VisionFR Limited
Senior Finance Manager
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Role: Senior Finance Manager
Sector
Branding Agency
Hybrid
3 days in office
Temp/Perm
initially 6 months
Salary
£70,000 - £75,000
Location
Central London
Reporting to
CFO
Ref
VFR 3322
VisionFR is excited to be working with a growing creative agency group to find their first Senior Finance Manager to support several of their smaller entities. They are looking for a hands-on, dynamic Senior Finance Manager to oversee the day-to-day financial management and manage a Management Accountant. This role works closely with the CFO. Paprika experience is essential and ideally able to start within 6 weeks. This role requires the Senior Finance Manager to work in the office 3 days per week.
Key responsibilities of the Senior Finance Manager
- Managing weekly cash flow forecasting and credit control, flagging risks to the CFO and founders in a timely manner
- Processing expenses, vendor payments, monthly salaries, and vendor invoicing/statement reconciliations, ensuring correct supporting documentation throughout
- Coordinating with project teams to ensure complete paperwork is received and client billing is issued on schedule
- Managing treasury activities, including UK bank reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns
- Overseeing timely posting of client receipts and vendor payments on the finance system
- Leading weekly pipeline forecast reviews with founders, and managing and developing the Management Accountant
- Preparing monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations (accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, bank) and variance analysis
- Performing FX revaluations and posting AP/AR FX differences each month, and preparing monthly journals for CFO approval
- Reviewing monthly job profitability and project status with project teams, and reconciling revenue reporting through revenue recognition meetings
- Preparing the monthly management accounts pack for the CFO, CEO, and founders
- Supporting the CFO with quarterly reforecasts
- Supporting the annual audit and R&D tax credit audit processes
- Building effective working relationships across internal teams and identifying improvements to the finance function
- Providing ad hoc reporting as requested by the leadership team
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- ACA / CIMA / ACCA qualified, with 5+ years' experience in a creative agency
- Solid working knowledge of Paprika
- Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles, including GAAP, with the ability to analyse data and prepare reports, statements, and projections
- Experience in production accounting
- Experience managing a small finance team, and working within group/matrix structures, SMEs, and fast-changing environments
- Proven team player who is equally confident working independently or with non-finance staff
- Hands-on approach, with a proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Clients recruitment needs.
Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.
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