Marks Sattin are recruiting a Head of Finance for a Sheffield based business. This is a UK number one role, reporting into an overseas based Group CFO.

Responsibilities will include:

• Adherence to statutory and observed best accounting practices, ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded and controlled to meet legal requirements
• Implement, control and supervise the operation of reliable systems for recording and reconciling those transactions to ensure the protection of the Company assets
• Departmental activities are successfully performed according to priorities, schedules and procedures
• Ensure supplier invoices are paid ensuring appropriate, discounts and general ledger coding etc.
• Cash report analysis (detailing the cash transactions for the prior week), investigate variances and report as required to the CFO
• Group and Company schedules of Authority are adhered to for all expenditure sanctions
• Weekly KPI's for local use
• The production of the Management Accounts and supporting analysis
• Attendance at the Monthly Management Meeting and presentation of financial & cost data
• Meet Group reporting requirements (weekly, monthly and ad hoc)
• Review and approve VAT returns
• Preparing additional returns for Group management
• Co-ordinate the preparation of the Annual Budget and Business Plans
• Prepare P&L, balance sheet & cash flow forecasts as requested for review with the Group Directors
• Report on variances to budget and forecast
• Manage the completion and review of the statutory reporting requirements in line with Group deadlines
• Preparation of annual accounts under both UK GAAP and IFRS guidelines