Join Our Team as a Financial Lead in Paignton, England!

Acorn is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for a Financial Lead to join our esteemed client in Paignton, England.
If you are ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or part-qualified and possess expertise in SAP S4/HANA and Cognos BI, we want to hear from you!

Your role will be to provide support in the preparation and reporting of the management accounts to the company.
You will also support audit requests, reconcile and supervise transactional activities in conjunction with the group shared service centre in the middle east including; purchase/sales ledger, reconciliations, payroll and other finance related duties.

Key Responsibilities:
* Ensure all finance transactional activities are processed by group Finance Shared Service Centre.
* Support the Head of Finance with preparation of the monthly management accounts and group reporting
* Manage accruals and prepayments
* Weekly Cash flow forecasting
* Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns and managing the Deferred VAT account as well as any other queries with HMRC
* Prepare Balance Sheet reconciliations monthly, including a thorough review of the GRNI, down payments and key account for specific suppliers as well as payroll/pension accounts
* Provide support on all audit requests, collating and retrieving as required
* Supervise daily reconciliation of bank accounts and allocations to customer accounts and being main point of contact locally for finance related queries.
* Supervise the preparation of the weekly/monthly BACS run in line with cash flow.
* Make payments as required using the banking portal
* Supervise all credit control processes including allocating cash to customer accounts and chasing debt as required.
* Any other ad hoc duties as required by the business.
* Process monthly payroll and all associated activities including pension etc.

Essential Requirements:
* Excellent communication and organizational skills
* Strong team player
* ACA/ACCA/CIMA/AAT qualified or part-qualified
OR
2 plus years’ experience in a similar role
* The ability to analyse and solve problems
* MS Office including excel pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, Sum ifs
(capability test upon interview)
* Attention to detail
* Experience working with ERP Finance packages e.g. SAP S4/HANA and Cognos BI
Hours and Benefits:
* 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday), 8:00 am to 5:00 pm with a one-hour lunch break.
* Pay and increases: We offer our employees competitive salaries, with performance review annual increases.
* Holidays & long service days: all employees are given 25 days of paid holiday plus annual bank holidays. We also reward up to 5 additional continuous service days for long-serving employees.
* Bonus schemes: Objective Schemes and Production Banding allows employees to work towards a generous annual bonus scheme.
* Refreshments: We offer all employees office- or factory based free hot drinks from our in-house coffee machine, including tea and coffee.
* Pension: The Company provides employees with membership of a defined contribution pension scheme.
* Sick Pay: Company sick pay scheme available.
* Hybrid working: Employees can work from home 2 days per week to maintain a healthy work/life balance.
* Life Insurance: Employees are joined to the company life insurance scheme.
* Cycle Scheme: With our Cycle to Work scheme, employees can save a % on a new bike & accessories with interest-free credit. Payments are deducted monthly as a tax benefit towards salary.
* Rewards: The company awards employees with vouchers for achieving Employee of the Month.
* Work Socials: The company arranges and pays for quarterly social events and team-building days.
* Medical Appointments: Salaried employees are paid for time taken for medical appointments.
* Location & Free Parking: The company is located along all major public transport routes, within walking distance of shops and restaurants. Secure and monitored free parking is provided for employees on site.
* Training: We invest in our employees. Subsidised training is available in-house and externally for employees furthering their careers and growing within the company.
* Christmas: The company closes between Christmas and new year to give employees time to spend with family and friends, along with an early pay date to allow time for Christmas shopping.
* Optician Vouchers: DSE employees are given vouchers for eye tests. Safety Ware Vouchers and uniforms The company provides all PPE and uniforms to regulated employees, including a voucher for safety footwear.
* Charities and local rugby sponsorship: The company supports various charities and local rugby club. Sponsorship of the rugby club gives our employees free access to sponsorship games and special events they hold during the year.
If you are a motivated and experienced Financial Lead ready to join a fantastic company, apply now directly through this advert!
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