Head of Finance

NET Recruit are partnering with a highly successful property business to assist them on their search for a Head of Finance in the Leicester area.

Your Role

While in this position your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Contributing to strategic financial planning by producing long-term cash flow forecasts and compiling key data to support new funding agreements.
• Overseeing the finance team, providing necessary support and resources to help them fulfil their roles, develop professionally, and comply with procedures for one-to-ones and annual reviews.
• Ensuring accurate and timely invoicing, including posting to the accounts system, recording customer receipts, and processing all purchase invoices accurately.
• Handling payroll processing using Sage, including onboarding new employees, calculating gross and net pay, managing pension scheme submissions, and ensuring compliance with HMRC requirements.
• Monitoring bank account activity, preparing and delivering bank balance summaries to the Managing Director, and completing monthly bank reconciliations within the Sage system.
• Ensuring timely and accurate submission of company accounts, coordinating with accountants and auditors as needed, and ensuring prompt payment of Corporation Tax.
• Preparing management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, and generating reports such as payroll costs, overdue debts, and project cost summaries.
• Developing and monitoring business KPIs, such as overtime expenses, and debt levels.
• Creating annual and multi-year budgets, producing variance reports comparing actual performance to budget, and updating forecasts continuously to support effective financial planning and delivery.
• Periodically reviewing and updating financial controls, policies, and procedures to align with current business needs, ensuring secure management of supplier payments and online banking.
• Coordinating with external accountants and auditors by providing all necessary documentation for account preparation and audit, and responding promptly to any queries raised.
• Ensuring VAT Returns are prepared and submitted accurately and on time.

This list of duties is by no means exhaustive, and the job remit will include other duties as needed.

You MUST Have

Please apply ONLY if you meet the following criteria:

• MUST be a fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), as qualified by experience will not be considered.
• Extensive experience within a senior finance/financial leadership position.
• Strong technical knowledge of areas such as payroll, invoicing, legal compliance and systems management.
• Ideally, exposure to bank funding and corporation tax.
• Effective people management skills and experience.
• Exquisite communication abilities.
• Excellent IT competencies, including Microsoft Office, Sage and other accounting/banking software.

Your Opportunity

This is a fast growing, highly successful business, operating within the real estate sector, within both the private/residential and commercial areas, who have a fantastic growth period predicted in the coming years. This position holder will be a key contributor to these development plans, and the role remit will be a hands-on position, managing and actioning key processes within the function that are fundamental to business success.

For the successful candidate within this role, a starting salary of up to £70,000 will be on offer, depending on prior experience and knowledge, which will accompany an additional benefits package including a competitive holiday and pension allowance, and a plethora of attractive benefits and rewards. Additionally, there will be a strong route for progression and plenty of support with additional training and skills to keep relevant finance knowledge up to date.

If this opportunity interests you then please do not hesitate to reach out to: Shauna Murphy - Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist.