Assistant Finance Manager

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Are you excited by the prospect of joining a fully accredited, well-established and highly agile multi-utility contractor as they continue their journey of impressive, sustained growth? Are you keen to use your passion and experience for finance to play and important role in providing a sound financial footing for further commercial expansion within the utilities industry?

BGS Utilities is proud to put their customers at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to act more as a partner than a contractor by maintaining an open dialog with our clients at all times, ensuring we are always available to provide advice throughout a project.

We hold several health and safety accreditations and are extremely well positioned to help with any and all utility needs.

Reporting to and working closely with the Finance Manager, the successful candidate will draw upon their previous successful experience of working within a wide-ranging finance role, ideally within the SME space, to take ownership of both the day-to-day finance function and the delivery of the more strategically focussed projects in support of the senior finance team.

This wide-ranging role will require the successful candidate to nurture close working relationships with the Finance Director and Finance Manager whilst developing key contacts and managing relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues.

Building for the future is critical to us and we are happy to consider supporting professional development for the right candidate.

Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in a broad finance related role within a dynamic, fast moving organisation and able to work in an open environment


• Competent in using Accounting Software packages and Microsoft office applications e.g.
  
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint


• Problem solving skills


• Proactive, hands on, can do attitude and seeks to determine efficiency through determining and delivering improvements of systems and process


• Strong numerical, verbal, and written skills


• Strong analytical skills and an ability to input and interpret complex data using IT systems


• Ability to deal with a variety of daily issues and prioritise work


• Ability to be customer focused and have business awareness to assist non-financial managers


• Some previous management experience would be ideal, but is not essential


• Preparation of management accounts, including variance analysis would also be extremely helpful, but is not a pre-requisite.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and control all aspects of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable


• Manage Finance Clerk


• Assist with accounting queries (VAT, CIS) and returns


• Maintain customer data in General Ledger


• Create and control Fixed Asset Register


• Assist in quarter ends and year end as required


• Assist with any commercial loan and leasing agreements and ensure all financials are recorded accurately


• Manage prepayments of Overheads

This is an exciting new career development opportunity for an experienced finance professional looking for their first role at supervisory level, to join a highly successful team offering all the support you'll need to succeed.

In return, a competitive remuneration and benefits package is on offer with an immediate start available.

Apply now!