Senior Finance Manager

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Job title: Senior Finance Manager

Department: Transactional Finance

Location: Halifax /Hybrid

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: competitive DOE plus benefits

We're looking for a Senior FInance Manager to be part of our success story.

**Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100: Britain's fastest-growing private companies.
**Great career development opportunities - grow with us.

About the role

The Finance Manager will be responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of our group of companies, covering varied responsibilities from day to day transaction detail to statutory accounts reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Financial Reporting:

• Preparation of the annual statutory accounts for the Group.

• Preparation of monthly consolidated accounts including supporting with balance sheet reconciliations.

• Responsible for month end close process and management of accounts timetable.

• Investigate and present a conclusion on technical matters, including one off queries, writing papers for the audit process and accounting papers throughout the year.

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements and to keep stakeholders up to date on accounting policies and processes.

• Provide detailed financial reports to stakeholders as needed.

• Ensure the transactional finance team is up-to-date with financial best practices and regulations.

• Tax and Regulatory Filings:

• Prepare and file VAT returns and other regulatory documents.

• Stay updated with changes in tax laws and regulations.

• Assist in tax planning and ensure timely compliance with tax obligations.

• Cash Flow Management:

• Manage cash flow and ensure the company has adequate liquidity to meet its obligations.

• Prepare weekly, monthly and annual cash flow forecasts for the Group.

• Oversee accounts payable and receivable processes.

• Optimise the company's cash management practices.

• Compliance and Auditing:

• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations and standards.

• Coordinate with external auditors and oversee the auditing process, leading on key areas of audit focus and complex accounting/audit matters.

Implement, improve and maintain internal processes and controls to prevent fraud and ensure accuracy.

Skills and experience

• Qualified accountant with at least 2 years post qualified experience
• Experience of working in an accountancy practise preferred
• Strong understanding of financial regulations and accounting principles
• Proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership and management abilities
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Personal health cash plan - claim back the cost of things like dentist and optical check ups
• Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption / shared parental pay
• Life assurance: three times basic salary
• Free breakfasts and fruit
• Birthday surprise for everybody!

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, looking after team members is a major priority. Whether you're at our smart Halifax or Peterborough offices, one of our AAR sites or working from home, we'll make sure you have all the support you need to succeed.

From benefits that put your health and wellbeing first, to impressive rewards for our employee of the month, and little perks like free fruit and cereal, we'll go out of our way to show how much we appreciate you.

A bit about us

Named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK's 100 fastest-growing private companies, we employ more than 700 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UK's largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in a road incident at our contact centres in Halifax and Peterborough.

We look after every step of the repair process, repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair body shops, and through a UK-wide network of independent repair partners.

Want to know what it's like to work with us? Take a look at our purpose and values. They define who we are, and how we work with team members, customers and suppliers:

Purpose: Make someone's bad day better

Values:

• Make it happen - Be accountable. Take the initiative, work fast, and do a great job.
• Strive for better - Be bold. Challenge the norm - make small improvements often.
• Win together - Be a team-player. Win together, learn together, respect each other.