THE BACKGROUND An exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced international SME in Newark The successful candidate will have strong commercial acumen; they will be instrumental in the development, planning and implementation of accounting controls and processes as well as developing and delivering relevant management information. They will lead a small Finance Team. THE ROLE Manage and develop the Finance Team; Management of daily financial operations; Development and management of month-end process including: Preparation of monthly management accounts Preparation of reporting pack Reviewing internal controls within the business and implementing change where necessary; Overseeing monthly cash flow forecasting; Coordinate and manage preparation of sales, product and profitability analysis and reports for senior management; Managing and taking responsibility for the accounting systems; Management of all external reporting including preparation of statutory accounts; Management and overall responsibility for regulatory returns such as VAT and Payroll returns; Overall responsibility for stock management; Supporting the Finance Team in ad hoc tasks/projects.