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Financial Reporting Manager

Up to £70k + Bonus

Birchington, Kent

Cobb & Jones Recruitment

Financial Reporting Manager | Thanet | Up to £70k + Bonus

This is a superb opportunity for a driven and talented candidate to join a high growth, well established FMCG business in a newly created role. This is an exciting time to join the business as it experiences strong success within the UK market and as a result can offer great exposure for career growth as the business expands both organically and through acquisition.
The Financial Reporting Manager role is ideally suited to someone who trained in Practice and has gained strong technical accounting skills, now looking for their second move in industry. You will be reporting directly to the Finance Director and operate as part of the senior finance team, gaining excellent exposure.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Preparation and submission of monthly and year end reporting information to group.
• Ownership of the monthly consolidation process, including group intercompany reconciliations. Preparation of year end statutory accounts and co-ordination with the Financial Controller and external auditors to support the audit process.
• Ensure all statutory tax reporting requirements and obligations are fulfilled, submissions are accurate, and payments are made by the correct date. Taxes include corporation tax, VAT (oversight and submission not preparation), payroll taxes, plastic packaging tax and duty.
• Liaise with external tax advisors in the preparation of annual Corporation tax computations. Review and approval of such before submission to tax authorities.
• Working with external consultants to manage the site R&D Expenditure Claims process.
• Compile all other statutory reporting requirements e.g. payment practices, EPR, National Statistics.
• Maintaining an up to date understanding of current and future financial and accounting regulations to ensure continued compliance.
• Treasury management – administer the companies banking systems, cash flow forecasting, cash deposits and foreign currency exposure.
• Continual review of existing processes and systems, recommending areas for improvement.
• Contributing to ad hoc financial projects as required as part of the overall finance function

Skills, know-how and experience required:

• PC Literate and intermediate/advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel (to Pivot Table, Power Query and xlookup level), Microsoft Word and ERP systems.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK tax and statutory reporting requirements.
• Experience of reporting under UK GAAP (FRS102).
• Excellent analytical/numerical skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, able to present information in a clear, articulate and concise manner.
• Be able to work on own initiative and as part of a busy team.
• Experience of working to deadlines with the ability to prioritise those deadlines.

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