Finance Manager (13-month FTC) About finova

finova provides the most comprehensive suite of modular, SaaS based open-architecture software to help lenders and brokers in the Mortgage, Lending and Savings sectors. The software speeds up the application processes, provides modern user interfaces and drives operational efficiencies throughout the life time of a financial product.

We are proud to work with over 200 financial institutions (including high street brands, smaller niche providers and challenger banks) and over 600 broker firms. We draw on this breadth of experience to provide the best solutions to stay ahead of the curve.

We are a 350+ strong team made up of colleagues across the UK, with offices in London, Manchester and Bristol, supported by and working closely with our colleagues based in India and Poland. Our values describe the way we work perfectly: Collaboration, Intellectual Curiosity, Sustainability, Quality and our binding value Energy.

Here we've included a high-level description of the role you're interested in; If you think it sounds of interest to you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us, we'd love to hear from you!

About the role

This role covers a broad spectrum of finance activities that will build on your experience across key areas of Finance. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller you will be responsible for the co-ordination of key finance functions for the Broker Platform and finova Connect propositions, driving the production of monthly management reporting and cash flow forecasting. The role is supported by an Accounts Assistant and Finance Apprentice.

You will be expected to work closely with senior management and support them through forecasting/budgeting and analyses/decision support.

We are looking for someone who is intellectually curious, collaborative, resilient and delivers quality in a fast-paced changing environment. The role is suited for someone who is proactive and would seek to continually improve existing reports, processes and controls to support the business growth. As the group continues to expand, there is extensive scope to further build and broaden your experience.

About you:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with minimum 2 years PQE

• Strong technical accounting knowledge and in particular business acquisitions and consolidations

• Experience in overseeing payroll

• Strong excels skills including power query and advanced formulas

• Prior knowledge of Business central and Xero would be advantageous

• Experience in maintaining a general ledger who is able to put together manual journals and are highly experienced in reconciling balance sheet accounts

• Demonstrable experience within a Finance Manager role or something similar

• Motivation and self-starter – excited by tackling challenges and pro-actively finding new ways to provide value to senior leadership and the finova group

What will you be doing:

• Leading the preparation of monthly management account packs with analysis of monthly numbers identifying variances and resolving or providing commentary

• Prepare and review monthly accruals, prepayments and similar accounting entries

• Be a key driver in building finance relationships with all stakeholders of the company

• Drive continuous improvement of end-end accounting practices ensuring processes are working as efficiently as possible

• Assisting in the preparation and review of VAT returns

• Assisting in the year-end audit producing schedules and liaising with auditors

• Provide advice, support and leadership to members of the finance department

• Assisting in the preparation and review of monthly payroll ensuring all changes have been fully documented and calculated correctly

• Leading meetings with business stakeholders to ensure relationships are being built and all are working towards the company goals

• Analysis of customer and supplier accounts ensuring correct costs/sales are being recognized and any variances/queries in billing resolved in a timely manner

• Assisting in the preparation and review of fortnightly expense reclaims across the business

• Ad Hoc duties and analysis to support the wider business and the finance department

What will you get from joining the finova family?

Flexible Working:

• 25 days holiday in each calendar year plus bank holidays

• Bank Holiday trading: flexibility to work bank holidays and take another day off that fits your values, beliefs or celebration calendar better

• Increasing your work life balance, holiday trading allows employees to buy an extra 5 days holidays

• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks a year

• We recognise the importance of juggling family and work life therefore finova offer a flexible hybrid working policy

• We're open to applicants from all walks of life, please feel free to ask us if you require flexible working and we'll do our best to accommodate

Looking After You:

• Life Assurance, Group Income Protection and Private Medical Insurance

• Pension scheme via Salary Exchange

• Employee Assistance Programme with counselling sessions available

• Virtual GP to save you time in trying to get an in-person appointment

Family Friendly policy:

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Paid time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss

Extra Perks:

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Access to a huge range of benefits & discounts for shops, restaurants and gym memberships

• Free fresh fruit daily

• Share your passions and Interests with like-minded people through our colleague networks and social groups - from book clubs to fitness challenges and group parties

Giving you the chance to give back:

• Give-As-You-Earn scheme allowing you to support your favourite charities straight from your monthly salary

• One days paid volunteering day a year

Equal Opportunity Statement

Diverse teams really are the best teams, we promote a working environment in which diversity is recognised, valued and encouraged. We acknowledge the multi-cultural and diverse nature of the UK workforce and society in general. We are committed to principles of fairness and mutual respect where everyone accepts the concept of individual responsibility. Our policy seeks to ensure job applicants and employees are treated fairly and without favour or prejudice. We are committed to applying this throughout the entire employee lifecycle.

We know that some candidates (and, from the research we've seen, especially women) may feel less inclined to apply for a role if they don't quite meet every requirement of the role. If you like the look of a role but you're not 100% sure if your skillset will meet our requirements, please reach out and we will be happy to talk through your experiences.

Personal Data

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