<p><strong>Finance Manager - Leeds </strong></p><p><strong>£55,000 - £60,000 - Plus bonus, hybrid working and flexibility </strong></p><p>Robert Half Accountancy and Finance are recruiting for a Finance Manager to join a highly successful and ambitious PE backed business based in Leeds. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>Reporting into senior leadership, you will be responsible for delivering accurate and insightful financial information, leading a small finance team and ensuring robust financial controls are in place.</p><p>Key responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Production of monthly management accounts and board reporting</li><li>Leading budgeting, forecasting and cash flow planning processes</li><li>Managing, mentoring and developing a small finance team</li><li>Reviewing and improving existing finance processes and controls</li><li>Providing commercial analysis and financial insight to support decision making</li><li>Overseeing balance sheet reconciliations and month end close activities</li><li>Driving continuous improvement across systems, reporting and financial processes</li></ul><p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>Previous Finance Manager experience</li><li>Proven people management experience is essential</li><li>Strong management accounting and financial reporting background</li><li>Commercially aware with excellent stakeholder management skills</li><li>Hands on, proactive and solutions focused approach</li></ul><p><strong> </strong><strong>What's on Offer</strong></p><ul><li>£55,000-£60,000 basic salary</li><li>Bonus and a range of additional benefit </li><li>Hybrid working/ flexible working hours</li><li>Genuine opportunity to influence and improve the finance function</li><li>Supportive and collaborative leadership team</li><li>Career development opportunities within a growing business</li></ul><p>This is an excellent opportunity for an established Finance Manager seeking a broad role with real visibility, leadership responsibility and the chance to make a lasting impact on the business.</p><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/cmViZWNjYS5tY2xhcnR5Ljg0ODA0LjEwOTIzQHJoaS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<br><p>An established business is looking for an experienced Interim Credit Control specialist to support its finance team through a period of systems transformation and post-implementation stabilisation.</p><p>Following the implementation of a new ERP system, there is a requirement for additional support within the Order-to-Cash (O2C) function, with a particular focus on addressing outstanding backlogs, resolving historical account issues and improving the effectiveness of the credit control process.</p><p>This is a hands-on assignment for someone who can quickly get up to speed, take ownership of customer accounts and work through outstanding issues to bring the function back to a well-controlled and consistent position.</p><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li><p>Work through outstanding credit control and accounts receivable backlogs, prioritising aged debt and unresolved customer account issues.</p></li><li><p>Investigate and resolve discrepancies across customer accounts, invoices, receipts and account reconciliations.</p></li><li><p>Support the remediation of historic issues arising from ERP implementation and data migration.</p></li><li><p>Manage cash allocation, ensuring receipts are accurately matched against customer accounts.</p></li><li><p>Investigate invoice queries, credit notes, disputed balances and unallocated cash, driving issues through to resolution.</p></li><li><p>Review customer account data and identify inaccuracies, inconsistencies and areas requiring correction.</p></li><li><p>Support the wider O2C process, including collections, account maintenance and query resolution.</p></li><li><p>Work closely with Finance, Sales and Operational teams to resolve issues impacting the collections process.</p></li><li><p>Identify recurring issues and recommend improvements to processes and controls.</p></li><li><p>Ensure customer accounts and financial records are accurate and up to date within the ERP system.</p></li></ul><h3>Experience Required</h3><ul><li>Netsuite experience preferred</li><li><p>Proven experience in Credit Control, Accounts Receivable or Order-to-Cash roles.</p></li><li><p>Strong understanding of end-to-end O2C processes.</p></li><li><p>Experience of working through significant credit control or AR backlogs and resolving complex account issues.</p></li><li><p>Experience of cash allocation, account reconciliations and investigating invoice and payment discrepancies.</p></li><li><p>Strong Excel skills and the ability to analyse and interrogate financial data.</p></li><li><p>Comfortable working in a changing environment, particularly following a systems implementation.</p></li><li><p>Able to work independently, prioritise effectively and make an immediate impact.</p></li></ul><h3>The Ideal Candidate</h3><p>You will be a proactive, hands-on credit professional who enjoys getting into the detail, investigating problems and finding solutions. You will be comfortable working in an environment where processes and systems are evolving and will have the resilience and initiative to take ownership of issues and drive them through to resolution.</p><p>Previous experience supporting an ERP implementation, go-live or post-implementation remediation project would be particularly advantageous.</p><br><p> </p><br><br> <br><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Q2F0aGVyaW5lLkhlbnJ5LjQ1ODgyLjEwOTIzQHJoaS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p>Robert Half has partnered with an accountancy practice to recruit a Graduate Trainee Accountant to join its team in South Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate looking to build a career in accountancy, with structured training, study support and hands-on experience towards achieving the ACCA qualification.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Key responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Supporting the preparation of accounts for a varied portfolio of small and medium-sized businesses.</li><li>Assisting with bookkeeping and VAT return preparation.</li><li>Supporting the preparation of personal and company tax returns.</li><li>Helping clients transition to and work with digital accounting systems.</li><li>Developing knowledge across a broad range of accounting and tax activities.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>A degree at 2:1 level or above in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics or a related discipline.</li><li>A genuine interest in pursuing a career in accountancy.</li><li>Strong numerical, analytical and organisational skills.</li><li>Good communication skills and a willingness to learn.</li><li>A proactive approach with good attention to detail.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Salary & Benefits:</strong></p><ul><li>£25,000 salary.</li><li>Full study support towards the ACCA qualification.</li><li>Paid study leave.</li><li>Structured training, professional development and on-the-job coaching.</li><li>Four-year training programme.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Working arrangements:</strong></p><ul><li>Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.</li><li>Fully office-based.</li><li>South Manchester location</li></ul><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/eWFoeWUuZGluZWguMTc4ODQuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">