An opportunity to join one of the UK’s most successful start-ups in scientific instrumentation and analytics from the last few years. This company have gone from strength to strength in developing and commercialising their Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) and Lentiviral vectors (LVV) analytical equipment.
 
The Finance Manager reports to the Group Financial Controller (GFC) and will be responsible for transactional processing, primarily Accounts Payable (AP) and Treasury. As part of this, they will supervise the Accounts Payable Assistant and the Accounts Assistant with day-to-day tasks including payment runs and bank reconciliations. 
 
A successful candidate will assist the GFC with the month end process, including the preparation of balance sheet recs (including the fixed assets register), posting accruals and prepayments, and the preparation of monthly functional reporting packs used to review the monthly numbers with the rest of the business.
 
Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the procure-to-pay (P2P) process:
• Supporting the team with complex transactions and scenarios and raising issues with the GFC where appropriate.
• Review the weekly AP ageing analysis and control of AP ledger.
• Review and approve expense submissions via Expensify.
• P2P related workflow approvals, e.g., New Vendor, Bank Details and Finance PO approvals.
• Oversee the monthly clear down of overdue POs.
• Oversee the raising of POs for the Finance & Legal functions.
• Oversee the weekly payment run
• Responsible for day-to-day Treasury management and postings:
• Responsible for month end bank reconciliations across all Group bank accounts, investigating and resolving differences.
• Responsible for monthly and weekly credit card reconciliations for all Group credit cards, investigating and resolving differences.
• Cash balance management including management of currencies for payment runs.
• Responsible for the distribution of the weekly liquidity tracker.
• Support with the payroll cycle:
• Alongside the Financial Reporting Manager and AP team, manage all payroll payments including payroll taxes and PEO invoices across all payrolls.
• Support with the month end close process:
• Supervise AP close process including raising of intercompany invoices.
• Perform review of operating expenses creating any new prepayments and fixing incorrect postings as relevant.
• Release existing prepayments and accrue late invoices and receipted POs as appropriate.
• Prepare and maintain the fixed asset registers.
• Prepare BS recs for review.
• Provide written commentary on variances to budget for the month end management pack.
• Prepare and review functional packs for distribution to the wider business.

 
Requirements

• QBE, part-qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACCA or ACA)
• Experience of working as a Management Accountant within a similar organisation
• Results oriented with a systematic and organised approach to work
• Strong ability to plan and deliver to deadlines
• Strong communication skills and an ability to communicate financial results to non-finance stakeholders

 
Benefits

• We anticipate a salary between £60,000 and £70,000 for this role, depending on the candidate’s experience.
• 25 days annual leave per year in addition to bank holidays
• Up to 7% employer matched pension contribution
• Private health insurance from day one plus critical illness cover, income protection and life insurance
• Give as You Earn and Cycle to Work salary sacrifice schemes.