Accounting and Treasury Manager

DHRP are partnering a leading business who are undertaking a significant finance transformation project and requires the support of a finance manager to take responsibility for the accounting and treasury areas of the finance function.  The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with technical, personal and business skills reporting directly into the Finance Director on financial control, finance strategy, and reporting.  This is a hands-on position that requires someone who wants to get to grips with the finance processes quickly.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the production and delivery of financial and management information for the business in addition to the ownership of the financial accounting processes. Additionally, this role will be responsible for managing the treasury operations with the firm while working with local, regional and global teams.

Responsibilities

Financial Accounting and Reporting

• Ensure the delivery of accurate, complete and timely management accounts, with detailed tracking of accrual, pre-payment and intercompany balances
• Review all significant variances for areas of responsibility, flagging key variances in advance of tight month-end close deadlines
• Review and approval of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring reconciling differences are properly followed up and completed by the team
• Develop a strong operational understanding of the business, including how the organisation is structured, the activities of the business, and the primary KPIs, in order to provide valuable commentary to the business and key stakeholders, as well as contribute to & influence decision making
• Work collaboratively across the organisation to achieve wider finance / business goals
• Drive innovation and process improvement by seeking ways to standardise, automate or offshore month end tasks
• Lead and manage all aspects of the annual audit process, acting as the primary point of contact with the external auditors
• Lead an manage the annual IFRS reporting requirements to EMEIA
• Management of direct finance reports driving continuous development and performance improvement across the team
• Develop KPI reporting to assist appropriate decision making
• Ensure robust controls and processes are in place
• Support regular ad hoc information requests from business owners and senior management and assist on other responsibilities and projects as required

Treasury & Cash Management

• Manage day to day cash & treasury activities
• Prepare and regularly update cash flow forecasts
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting covenants
• Reporting and analysis of daily cash position
• Executing cash & FX transactions
• Assisting with payment approvals

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with 3+ years post qualification experience
• Keen attention to detail & drive to improve quality
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to challenge stakeholders & performance
• Strong leadership/people management capability
• Ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial staff in a confident and professional manner
• Ability to communicate complex information in a succinct and clear manner
• Adept at dealing with high volumes of data
• Ability to work as part of a team in a dynamic, fast-paced and transforming environment
• Experience of Oracle and SAP an advantage
• Excellent MS Office skills, notably Excel
• Previous corporate treasury experience preferable
• Ability to work independently, multi-task and problem solve
• Can-do attitude
• Ability to effectively manage and prioritise multiple activities with competing deadlines