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Livestock Finance Manager

£50,000 - £60,000 per annum, experience depending

Working Monday-Friday 40 hours per week.

The Role

The overall objective of the role is to ensure accurate key financial information is provided to management for valuable insights in an effective and timely format, whilst ensuring effective internal controls across all finance processes. With a forward thinking, commercial and analytical approach to information, you will oversee the production of management accounts and associated KPI schedules and drive the mining, consolidation, interrogation and presentation of key data streams across the companies. Leading and motivating the Livestock accounting team, you will provide support to accounts preparation roles, reviewing, developing and applying lean accounting principles where effective.

Duties and responsibilities as a finance manager;

• Finalisation of monthly Livestock & Ltd management accounts (to a 10-day turnaround), with supporting KPI data, including analysis and commentary, to facilitate informed decisions around efficiency, commercial strategy and growth
• Lead, manage, develop and motivate the Livestock accounting team
• Overall responsibility for the integrity of nominal ledgers and balance sheet accuracy of Ltd, Livestock and BI & BM Mosey
• Responsibility in overseeing the trade creditor and debtor balances, reviewing regularly with the relevant Finance Assistants. Weekly review of invoices processed and proposed payment runs for Ian Mosey Ltd, Livestock and BI & BM Mosey
• Prepare and deliver departmental management information, including breeding herd costs of production, combining operational performance and cost expenditure
• Prepare and deliver quarterly costing information for the arable, cattle and sheep partnership BI & BM Mosey
• Provide support for intercompany accounting, VAT submission and financial regulatory compliance where appropriate .
• Interrogate all relevant operational data streams to produce insightful analytics
• Finance projects including systems development, ad-hoc analysis, process improvements and capital appraisal
• Provide preparation and review support to the monthly payroll process of three company payrolls
• Cash flow forecasting and cash management
• Assist with year-end statutory audit, preparation of final year trial balance and statutory reporting and compliance around financial governance
• Manage and maintain a robust group fixed asset register
• assist with the group annual insurance review process and provide support to notifying insurance brokers of valuation changes and claims through the insurance year

Skills and Qualifications required;

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with substantial post qualified experience (e.g. 3 years)
• Proven management accounts experience, preferably gained in a production environment
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills in setting up automated and effective models
• SAP Business One and/or Sage 50 Accounts experience preferred
• Strong IT data skills and a willingness to develop IT systems
• Good commercial acumen
• Analytical, logical, practical, and compliant approach
• Previous experience of line managing a small team
• Ability to communicate with both financial and non-financial people at all business levels
• Ability to work to deadlines
• A self-starter with a strong desire for continuous improvement/dynamic accounting methods
• Team player
• Honesty, discretion and professionalism

Benefits

• Company pension
• On-site parking