Senior Finance Officer

Job Description:

A new opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Officer to join our manufacturing client based in Leicester. 
Our client, a family-owned FMCG organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Officer to join their growing team. The successful candidate will report into the Head of Finance and will oversee the day-to-day financial operations and ensure accurate maintenance of financial transactions in Sage 50 to trial balance along with the production of weekly financial KPIs.

This is a fast-paced environment, and you will need to be hands on in your approach and experienced enough to work on your own initiative. This is a great opportunity to add value and make a difference to the business and grow with the organisation.
 

• £38,000 - £45,000 FTE
• Full-time Monday to Friday 9am-5pm OR part-time 5/6 hours per day across 5 days
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays FTE
• Statutory pension
• On-site parking
• Hybrid working (1/2 days from home)

Key Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:​​​​

• Maintain Sage 50 to ensure accurate and timely trial balance reporting
• Produce weekly financial KPIs and dashboards
• Analyse sales and purchase data by product, quantity, and price
• Ensure compliance with UK GAAP in all transactional reporting
• Monitor customer insurance compliance
• Prepare draft VAT returns for review and submission
• Post monthly journals including stock and freight cost allocations
• Reconcile stock holdings and associated costs
• Prepare comprehensive month-end accounts files with full traceability
• Complete monthly ONS surveys
• Manage credit control team and prioritisation of tasks
• Communicate with suppliers regarding invoices, payments, and credit notes
• Manage sales and purchase ledger
• Post and reconcile Amazon charges and ledgers
• Perform bank reconciliations including record and reconcile foreign exchange transactions
• Prepare draft payment runs

Skills and experience required:

• CIMA, AAT or QBE
• Experience of imports and recording and reconciling foreign exchange transactions desirable
• Experience of margin analysis, cost /sales desirable
• Experience of working within FMCG
• Strong working knowledge of Excel and Sage 50
• Confident in dealing with Directors and stakeholders in the business
• Strategic thinker and demonstrates a growth mindset and an interest in seeing the role and business develop