Overview

This is a chance to join one of the regions recent success stories, having secured multi-million-pound PE investment in one of Yorkshire’s “Deals of the Year” for 2024. The successful candidate will play a crucial part in future deals and be exposed to our investors, advisors, and gain substantial experience of a deal’s process alongside the Finance Director.

Reporting to the Finance Director, the successful candidate will be taking on the financial management and control for a subsidiary business unit. of the Mainprize Group.

We’re looking for qualified candidates or someone who can quickly develop into the role. For part-qualified and/or accounts assistants or management accountants in industry looking to progress, this is a rare opportunity with a locked-in, defined and rapid route for progression.

Roles and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Maintaining ledgers and their monthly reconciliation as part of the month-end close-down process.
• Continually maintaining a clean and reconciled trial balance for consolidation purposes.
• Managing the day-to-day finances of a business unit of up to £10m annual t/o with potentially substantial overseas activity.
• Analysing financial performance of each of the company’s vessels within the business unit including cash flows.
• Supporting the budgeting process with inputs and calculations for your business unit.
• Journals, posting and issuing sales invoices, and supervision/assistance with purchase invoice processing.
• Payment of invoices, credit control, bank reconciliations and cash management as part of the Group cash strategy.
• Accounting for loans (including their payment) leveraged on vessels, including any covenant compliance and respective workings.
• Balancing intercompany balances and transactions with the other managers and their respective business units.
• Checking and paying of contractor invoices for those crewing vessels.
• VAT returns, PAYE and any other similar statutory areas required by the business unit.
• Annual reconciliations for the audit, along with any tasks delegated by the Finance Director.
• Providing ad hoc assistance to other managers and their respective business units when required.
• Supporting with other finance-related projects as they arise.

• Degree holder in Finance/Business/Accounting and/or equivalent qualification.
• Holder of a recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT etc.) or working towards.
• Candidates who are QBE will also be considered.
• Working in practice or industry currently.
  

• Strong communication skills, with the willingness to stand to principles and not take “no” for an answer regarding required documentation.
• Hardworking, diligent, with a strong desire to be a ‘best-in-class’ manager of an SME.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in regard to data entry.
• Strong demonstrated IT capabilities and IT literacy in Excel (Mandatory); Sage 50 (highly advantageous) and/or other finance systems.

• Candidates with considerable experience auditing/managing numerous areas of P&L and BS are encouraged to apply.
• Experienced in delivering clean, reconciled ledgers continually and on time.
• Either first-hand experience liaising with auditors and delivering clean files or experience as an auditor/accountant and understanding the audit process.