Finance Manager
hace 5 días
Livingston
\n Murray Recruitment are recruiting a Finance Manager for our client based in Livingston. \n \n \n Overview \n This is a permanent opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to take ownership of the day-to-day finance function within a small, collaborative business. \n \n The successful candidate will be a hands-on finance professional with strong experience across management reporting, bookkeeping, payroll, VAT, reconciliations, credit control and financial controls. A key focus of the role will be producing accurate monthly management reports and providing meaningful financial information to support business performance and decision-making. \n \n \n Key Responsibilities \n \n • Take full day-to-day ownership of the finance function, ensuring accurate and up-to-date financial records.\n, • Prepare and produce monthly management accounts and financial reports.\n, • Provide monthly analysis of financial performance, highlighting key trends, variances and areas requiring attention.\n, • Prepare profit and loss reports, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules.\n, • Manage bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, invoicing and credit control.\n, • Monitor cash flow and provide regular cash flow reporting and forecasting.\n, • Prepare and submit VAT returns accurately and within required deadlines.\n, • Process monthly payroll using Sage Payroll, including year-end requirements such as P60s and P11Ds.\n, • Monitor income, expenditure and outstanding debt to support effective financial control.\n, • Work closely with the external accountant, providing financial information and supporting documentation as required.\n, • Support budgeting and forecasting activities.\n, • Maintain robust financial controls and ensure processes are followed consistently.\n, • Review and improve finance processes, reporting procedures and internal controls.\n, • Provide clear and accurate financial information to senior management to support business planning and decision-making.\n, • Support year-end processes and provide information required for statutory accounts.\n \n \n \n Skills & Experience \n \n • Strong practical experience within a Finance Manager, Management Accountant, Senior Bookkeeper or similar finance role.\n, • Proven experience preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports.\n, • Strong understanding of profit and loss reporting, balance sheets and financial reconciliations.\n, • Experience preparing VAT returns and managing associated deadlines.\n, • Practical payroll processing experience, ideally using Sage Payroll.\n, • Strong knowledge of bank reconciliations, invoicing, credit control and cash flow management.\n, • Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting would be advantageous.\n, • Confident analysing financial information and communicating key findings to senior management.\n, • Strong Microsoft Excel and accounting software skills.\n, • Excellent numerical and organisational skills.\n, • High level of accuracy and attention to detail.\n, • Proactive and capable of managing the finance function independently.\n, • Formal finance qualifications would be advantageous but are not essential, with strong practical experience being the key requirement.\n \n \n \n Offering \n \n • Salary: Depending on experience.\n, • Location: Livingston.\n, • Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm.\n, • Working pattern: Predominantly office-based, with some flexibility available.\n, • Holidays: 20 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing by one day per year up to 25 days.\n, • Pension: 3% matched contribution.\n, • Healthcare: Vitality Healthcare.\n, • On-site parking.\n \n \n