Finance Director
Posted 1 day 5 hours ago by Cobalt Consulting (UK) Ltd
Permanent
Not Specified
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Finance Director
£90,000 - £95,000
Hybrid, Central London
We partnered with a leading property management company looking for a Finance Director. In their portfolio they have multi-billions of AUM across the UK and overseas.
This is an exciting role with a wide scope, including simple but high-volume transactional deliverables as well as managing the General Ledger, the financial accounts and the production of the monthly management accounts, along with managing the team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the general ledger and banking operations
- Prepare accurate financial statements and oversee audit procedures
- Ensure compliance with VAT and tax regulations, along with external reporting requirements
- Handle month-end account closures and overhead expense allocations
- Implement financial control processes and drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Conduct internal finance audits and assist with financial planning and analysis
- Develop cash flow forecasts and manage cash effectively
- Administer bonus and profit share distributions, and prepare annual budgets
- Forecast profit and loss and balance sheet projections, including scenario analysis
- Lead accounts management, banking, cash management, and payment processing
- Assist with the year-end charity audit
- Manage accounts receivable including invoice generation and cash allocation for received payments
- Oversee accounts payable, ensuring timely payments of invoices and expenses, and conducting credit card reconciliations
- Overview group payroll
Key requirements:
- Accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)
- Strong knowledge of financial accounting principles, including UK GAAP & IFRS
- Experienced in preparing statutory and management accounts as well as P&L, cashflow and balance sheet, audit processes, tax regulations, including VAT, and service charges
- Experience in managing a team
- Advanced proficiency in Excel
- Proficient in finance systems