Transactional Finance Manager

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about us

the ideal candidate :

• An experienced finance professional, ideally from a product-led or FMCG business
• Technically strong, process-driven, and passionate about systems, automation, and efficiency
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, able to build structure and controls under pressure
• Detail-oriented and collaborative, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders
• Confident communicator who can influence across all levels of the business
• Intermediate or advanced excel skills are preferred
• Ability to work under pressure and within tight time frames
• Sage experience preferrable

about us:

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm . With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food .

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant'broth , rice'noodles & miso'easy to name a few...

D&I statement:

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.

Scope of the role:

• Manage, develop, and mentor the transactional finance team.
• Keep accurate records, control reports and clean audit trails for the year-end financial audit
• Process and oversee all purchase and overheads invoices and expenses posting
• Be key point of contact for transactional queries from suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Develop and provide monthly reporting on expense management, aged receivables and overdue payables
• Ensure AP & AR-related general ledger accounts finalisation , to be reviewed with FC on a monthly basis
• Provide input on monthly cash flow forecasting, as required.
• Prepare payment runs
• Supervise the supplier statements, account customers and bank reconciliations at month-end
• Prepare of balance sheet reconciliations, to be reviewed with FC on a monthly basis
• Assist the FC in continuously improving the controls environment
• Prepare and file quarterly VAT returns
• Create and maintain manuals for finance procedures
• Ownership for the debit note process

what we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (2 days wfh )
• Opportunity to work from abroad
• 50% employeediscount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch
• Discounts at major retailers
• Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development