Job Description - Finance Manager v0.1 200921

JOB Management JOB Finance Manager JOB Sign Solutions Job Description – Finance Manager FAMILY TITLE PURPOSE 1. Report to Managing Director and CEO as appropriate 2. To direct and oversee all of the financial activities, to include the preparation of current financial reports and forecasts for future business growth. KEY RESULT AREAS SKILL SETS TARGETS and MEASURES 1. Generic – applying to all Sign Solutions roles 1.1 Contribute to a positive • Motivation • Ensure accounts assistant feels motivated in their role working environment • Deliver project costing’s in a timely and efficient manner 1.2 Work alone, heading-up or • Team Working • Assist Managing Director with financial proposals and solutions within a project team (as . • Provide a role model example of how a professional Sign Solutions employee should business dictates) represent themselves and the company 1.3 Identify solutions to • Problem Resolution • Look for training opportunities and carry out training in job relevant areas. • Have confidence to work at all levels of hierarchy and professional competence both within organisational issues • Displaying a professional (including those of individual and positive attitude Sign Solutions and within client organisations reports) • Contribute to the: 1.5 Personal/Professional • Adopting a continual • development of Sign Solutions activities to achieve stated/agreed targets and standards for financial and trading performance, quality, culture and legislative development improvement approach in adherence where it impacts the provisioning of services all areas of • In conjunction with the Managing Director and the SMT, assess the long term financial trends and review prospects for future growth of income and new product areas. personal/professional • Through ISO internal audits look to improve the processes at Sign solutions on a continual development improvement approach. 2. Role Specific • 2.1 Report to the Sign Solutions Managing Director and SMT 2.2 Lead and facilitate the • Process Development development of internal processes V0.1 20/09/21

2.3 Work with Managing Director • Understanding of, and Sign Solutions Job Description – Finance Manager on financial strategy and ability to apply Project • Ensure Managing Director is provided with accurate and clear information in a timely manner planning, monitoring, Management (including management and reporting: Microsoft Project) to promote effective decision-making including management and methods for planning and development of supporting reporting • Establish and implement necessary communication strategy for the improvement and financial policies, systems awareness of quality issues across all departments. and processes • Ability to contribute to management meetings in 2.4 Reporting and accounting as a way that assists in the per regulatory an legal attainment of solutions requirements including that best fit organisational taxation, dividends, requirement scheduled (monthly, quarterly and annual) reports • Ability to act alone, within and accounts agreed tolerances and appropriate levels of 2.5 Make tactical decisions as authority and autonomy delegated by the board 2.6 Take responsibility for: insurance, licencing, contracts and agreements, legal areas and activities, corporate level negotiations (e.g. premises, trading, acquisitions and investments and divestments) 2.7 Take responsibility for financial aspects of: major supplier/customer/partner relationships, regulatory bodies relationships and strategies, approvals and accreditations. 2.8 Review reports and analyse projections of sales and income against actual figures and suggests methods of improving the planning process. V0.1 20/09/21

2.9 To ensure the expenses sheets • Time management Sign Solutions Job Description – Finance Manager are collated, checked and • Attention to detail • Profitability of assignments is maintained due to ensuring that expenses match those of the Job sheets recorded on the bespoke • Ability to perform accounting system on a monthly provided by the Interpreters and the invoicing. basis and are reconciled to the reconciliations • Accuracy of accounting figures using controlled reconciliations. company credit card. • Knowledge of the Sage • All employees are paid accurately and in a timely manner, monthly. 3.0 Manage personal time and Payroll software • All deductions are recorded accurately and liabilities are paid over in a timely manner to HMRC productivity • All deductions/pensions/overtime etc are all to be recorded accurately • Attention to detail 3.1 To compile payroll workings for • All forms are filed via Internet submission to the through Government Gateway by the agreed HMRC each month including expenses • Knowledge of HMRC filing deadlines. payments and process the guidelines and rules payroll using Sage payroll regarding Internet • All appropriate forms are given to the employees by the dates indicated by HMRC program. submission of Tax year end returns • Ensure the audit report conforms to the standards required to pass the audit and contribute to the To prepare tax year end for annual audit plan. Report results to the Managing Director. wages on a yearly basis • Knowledge of ISO auditing including the preparation of regulations and Department P11D’s & P14’s. and process to audit 3.2 To carry out Internal audits for ISO V0.1 20/09/21