Location: Telford, Shropshire - hybrid working
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum DOE
Job Type: Permanent
About the Business
A long-established, award-winning managed IT and cyber security provider supporting small and medium-sized businesses across the Midlands and the wider UK. Its services span fully managed and co-managed IT, cyber security, Microsoft Cloud, AI, unified communications and digital transformation. It holds Cyber Essentials Plus, carries several industry accreditations and is entering a new phase of growth.
About the Role
This is a full-service, hands-on finance role with end-to-end responsibility for the company's finance function. Reporting to the Managing Director, you'll own everything from day-to-day accounting and transaction processing, through the monthly management accounts, to the financial analysis that helps the leadership team make decisions as the business grows. You'll close month-end within five business days and act as the main point of contact for the external accountants and advisers.
What You'll Be Doing
- Running day-to-day processing across the sales, purchase and general ledgers, bank postings, journals, expenses and company card transactions
- Completing daily bank reconciliations, managing cash and keeping cashflow forecasts up to date
- Running credit control and debt collection, and resolving customer and supplier queries
- Closing month-end within five business days and producing monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet and cashflow)
- Posting accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued income, depreciation and recurring journals, and keeping balance sheet reconciliations clean
- Reconciling recurring revenue, contracts and billing between the PSA and the finance system, and keeping integrations accurate end to end
- Building reports, KPIs and dashboards, including MRR, margin and profitability by service and customer, with variance analysis against budget
- Partnering the MD and leadership team on pricing, investment, budgeting and forecasting
- Preparing quarterly VAT returns, supporting year-end with external advisers, and supporting payroll and pensions processes
- Strengthening financial controls and improving finance processes and systems as the business scales
What We're Looking For
Essential:
- A recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or AAT) - qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience
- Experience running a monthly management accounts close to tight deadlines
- Hands-on experience of a cloud accounting or ERP platform such as Xero, Sage or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Experience working with integrated line-of-business systems and reconciling data between platforms
- Advanced Excel skills, including formulae and financial modelling
- Comfortable owning the full finance function end to end, with a self-starting, commercially minded approach
- Clear communicator who can explain the numbers to non-finance colleagues
Desirable:
- MSP, IT services or recurring-revenue business experience
- Experience with a PSA tool such as Halo PSA, ConnectWise or Autotask
What's On Offer
- Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience
- Monday to Friday hours
- Hybrid working
- End-to-end ownership of the finance function, reporting directly to the MD
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