Senior Finance Officer
- Leicester
- £38,000-45,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Our client, a family-owned FMCG organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Officer to join their growing team. The successful candidate will report into the Head of Finance and will oversee the day-to-day financial operations and ensure accurate maintenance of financial transactions in Sage 50 to trial balance along with the production of weekly financial KPIs.This is a fast-paced environment, and you will need to be hands on in your approach and experienced enough to work on your own initiative. This is a great opportunity to add value and make a difference to the business and grow with the organisation.
- £38,000 - £45,000 FTE
- Working hours full-time Monday to Friday 9am-5pm OR part-time 5/6 hours per day across 5 days
- 20 days holiday plus bank holidays FTE
- Statutory pension
- On-site parking
- Hybrid working (1/2 days from home)
- Maintain Sage 50 to ensure accurate and timely trial balance reporting
- Produce weekly financial KPIs and dashboards
- Analyse sales and purchase data by product, quantity, and price
- Ensure compliance with UK GAAP in all transactional reporting
- Monitor customer insurance compliance
- Prepare draft VAT returns for review and submission
- Post monthly journals including stock and freight cost allocations
- Reconcile stock holdings and associated costs
- Prepare comprehensive month-end accounts files with full traceability
- Complete monthly ONS surveys
- Manage credit control team and prioritisation of tasks
- Communicate with suppliers regarding invoices, payments, and credit notes
- Manage sales and purchase ledger
- Post and reconcile Amazon charges and ledgers
- Perform bank reconciliations including record and reconcile foreign exchange transactions
- Prepare draft payment runs
- CIMA, AAT or QBE
- Experience of imports and recording and reconciling foreign exchange transactions desirable
- Experience of margin analysis, cost /sales desirable
- Experience of working within FMCG
- Strong working knowledge of Excel and Sage 50
- Confident in dealing with Directors and stakeholders in the business
- Strategic thinker and demonstrates a growth mindset and an interest in seeing the role and business develop