My client, based in Ilminster, are currenty recruiting for an experienced Finance Manager for a long 18 month initial contract.

Job Description:
*Provide line management and leadership of the Finance team.
*Motivate and lead finance team members by clarifying roles and providing helpful feedback
*Maintain, control and optimise the ERP system for all financial and business processes.
*Create systems to prevent errors in data collection and calculations.
*Prepare timely monthly management accounts for DIBE and submit results to Head of Finance for review.
*Review DME monthly management accounts in accordance with accounting policies.
*Manage company cash flow through monitoring transactions and by reviewing analysis to improve cash management in the company.
*Process the reporting of DME monthly accounts to the DMJ system to forward reporting onto Japan.
*Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed and reported. This includes sales, purchases, payroll and all nominal ledgers.
*Manage Credit Control ensuring there are customer credit checks, setting credit limits, monitoring of aged debts and collection of outstanding amounts.
*Manage Finance team routine activities including payroll generation, staff expenses, P11Ds, PAYE settlement agreements and reconciliations. Ensuring adhere to HMRC regulations.
*Maintain control accounts including Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, PAYE and VAT.
*Reconcile GRNI monthly
*Providing technical support and advice to all on-site companies regarding VAT and PAYE.
*Develop and improve financial systems and management information.
*Main contact for annual audit transactions for DIBE and DME.
*Prepare annual statutory accounts documentation for Audit purposes.
*Maintain internal controls across the business and maintain a culture of process improvement.
*Assist the Head of Finance to coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures.
*Maintain a safe and secure work environment.
*Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
*Contributes to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.
*Assist Head of Finance on projects including Costing, integration with new ERP system, Improving processes.

As a term of your employment, you may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required of you in the post and department mentioned above or in a comparable post in any of the Company’s other departments.

Person Specification:

Qualifications/Education standards and level of skills

CIMA/ACCA qualified /QBE

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

An Accountant with significant experience in fulfilling the complete range of financial management processes

*An understanding of the complexities of finance management within an international Group is preferred, ideally with some experience within the manufacturing sector and foreign currency transactions.
*A strong IT skill set is essential including previous experience of Information Systems Management, in which you will have gained knowledge of ERP system implementation and optimisation
*Strong communication and interpersonal skills
*Critical thinking, sound problem solving skills, analytical skills and use of initiative
*Experience in effectively managing a small team
*Strong personal organisation skills are required with experience in meeting regular accounting deadlines

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an employment agency for this vacancy