Full job descriptionRole: Senior Finance Manager
Client: Brand Activation and Retail Agency
Location: West London
Permanent: Full Time
Hybrid: 4 days/week in the office
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000
Reports to: Commercial Director
Ref: VFR 3295


Vision FR is excited to be working with a creative agency specialising in brand activation for retailers in the UK and internationally, looking at creating impactful drivers for retail stores. This role is perfect for a Senior Finance Manager with international accounting and Business Partnering experience. The role will manage the accounting and reporting in US and Europe and provide reporting/reconciliation/analaysis of store sales in the US and Europe.


Key responsibilities of the Senior Finance Manager


*Management Reporting for US and EU - this is not overly complex
*Payroll reporting and reconciliation, including recharging to HQ - supported by local payroll bureaus and operational teams
*Ensuring all project costs are reported to the subsidiaries and recharged to the UK
*Manage job revenue (mainly mark-up on staff cost)
*Monthly review meetings with operational heads
*Provide country cashflows for consolidated cashflow
*Manage Foreign Exchange cashflow & reporting
*Manage all country filings as required (monthly/quarterly/annual) - support provided by local accountants
*Provide all required information for country tax returns - support provided by local accountants
*Store stock reporting - counts provided by local operational teams
*Reconcile month stock purchases and sales to stock values in UK stores (warehouses)
*Work closely with operational teams to ensure best practice for managing stock
*Manage & reconcile monthly sales reporting for all UK and EU stores (France, Germany & Spain)
*Monthly reconciliation of cash sales, cash bank and store cash for all UK and EU stores
*Work closely with operational teams to ensure comprehensive controls for managing cash, implementing changes where required
*Manage Supplier Rebates, ensuring all supplier rebates are reported and recharged to Suppliers
*Business Partnering across the business
*Lead on ad hoc finance projects particularly profit initiatives


Required Skills and Experience of the Senior Finance Manager


*Experienced in Creative agency and other services businesses, with retail trading experience an added advantage
*Demonstrable technical accountancy capabilities, including relevant qualifications and accreditations for the role (QBE, ACCA, CIMA finalist)
*Management Accounts and Management Reporting experience
*Stock, Payroll and WIP experience/reporting an advantage
*Strong Reconciliation skills and process driven
*Business partnerinf with Operational Teams
*Highly organised, disciplined, and process-driven, with a clear continuous improvement mindset
*Good communicator and stakeholder management, comfortable engaging with our operational teams
*Experience in Paprika and / or Xero an advantage
*Knowledge of either French, German or Spanish a bonus, not essential


VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Clients’ recruitment needs.


Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.