Assistant Finance Manager - Expiring soon!
Posted 07/05/2026 by OnlyFinance Recruitment
My established client has reached out to support with a change of team structure later this year. This role provides support to the UK Finance Director, with a wide range of duties encompassing all aspects of the accounting function including budgeting, forecasting and month end activities.
Assisting the UK Finance Director with the following:
- Corporate Finance reporting
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Support in the annual financial Audit
- Statutory accounts and annual tax returns
- Ensuring the business meets all its statutory and compliance obligations, including statutory accounting and tax issues.
- Responsible for overseeing and signing off expenses
- Accounts payable and receivable entry and reconciliations
- Month end journal postings
- Balance sheet reconciliations, including fully reconciling accounts and maintaining understanding of what is behind the balances
- Management of accrual and prepayment balances
- Management of a team of 2 direct reports responsible for general finance administration
- Payroll calculation, administration and submission
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts
- Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Financial journal creation and entry
- Assisting in the monthly P&L forecasting
- Assisting in monthly Group Finance reporting to strict deadlines
- Responsible for quarterly VAT returns
- Assisting in the annual financial audit
- Assisting in the preparation and reporting of the statutory accounts
- Assisting in the preparation and reporting of the annual tax return
- Monitoring cashflow
- Assisting in the annual budget preparation and analysis
- Management of direct reports, 1:2:1’s, yearly appraisals, target progression reviews, objective setting and supporting their on-going development.
- Proactive business partnering with the After Market Sales team and corporate functional partners across Marketing, HR and IT to support informed decision-making and drive commercial performance.
- Payroll calculation, administration and submission
- Review and submission of expenses payments
- Assisting in the Accounts Payable process, including processing of invoices and payment
- PSA calculation and submission
- Assisting in sales ledger invoice runs and preparation of cash allocation sheets
You need to be Excel savvy and be happy to work in a robust and established team.
In return you get onsite parking, an early finish on a Friday and 2 days home working
Pension exceeding the standard, annual bonus based on your salary and performance
Private medical care and time back in lieu.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- Asap
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- OFR3
- Job ID:
- 225080076
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