Junior Finance Manager
Job Placements · Kensington
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Start free — we apply for you →Our client is seeking a Junior Finance Manager to join their finance team. This role is ideal for a finance professional who has gained solid accounting experience and is looking to develop their management and leadership capabilities within a dynamic business environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day finance operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong financial controls, and leading a small finance team. This role offers excellent exposure to both operational and strategic finance activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full finance function
- Oversee debtors, creditors, and cashbook functions
- Lead and support a small finance team
- Prepare monthly management accounts and financial reports
- Ensure accurate month-end and year-end processing
- Maintain and improve financial controls and processes
- Partner with group finance and operational stakeholders
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting processes
- Monitor cash flow and working capital requirements
- Support audit and compliance requirements
- Drive process improvements and reporting efficiencies
Job Experience and Skills Required Education:
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field Experience:
• 3-5 years' relevant accounting experience • Full finance function experience essential • Strong debtors, creditors, and cashbook experience • Experience managing or supervising a small finance team • Experience working with group finance structures advantageous • Strong financial reporting and financial controls experience Skills:
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Sage Partner advantageous
- Sage 200 advantageous
- SAP advantageous
- Financial Reporting
- Team Leadership
- Financial Controls
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Stakeholder Management
Why Apply?
• Excellent opportunity to move into finance leadership • Exposure to both operational and strategic finance • Opportunity to lead and develop a finance team • Broad full finance function responsibilities • Career growth within a dynamic business environment Apply now! For more exciting Finance vacancies, please visit:
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