Finance Manager

High profile football organisation require a Finance Manager to join at their central London HQ. The role will support the Head of Finance in building out a high performing finance function within a fast-scaling start-up.

This is an exciting broad role where you will get exposure to technical and commercial finance alongside day to day finance operations. The idea candidate will be a recently qualified accountant from practice looking to make their first move into industry

• Produce monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy and clear variance analysis.
• Support the Head of Finance in preparing materials for the Audit & Risk Committee, including drafting reports, preparing packs and taking minutes.
• Prepare annual financial statements under FRS 102 (including initial drafting of technical memos and accounting papers to support key judgements).
• Support the Head of Finance in managing the year-end audit process, including liaising with external auditors.
• Budgeting & forecasting
• Assist in preparing the annual budget and periodic reforecasts, ensuring assumptions are well supported and clearly documented.
• Provide timely analysis and insights to support business decision-making.
• Finance operations
• Own day-to-day transactional finance including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, staff expense management and banking.
• Manage supplier and customer relationships, ensuring invoices are processed and payments made accurately and on time.
• Maintain reconciliations across all balance sheet accounts.
• Assist in cash flow management, monitoring cash balances.
• Systems & process improvement
• Take an active role in finance systems implementation projects, ensuring smooth migration of data and embedding of new processes.
• Support the re-mapping of prior year figures into a new chart of accounts.
• Identify and implement ongoing improvements to processes, controls and reporting.
• Projects
• Support the Head of Finance with ad hoc projects as the business grows, including commercial analysis and finance input into strategic initiatives.

• Newly or nearly qualified accountant (ACA preferred).
• Solid technical accounting knowledge (FRS 102) with confidence in preparing accounting papers and drafting financial statements.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple work streams and deadlines.
• Proactive and solutions-focused, with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to enhance processes and controls.
• Adaptable and resilient, comfortable operating in a scaling start-up environment.
• Clear and professional communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to present financial information effectively to non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and demonstrable aptitude with financial systems, with an interest in leveraging technology to improve efficiency and reporting.