Our client is a specialist care home group who are looking for a new FC to join and manage their accounts team. Reporting directly to the MD and leading a team of three staff this role will have full responsibility for the finance function. The business has a turnover of £13.5 million and 350 staff.

• Support FM in preparing monthly & annual accounts to final TB 
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations including tax compliance, review of Statutory Accounts
• Manage relationships & liaise with third parties such as insurance brokers, utilities suppliers, provider of pension schemes & other service contracts
• Oversee cash flow management & analysis
• Banking relationships – including cheque signatory
• Work with the MD to prepare annual budgets and regularly update forecasts
• Provide expert financial support/advice to colleagues and managers to enable effective financial management
• Control expenditure in line with budgets/approved expenditure Develop and maintain an effective system of internal control for safeguarding company's assets
• Oversee the submission & payment of all tax matters 
• Manage and develop the finance team to ensure high/improved performance
• Meet regularly with senior management team to keep informed and to offer insights and guidance 
• Oversee regular stock takes, reconciling 
• Provide financial support to plans for expansion through acquisition or with new builds

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop a team.
• Experience of SAGE 50 cloud, Maintain X and Access will be an advantage
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Keen analytical mind; ability to be imaginative and proactive
• Constructively challenge at a senior level - confidence & ability to challenge the status quo and internal decision making
• Demonstrable ability to provide clear concise financial analysis for non-finance audience
• Confident and effective communicator - able to liaise with all levels of the organisation
• Experienced in working within a busy / time pressured finance team as part of a team and use initiative to work competently alone