A high growth multi-site organisation is recruiting a new Finance Manager to join their finance team. As an solid all-rounder, the role will role responsible for managing 4 Finance Assistants, each covering a number of locations and ensuring the accurate processing and recording of all financial transactions and management reporting. The main responsibilities will be: Production of management accounts with variance analysis.Preparation of budgets and comparison to monthly resultsOverseeing the accurate posting and approval of purchase invoicesOverseeing the raising of invoices and allocating cash receipts.Bank reconciliationsManaging the processing petty cash, credit cards, fixed assets and accruals and prepaymentsCo-ordination of year end external audit.Monthly payroll preparation The requirements for the role are to be qualified or by experience with a knowledge of Sage 200 and Sage Payroll or similar accounting/payroll software as well as being proficient in Microsoft Excel. Experience of a multi-site or entity operation would be significantly advantageous. Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate financial information to non-financial stakeholders is essential alongside being adaptable and having excellent problem-solving skills and a commitment to process improvement