Finance Manager required for leading East Surrey Charity

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified accountant

Client Details

The post holder is responsible for leading the transaction team including accounts payable, income receivable and banking transactions ensuring quality control over the financial transactions and financial reporting of the organisation. Responsible for month end financial ledger close, monthly and quarterly tax returns and preparing specific notes to the Group Statement of Accounts. The post holder will work collaboratively as part of the Finance Control, Accounting & Transactions Team to develop and deliver customer-based processes for the wider business and contribute to team planning and development

Description

Ensure staff are trained and developed have regular one to ones, appraisals and a personal development plan

Day to day line management of team to deliver the above responsibilities in a consistent, qualitive and timely manner, focus on business needs and value for money

Embed a culture of development and continuous improvement

Set up and manage the month end close process and timetable for the organisation and subsidiaries

Lead the monthly and quarterly reconciliation process Assigning responsible persons for all monthly and quarterly reconciliations and ensure they know and understand requirements

Set detailed processes for system journal types, processing and approval

Responsible for completion of tax returns (VAT, CIS, corporation tax)

Set procedures and processes for the correct treatment and accounting for tax on all regular transactions

Prepare trial balance for income and expenditure and balance sheet accounts for preparation of draft monthly, quarterly, and annual accounts

Prepare draft notes to the statement of accounts as required, including debtors, creditors, analysis of income and expenditure from social housing lettings

Prepare working papers for the statements and notes for the annual statement of accounts for external audit and liaise with external audit on their requirements

Set arrangements for processing and approval of transactions on our banks accounts (approvals, transfers

 Ensure all users are trained and understand the process for all bank transactions

 Management of bank accounts/new accounts and keeping the bank mandate up to date

Set procedures, process, and oversee the day-to-day operation of accounts payable, accounts

receivable, utilities, rent allocation and banking allocations ensuring transactions are entered right first time.

Lead the team to deliver the transactions function

Manage the performance of the team and seek feedback from the business to meet SLA and

continually improve the efficiency and effectives of the function

To ensure all purchase invoices are paid in a timely manner in line with their due dates

To ensure all supplier queries are dealt with in a timely manner

To carry out monthly review on the Aged Creditors, ensuring any debit balances are dealt with on a timely basis.

Oversee processes for all payments

To ensure all sales invoices are issued in a timely manner

Monthly review of all aged debtors to ensure all debtor balances are chased in a timely manner,

managing the credit control of the organisations commercial and business debts

To ensure that transactions and other rental records are accurately recorded and reconciled

between housing management and financial systems. This will include monthly reconciliations of

BACS and Housing Benefits files, tenant's control account, rent bank accounts and others

Profile

CCAB qualified

Leading and developing a team

Transaction management including accounts payable, supplier and customer relations

Corporation tax and partial-exemption VAT

Day-to-day banking management

Not for profit /housing SORP

Commercial debt management

VAT for property development schemes

Job Offer

Hyrid working - 3 days at home, 2 days in the office

Generous pension - 10% employer contributions

Health cash plan

Gym membership

Free parking

25 days holiday

Cycle to work scheme

Dental insurance plan