Finance Manager

Job Purpose

The provision of financial and other management information to meet all Company business needs and ensure that Company has up to date and accurate information to enable the Managing Director and Company Board to make business decisions, which are financially viable and sustainable.

Main Duties

• Reporting on the financial performance of the Company and working with the Managing Director to ensure that the Company makes the most effective and efficient use of its resources and is a viable and profitable trading operation.
• Financial planning and the assessment and management of financial risk.
• Preparation of budgets, provision of timely and regular budgetary reports, interpretation of the information and advising on the corrective action where areas of potential overspend are identified.
• Reporting on the financial and resource impact of proposals for business development or re-configuration to achieve efficiency savings and ensuring that all proposals are viable and sustainable.
• Determining the Company’s pricing policy to ensure that it can be competitive in the marketplace and secure new business opportunities.
• Preparation and submission of the statutory accounts in accordance with regulatory requirements and liaison with the Company’s Auditors.
• Ensuring that the Company acts lawfully and meets all legislative requirements as they relate to the financial activities of the business.
• Ensuring that the Company has financial systems in place to support this process and that there are effective internal control mechanisms to ensure accuracy of reporting and reduce the risk of fraud.
• Establishing the Company’s requirements in respect of IT systems that are needed to support the Company’s financial records/transactions and other business systems and taking a lead in any proposed implementation plans.
• Managing the Company’s bank accounts and ensuring that regular and timely reconciliation processes take place.
• Ensuring that the Company collects all income for services provided on a timely basis.
• Ensuring that the Company pays its creditors to achieve a positive cash flow position whilst meeting the relevant payment terms.
• Managing the Company payroll and ensuring that all statutory requirements are met in respect of payments to employees, HMRC etc.
• Developing information management policies and systems to support the business of the Company and ensure compliance with relevant legislation for the management of data.
• Establishing systems for monitoring the financial performance of the Company against its contractual requirements and performance targets.
• Acting as corporate appointee for identified service users and ensuring that the Company has effective systems in place to manage and monitor their income and expenditure as transacted through the client bank account.
• Undertaking regular audit checks on service user finances as managed by individual services.
• Manage direct reporting staff to ensure any performance related issues are dealt with under the Company policies and procedures including supervision, appraisal, capability and disciplinary.

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