and staff expenses.
• Update suppliers early settlement discounts and rebates schedule.
• Split fuel and Northgate invoices using salary splits to allocate.
• Daily Bank reconciliation.
• Maintain Weekly Cash Flow reporting and submit to Managers and Directors with narrative.
• Provide updated weekly analysis figures on Testing Contract performance for weekly Management Meeting.
• Liaise with Managers to ensure all current and future jobs have been forecast correctly.
• Complete month end process - Reconcile bank, ensure all input is completed for purchases and sales and payroll, reconcile all ledgers, balance sheet reconciliation, job cost allocation, monthly journals for prepayments, accruals, depreciation, fixed asset register, retentions.
• Run monthly figures and reconcile back to projects and Sage, in order to run Management Accounts for Monthly Management Meeting and Directors' reports.
• Complete Payroll for both companies in the group including setting up new staff, completing DBS checks, holiday app and photo ID & Pension administration, ensuring all rechargeable items are deducted from staff wages accordingly.
• CIS returns, IR35 and Domestic Reverse VAT.
• Maintaining P11d records for yearly submission.
• Quarterly VAT reconciliation and online returns.
• Pay HMRC for PAYE/CIS, after reconciling to HMRC site.
• Ongoing reconciliation of ledgers.
• Complete Year End process and first point of contact for Auditors.
• Liaise with Contracts Managers re monthly valuations and ensure their figures translate to orders and invoices to then be raised.
• Use of Contract portals to complete works and to invoice monthly.

Skills Required:

• Experience of finance partnering and ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Good attention to detail with ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed insightful management reports.
• Experience of reviewing and analysing business processes to achieve financial improvements.
• Technical excellence and experience of contributing to the statutory accounts process.
• Excellent oral and written communications.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills.
• Experienced in complex financial and work management systems.