Background
The individual will be responsible for a portfolio of project companies and the supervision of an accounts assistant assigned to each project.
Desired Skills and Experience
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills to facilitate effective working relationships within the finance team and with the various external stakeholders including lenders, shareholders, suppliers, operations and local authorities
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with intellect to both develop and challenge explanations and arguments
• Proactive in identifying and implementing process improvements
Principal Responsibilities
Management accounting
• Incorporation of purchase ledgers, sales ledgers, cash books and loan schedules into ETBs and reconciliation of ETBs to SUN Systems accounting package
• Maintenance of accruals & prepayments and amortisation workings as applicable
• Preparation of management account reports including analysis of actual versus budget
• Supervising the preparation and submission of VAT and CIS returns
• Supervising the preparation of purchase invoice and other non-supplier payments and issuing of invoices to customers
• Supervising the maintenance of cash books and loan schedules
Financial accounting
• Preparation of the statutory accounts for the year end audit
• Preparation of supporting documentation and working papers for the year end audit
• Liaising with the audit team during their fieldwork and thereafter with the audit manager
• Liaising with tax advisors in the preparation of corporation tax computations
Reporting
• Presentation of finance reports to shareholders at quarterly project board meetings
• Tracking and complying with project deliverables as dictated by loan facility agreements
• Maintenance of financial and operating models and preparation of budgets and cash flow forecasts
Company secretarial
• Minute taking at project board meetings
• Processing of companies house documents