Job Description
The Consultancy Group is currently looking for a Finance Manager to join a growing eCommerce retailer based in Central London. This is a 12 month FTC with a November start date ideally.
What you will be doing:
- Monthly Close and management reporting, including preparation of monthly accounts, timely reporting to the Group and ownership of the balance sheet & monthly reconciliations
- Acting as the primary contact for intercompany reconciliations
- Management accounting
- Management information reporting
- Conducting costing and margin reviews, identifying opportunities and risks
- Development of KPIs and KPI tools in alignment with divisional guidelines
- Production of KPI reports meeting group & divisional requirements
- Departmental overhead reporting
- Cash flow reviews and working capital reporting
- Financial planning & forecasting, including preparation of the annual budget and quarterly forecasting, preparation of forecast balance sheet and cash flow
- Acting as a partner to the business, providing financial support in the decision-making process and inform strategic thinking/project planning
- Assisting with the annual audit
- Preparing VAT returns, both UK and EU
- Preparing external stakeholder reports
- Maintaining a robust controls framework
- Identifying additional efficiencies to improve current practices
About You:
You must have
- ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualification
- Minimum of 3 years in a similar role
- Advanced excel skills
It would be helpful if you are also:
- Familiar with inventories/retail/online business
- Experienced in working within group structures on an accounting and organisation basis
- Experienced in handling large data sets
- Able to work with DB tools
You will be:
- Used to working to strict deadlines
- Intellectually curious
- Friendly, with excellent communication skills
- Confident and assertive when needed
- A hard working team player
- Highly organised
- Able to prioritise between "must have" and "nice to have"
What we're offering:
- A friendly, professional, relaxed working environment
- Creative input
- An exciting opportunity to work for a forward-thinking high growth global market-leading group
