Finance Manager

Bracknell, Berkshire
APOINTE LIMITED

Finance Manager – Bracknell (Hybrid) – Permanent – £60,000 to £70,000

We are proud to be partnering with our long-standing clients, one of the UK’s largest property services company in their search for a Finance Manager (Acquisitions) to join their team. We receive brilliant feedback time and time again from the candidates we place with these guys, forever expanding via organic growth and acquisition the working environment lends itself to accelerating your career in Accountancy.

You can expect to be;

• In attendance at integration meetings to help drive decision making and ensure implications on both finance and the wider central functions are identified, understood and acceptable before they are approved.
• In attendance post completion at acquisition sites to meet the team and review finance processes and controls. Ensuring that our clients can gain oversight and where appropriate control of the newly acquired entity – this will involve a review of all financial controls, processes and team members within the acquired business.
• Collaborate and build relationships with the incumbent management structure and acquired finance team to ensure a smooth handover process
• Involvement in the banking switch-over from current banking mandates to our clients mandate and ensuring that our clients have full oversight and control of all acquisition bank accounts.
• Document and challenge the controls and processes in place at newly acquired sites to determine if they are sufficient or if they differ from our clients
• Review and challenge monthly management accounts production and compare to acquisition budget
• Ensuring the smooth transition of accounting procedures from the newly acquired entity into our accounting system and our group reporting post integration
• Successfully integrate the results and budgets of acquired companies into the Group’s monthly management accounts pack, ensuring acquired company’s accounting package is set up to enable reporting in line with our clients chart of accounts
• Develop an acquisitions check-list that can be used in all future acquisitions
• Provide guidance and support to other members of the Acquisitions team as required
• Work with members of our clients finance team so that post integration there is a smooth handover to the financial controller responsible for business as usual.

To be considered for this role, the following experience and skills are desired:

• Qualified (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)
• Line management experience essential
• Prior experience of acquisitions & integrations
• Business Partnering Experience
• Prior integration experience, or at least system implementation experience

Finance Manager – Bracknell (Hybrid) – Permanent – £60,000 to £70,000