Assistant Finance Manager

Temporary Assistant Finance Manager - 3 Month Sickness Cover Are you an experienced finance professional with strong management accounting, reporting and reconciliation skills? Hays are currently recruiting for a temporary Assistant Finance Manager to support a busy finance function on an initial 3-month assignment covering sickness.This is an excellent opportunity for a confident and proactive finance professional who can quickly add value, support month-end activity, work closely with budget holders and contribute to continuous improvement within the management accounting and reporting function. The Role Reporting into the senior finance team, you will play a key role in supporting the preparation of monthly management information, reviewing financial performance, maintaining strong controls and providing clear financial insight to stakeholders across the organisation. Key ResponsibilitiesDuties will include, but not be limited to: • Assist in the preparation, review and commentary of the monthly management reporting pack, including variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods, highlighting key drivers, risks and trends. • Provide regular reporting to budget holders, engaging directly with stakeholders to ensure financial performance is clearly understood. • Actively support the Senior Finance Manager with system improvements and process enhancements across the management accounting and reporting function, including involvement in finance projects as required. • Lead on the processing of journals within the role's remit and manage month-end and year-end activities, including accruals and prepayments. • Prepare and review general ledger reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with internal controls. • Investigate and resolve reconciling items promptly, maintaining clear and accurate audit trails. • Produce management reports and ad-hoc analysis for internal stakeholders and funding bodies. • Assist with internal and external audits, liaising with auditors and providing supporting information where required. • Undertake additional finance projects, reporting tasks and ad-hoc duties as required. The successful candidate will ideally have: • Previous experience within management accounting, assistant finance management or a similar finance role. • Strong understanding of month-end processes, journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations. • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial information and provide meaningful commentary. • Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with budget holders and non-finance stakeholders. • Good Excel skills and experience working with finance systems. • A proactive, organised and flexible approach, with the ability to work to deadlines and quickly adapt to a temporary assignment. What's on Offer • Temporary Assistant Finance Manager opportunity. • Initial 3-month assignment covering sickness. • Varied role covering management reporting, month-end, reconciliations, audit support and stakeholder engagement. • Opportunity to support process improvements and finance projects. • Hybrid working What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk