Finance Manager

Your new company

Hays has been appointed to recruit a Finance Manager for an established engineering organisation in County Antrim. This is a key appointment within the business and offers the successful candidate considerable ownership of the finance function, alongside direct exposure to senior leadership.The company is looking for an experienced finance professional who can bring together strong financial control, high-quality reporting and genuine commercial insight. This would particularly suit someone who wants a broad Finance Manager position where they can have a visible impact on how the business performs and develops.

Your new role

Reporting to senior management, you will take responsibility for the effective running of the finance function and provide the business with reliable financial information to support operational and commercial decisions. The position will give you responsibility for:

• Monthly management accounts and financial reporting
• Budget preparation and ongoing forecasting
• Cash flow planning and working capital management
• Financial analysis of business and project performance
• Monitoring project profitability, costs, margins and WIP
• Month-end controls and balance sheet reconciliations
• VAT and associated finance compliance requirements
• Credit control and cash collection
• Supplier payments and banking
• Multi-currency accounting and foreign exchange
• Year-end preparation and liaison with external auditors
• Developing and improving finance processes and controls
• Supporting and developing a member of the finance team

A major part of the position will be using the numbers to help management understand performance. You will provide insight into areas such as profitability, costs, cash flow and future financial performance, rather than simply producing the monthly figures.

What you'll need to succeed

You will be an experienced finance professional who has previously taken responsibility for a broad accounting function. You may be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or an experienced accountant who has developed their career through a qualified-by-experience route.

We are particularly interested in speaking with candidates who have:

• Strong management accounting experience
• Experience managing month-end reporting
• Budgeting, forecasting and cash flow experience
• A good understanding of financial controls
• Strong Excel and financial analysis capabilities
• The ability to work effectively with operational and senior management
• A commercial approach to finance and problem-solving
• The confidence to manage competing priorities within a busy environment

Exposure to project accounting, WIP or multi-currency transactions would be beneficial. Experience gained in engineering, construction, manufacturing or another business would also transfer particularly well.Above all, this business is looking for a Finance Manager who can operate at both levels: someone happy to take ownership of the day-to-day finance function while also contributing to the wider commercial direction of the organisation.What you'll get in return

More importantly, this is an opportunity to secure a broad and influential Finance Manager position within an established engineering organisation. You will have significant autonomy, exposure to senior decision-makers and the opportunity to shape and improve the finance function as the business develops.What you need to do now
If you're interested in this Finance Manager job in County Antrim, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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