Interim Finance Manager

Job Description

A highly successful company based near Harrogate seeks an Interim Finance Manager to cover a 9-month maternity leave starting in February 2023.Reporting to the Group Finance Director, the UK Finance Manager is responsible for managing and reporting upon all ledgers and transactions for the UK entities. This includes maintaining and ensuring accuracy of all accounting records for the UK trading entities,ensuring fiscal compliance and providing commercial insight into the senior management team. The Finance Manager will also be responsible for supervising, mentoring and training the accounting team and assisting with the setting, monitoring and formal review of performance and agreed KPIs.Main duties:* To prepare the UK element of the monthly management information (MI) pack, including P&L, balance sheet and cashflow/working capital statements; unit sales and margin analysis, complimentary digital analytics and national sell through data; all relevant comparativesto PY and budgets set* To maintain the UK entities balance sheet and ensure all accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis with supporting evidence and explanation where required* To ensure the accuracy and completeness of all accounting records for UK companies; documenting, reviewing and streamlining accounting functions and operations where possible* To have oversight of both the purchase and sales ledger, minimising working capital requirements and support the finance assistants in achieving their KPIs* To ensure the UK entities meet all of their fiscal and reporting requirements in terms of Payroll, VAT, Corporation Tax and accounting* To produce and circulate weekly unit and sales analysis by channel, customer, product skus and geographyThis is an amazing opportunity to join one of the best finance teams in the area. Ideally, they would like someone to be able to work on site but some hybrid options may be available for the right person. Please only apply if you have the relevant experienceand can commit to a 9-month fixed term contract from February 2023.Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 25 years experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionalsacross all divisions of an accounts function, from finance administrators through to senior Finance Director appointments. Please visit our website www.sharpconsultancy.com for more information on accountancy jobs or accountancy recruitment; finance jobs orfinance recruitment.Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applicationswe receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within seven days please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.