Our Client seeks a Finance Manager to join their business on a permanent basis. Reporting into the Head of Finance the Finance Manager would be a key member of the team, adding value and process improvement.

The Finance Manager role is newly created due to continuous growth and would suit a candidate who has excellent business partnering skills and keen develop skills on the commercial side.

Duties of the Finance Manager include:

• Be a conduit between Finance and non-finance departments, to ensure that there is a communication flow where problems and enquires can be raised and resolved.
• Deal with finance queries and follow through to resolution, ensuring all stakeholders are updated.
• Monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the company.
• Prioritize and plan workloads to ensure deadlines and objectives are met.
• Build and drive forward effective relationships and networks inside and outside of the business.
• Work closely with various departments to address finance requirements.
• Prepare monthly variance analysis against budgets, investigate key variances with budget holders and agree actions to reduce unfavourable variances.
• Management reporting
• Excel reporting and finance analysis
• Proactively collaborate with non-financial managers to help them 'own their numbers.'
• Partner with relevant senior business leaders with the provision of high quality, timely and insightful information
• Be an influential member of the organisation, developing strong links with managers across the business.
• Manage the month end close.
• Work closely with the Head of Finance to deliver process improvements and efficiencies within the department.
• Work with external accountants for the preparation of year-end financial statements and state/federal tax returns.
• Continually look to improve finance processes.
• Assist with ad-hoc requests.

Requirements of the Finance Manager include:

• Qualified Accountant
• Confidence collaborating with colleagues and suppliers essential.
• Relationship & people management ability, networking & creative problem solving.
• Professionalism and integrity are essential.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced/Intermediate Excel skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proven ability of working to a high standard while multi-tasking.
• Attention to detail, with an ability to spot numerical errors.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• procedures.