Senior Finance Supervisor in Preston

Fortidia is currently recruiting an experienced Senior Finance Supervisor who is looking for the opportunity to be part of a larger, global, innovative business operating across the logistics, retail and ecommerce industries. An exciting technology driven organisation, encompassing three brands, World Options, MBE UK and Pack and Send UK and part of a wider global organisation Fortidia. With our industry leading technology, a fantastic reputation across several brands, and our commitment and continuous investment in the employee experience, we believe we are #peoplepossible and can offer a fantastic platform of opportunity, growth and progression. If you are an ambitious, passionate candidate who thrives on both challenge and accomplishment, then join us on our mission for global success by sending your application today.

Job Specification:

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will be a highly focused individual, a team player, willing to take initiative, and able to prioritise your workload. You will have excellent written and spoken English, as well as being able to liaise with customers/colleagues in other departments, and external contacts such as suppliers. This is a hands-on role and will require the successful candidate to be involved in the detail of the business as well as understand the bigger picture and make sense of the numbers at the end of each month.

Outline of main duties and responsibilities:

• Preparing accurate management accounts and ensure they are prepared on a timely basis, in line with the agreed company timetable and to the highest governance and professional standards.
• This role covers 8 entities and continuously growing via M&A and organic growth as a group of companies individually.
• Providing commentary on end of month accounts.
• Experience with Budgets and Forecasts (P&L and Cash Flow).
• Posting of regular journals such as accruals, prepayments, depreciation, deferred income/expense etc.
• Monitoring of aged debtors (liaising with credit control) and creditors on a weekly basis.
• Preparing of any ad hoc reports for external & internal purposes.
• Sense checking the transactional team’s work after month-end.
• Balance Sheet accounts full reconciliation.
• Quarterly VAT returns.
• Processing Timely payment runs.
• Covering the supervisor in their absence (bank reconciliations, payments, going through the monthly task list).
• Ad Hoc Tasks as required.
• Mentoring and supervising junior finance team members, reviewing their work, providing guidance and supporting their professional development.
• Assisting with the preparation of annual statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors during the year-end audit process.
• Supporting the integration of newly acquired entities into the group’s financial reporting framework, including chart of accounts alignment and intercompany reconciliations.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of month-end close and financial reporting procedures.
• Monitoring and managing cashflow, including short-term cash forecasting to ensure the business maintains adequate liquidity across all entities.
• Ensuring compliance with internal financial controls and contributing to the maintenance and improvement of the internal control framework.
• Assisting with preparation of corporation tax packs and supporting the tax compliance process in coordination with external advisors.