Finance Manager (Maternity Cover)

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a leading British structural engineering company which has completed a diverse portfolio of award-winning projects.  Based in central London, you will be part of a small, friendly and hard-working team.

The company follows a hybrid model, with flexibility to work from home 2 days a week once training is completed.  The company will also consider PART-TIME candidates who can commit to work for 4 days every week.

Reporting to two Directors, the role includes a combination of Finance and Administrative duties, however, the majority will be Finance.

FINANCE:

-          Managing Sales Ledger

• Monthly sales invoicing
• Project fee info logging
• Liquid Threshold – purchase payment processing
• Timesheet processing & reporting (inc. R&D timesheets)
• Debtor reviews

-          Managing Purchase Ledger

• Invoice processing
• Expense processing
• Credit card statement processing
• Reviewing Purchase Orders & outstanding orders
• Petty cash month end reconciliations
• service charge logs and rent receipt processing for a property owned by the company

-          Managing General Ledger

• Bank Rec (GBP, Reserve Acc, USD, EUR, & PayPal)
• Month end closing – Sales and Purchase Ledgers
• Monthly reporting
• Control accounts & management accounts
• Prepayment Schedules of ongoing contracts
• VAT submissions
• Assist with R&D submission
• Sage updates, maintenance and journals
• Director Loan and Reserve Account Records and Reporting
• Keeping notes of developments for year end processing

 
ADMINISTRATION: (will work closely with the Office Administrator)

• Staff Contracts
• Personnel Record Management
• Payroll (inc. AE Pensions) - liaising monthly with external accountants
• UKBA Applications
• Assist with HR matters
• Assist with induction of new employees
• Maintaining holiday and sickness records

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES:

• Solid bookkeeping experience
• Previous experience in a similar industry is desirable (ie understanding project billing)
• Prior experience using SAGE would be highly desirable
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & Outlook)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

SALARY:

• 35k-38k per annum depending on experience (will be prorated for 6 months)