Kate John Associates

Role Overview

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day accounting activities of the Company while managing a small and experienced transactions team.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Annual statutory accounts preparation and management of annual audits
• Monthly management accounts including margin reports, stock reports, cost centre reports and sales reports
• Analyse actual versus budget on a monthly basis
• Submitting regular VAT returns and making both VAT and Corporation Tax payments in line with regulatory obligations
• Maintaining foreign exchange records and calculating and reporting on gains and losses as well as ensuring sufficient currency availability on a daily basis
• Maintaining and updating fixed asset records including capitalisation, depreciation and write off policies and looking at R&D tax breaks
• Producing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts (P&L, BS and CF)
• Managing cash flow and bank balances
• Dealing with Companies House and National Statistics returns
• Providing holiday cover/general support and development for the Accounts Administrator duties, including payroll and accounts payable / receivable
• Creating and updating financial procedures and controls throughout the business as necessary for growth
• Regular reviews of the Company’s chart of accounts and identification of opportunities to future proof process and controls
• Keeping up to date with regulatory changes in financial reporting and tax
• Establishing a high level of credibility and managing strong working relationships with external parties including, auditors, tax advisers, and banks
• Ensuring the Company’s financial affairs and assets are well managed
• Ad hoc financial requests
• Ensure that all purchase orders and invoices are correctly processed & posted
• Regular reporting of financial and commercial KPIs
• Creation of P11Ds and keeping records of applicable benefits in kind.
• Ensure that all bank reconciliations are done accurately and in good time
• Ensure that the company pension scheme is correctly managed & administered

Essential Skills

• Qualified accountant with +5 years PQE
• SAP or equivalent accounting ERM
• Advanced Excel
• MS Office 365
• Managing, leading and continuous development and improvement of teams of part qualified/experienced personnel
• Confidence to liaise with Board members
• Working with key areas of the business with the concept of business partnering in mind

Financial Skills and Experience

• Track record of success in a similar role and demonstrable career progression within a finance function
• Demonstrable and in-depth experience of:
  • • accounting practices;
    • financial management and best practice;
    • financial reporting requirements under company law; and
    • management accounting and business partnering
• Experience in setting key objectives, delivering to the required levels and using KPIs to show success in reaching business goals
• Experience of delivering fit for purpose management reports and advice to senior management
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to rapidly interpret, concisely explain and act on complex information
• Track record of stakeholder management, primarily Banks, and Audit, Tax and Insurance firms

Personal Behaviours and Competencies

Professional

The successful candidate will be self-motivated with strong business acumen, demonstrating a professional approach to work including:

• • punctual for work and meetings;
  • prepared and organised for all meetings;
  • appropriately presented in a professional environment; and  
  • use appropriate professional language – both verbally and written

Teamwork

• • Record of building positive working relationships to successfully manage and deliver continuous improvement within your team
  • Able to adapt style to meet the needs of the Board, colleagues and team members
  • Keen to take ownership of problems, generate options with a balance of technical and commercial acumen
  • Take responsibility for the tasks performed by you and your team
  • Be an active member of the team to achieve the shared objectives
  • Completing work on time and to deadlines, both individually and within your team
  • Being helpful to other members of the team
  • Build effective relationships with direct team and other internal teams
  • Demonstrating an understanding of the goals and objectives of the Company

Organised

• • Demonstrate excellent planning and organisational skills
  • Able to organise own workload and that of your team and prioritise appropriately
  • Demonstrating initiative and ability to work unsupervised
  • Highly motivated with an ability to operate effectively under pressure and consistently deliver to deadlines

Learning

• • To consistently demonstrate a desire to achieve personal objectives
  • Successfully acquire new knowledge, through the identification of areas of personal development, and apply this practically

Communication

• • To be able to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, spoken, presentational)
  • Demonstrate listening skills with all internal and external stakeholders
  • Have strong negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to resolve conflicting priorities

Adaptable

• • Be flexible and open to new tasks and requests with ability to cope with change in work schedules and priorities
  • Able to work outside of normal office hours when required