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Web Liquid Group

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Senior Finance Manager – Brand Activation – VFR3295

Role: Senior Finance Manager  

Client: Brand Activation and Retail Agency  

Location: West London

Permanent: Full Time

Hybrid: 4 days/week in the office

Salary: £55,000 – £60,000

Reports to: Commercial Director

Ref: VFR 3295

Vision FR is excited to be working with a creative agency specialising in brand activation for retailers in the UK and internationally, looking at creating impactful drivers for retail stores.  This role is perfect for a Senior Finance Manager with international accounting and Business Partnering experience.   The role will manage the accounting and reporting in US and Europe and reporting and reconciliation of store sales in the UK and Europe.

Key responsibilities of the Senior Finance Manager

  • International Reporting for US and EU.
  • Payroll including recharging to HQ and Job costs
  • Ensuring all other jobs are reported to the subsidiaries and recharged to the UK
  • Manage job revenue
  • Monthly management accounts
  • Monthly review meetings with operational heads
  • Provide country cashflows for consolidated cashflow
  • Manage all country filings as required (monthly/quarterly/annual)
  • Provide all required information for country tax returns
  • Store Stock Reporting
  • Manage monthly stock reporting for all UK and EU stores (France/Germany/Spain)
  • Monthly postings for all stock purchase and sales
  • Reconcile month stock purchases and sales to stock values in UK stores (warehouses)
  • Work closely with operational teams to ensure best practice for managing stock
  • Store Sales Reporting
  • Store Sales Reporting
  • Manage monthly sales reporting for all UK and EU stores (France, Germany & Spain)
  • Reconcile monthly sales reporting for UK and EU stores (France, Germany & Spain) to Bank Receipts
  • Monthly reconciliation of cash sales, cash bank and store cash for all UK and EU stores
  • Work closely with operational teams to ensure comprehensive controls for managing cash, implementing changes where required
  • Management Reporting
  • Various Management Reporting as required
  • Support UK Management Accounts
  • Manage Supplier Rebates, ensuring all supplier rebates are reported and recharged to Suppliers
  • Business Partnering across the business
  • Lead on ad hoc finance projects particularly profit initiatives

Required Skills and Experience of the Senior Finance Manager

  • Experienced in Creative agency and other services businesses, with retail trading experience an added advantage
  • Demonstrable technical accountancy capabilities, including relevant qualifications and accreditations for the role (QBE, ACCA, CIMA finalist)
  • Management Accounts and Management Reporting experience
  • Stock, Payroll and WIP reporting an advantage
  • Strong Reconciliation skills and Process Driven
  • Ability to partner with Operational Teams
  • Highly organised, disciplined, and process-driven, with a clear continuous improvement mindset
  • Good communicator and stakeholder management, comfortable engaging with our operational teams
  • Experience in Paprika and / or Xero an advantage
  • Knowledge of either French, German or Spanish a bonus, not essential

VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Clients’ recruitment needs.

Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.

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