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Finance Manager PQ
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- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
- Permanent
- Full Time
- £45,000 - £50,000 Per Annum
Job Description
Anderson Knight is recruiting for a part-qualified experienced Finance Manager to join a well-established business in Edinburgh. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys a varied role, combining hands-on financial management with team leadership and business partnering.
Working closely with the Financial Controller, you'll play a key role in ensuring the finance function operates efficiently, delivering accurate financial information while supporting and developing a Finance Assistant.
The Role
As Finance Manager, you'll take ownership of key accounting processes, ensuring financial information is accurate, compliant and delivered within agreed deadlines. Your responsibilities will include:
• Producing monthly management accounts, analysing financial performance and providing meaningful commentary on key movements and variances.
• Preparing and processing journals, including accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments.
• Managing the company's fixed asset register, including capital expenditure, disposals and depreciation.
• Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns in line with HMRC requirements.
• Supporting the year-end audit process by preparing schedules, assisting with statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors.
• Cashflow forecasting, highlighting any key changes within the process
• Oversee, mentor and develop 3 transactional staff, ensuring you provide day to day support and training
About You
We're looking for someone who is technically strong, commercially aware and confident leading a small finance team. You'll ideally have:
• Part-qualified ACCA or CIMA status.
• Previous experience in a supervisory or management position within a finance function.
• Strong experience preparing management accounts and overseeing month-end processes.
• Sound knowledge of accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and balance sheet controls.
• Experience preparing VAT returns and supporting external audits.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• A proactive approach with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Confident communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across the business.
• Strong Excel skills and experience using accounting software.
Salary & Benefits
• Opportunity to join a supportive and collaborative finance team.
• Career development within a stable and growing organisation.
• A varied role with genuine responsibility and scope to make an impact.
If you're an ambitious part-qualified / finalist accountant with supervisory experience who is looking for a role offering variety, responsibility and progression, we'd love to hear from you
Working closely with the Financial Controller, you'll play a key role in ensuring the finance function operates efficiently, delivering accurate financial information while supporting and developing a Finance Assistant.
The Role
As Finance Manager, you'll take ownership of key accounting processes, ensuring financial information is accurate, compliant and delivered within agreed deadlines. Your responsibilities will include:
• Producing monthly management accounts, analysing financial performance and providing meaningful commentary on key movements and variances.
• Preparing and processing journals, including accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments.
• Managing the company's fixed asset register, including capital expenditure, disposals and depreciation.
• Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns in line with HMRC requirements.
• Supporting the year-end audit process by preparing schedules, assisting with statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors.
• Cashflow forecasting, highlighting any key changes within the process
• Oversee, mentor and develop 3 transactional staff, ensuring you provide day to day support and training
About You
We're looking for someone who is technically strong, commercially aware and confident leading a small finance team. You'll ideally have:
• Part-qualified ACCA or CIMA status.
• Previous experience in a supervisory or management position within a finance function.
• Strong experience preparing management accounts and overseeing month-end processes.
• Sound knowledge of accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and balance sheet controls.
• Experience preparing VAT returns and supporting external audits.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• A proactive approach with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Confident communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across the business.
• Strong Excel skills and experience using accounting software.
Salary & Benefits
• Opportunity to join a supportive and collaborative finance team.
• Career development within a stable and growing organisation.
• A varied role with genuine responsibility and scope to make an impact.
If you're an ambitious part-qualified / finalist accountant with supervisory experience who is looking for a role offering variety, responsibility and progression, we'd love to hear from you