Job Description

You will be an experienced, reliable and self-motivated person who is happy being hands on working in a small team assisting with daily, weekly and monthly financial tasks within a growing SME.

• Updating fee forecast
• Liaison with account managers to confirm monthly fees to be invoiced
• Drafting of monthly sales invoicing
• Invoice and accounting queries
• Reporting on month end invoicing against forecast
• Assisting with debt chasing
• Updating various recurring costs spreadsheets
• Compiling expenses for client recharge
• Bank reconciliations on xero bank feed
• Updating journals on xero
• Checking, allocating and approving staff expenses on xero ready for payment
• Gathering director’s receipts, inputting into xero
• Adding purchase invoices and remittances to xero
• Creating/generating reports in xero/workflowmax as requested
• Compiling end of year p11d information
• Production of management accounts, management of the general ledger, sales ledger, purchase ledger and accounting data
• Preparing financial reporting in a timely and accurate manner including monthly management accounts and cash flow forecasts
• Preparation of annual budgets and cash flow forecasts
• Provide ad-hoc financial information to directors and senior managers as required
• Calculation of key performance indicators to senior management as required
• Co-ordination and submission of all necessary government returns
• Oversee monthly payroll
• Monitor/review and enhance internal accounting procedures and policies
• Support year-end audit/accounts with external accountancy
• Report to board on financial matters

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA / ACA) (ideally gained within a large practice / company environment)
• Prior experience within an accounts department of an SME
• Prior management experience
• Proven experience of influencing at a senior level
• Excellent communication skills
• Comfortable being ‘handson’ and working with a small SME team
• Strong ledger management and reporting experience – excellent knowledge, experience and understanding of working with cash flows
• Excellent on Xero and workflow
• Thorough knowledge of the usual suite of Office software essential including excellent spreadsheet ability using Excel.