Overview
The Finance Manager will take ownership of the day-to-day finance function across the Group, ensuring financial transactions, payroll, reconciliations, cash management and reporting processes are completed accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner. The Finance Manager is responsible for maintaining financial controls, managing accounting systems, supporting commercial decision making, and ensuring company procedures and HMRC requirements are followed. The role reports directly to the Managing Director.
The Finance Manager will become the primary finance contact for the business and play a key role in strengthening financial controls, improving reporting processes and supporting the continued growth of the business. They will also act as primary contact for the external accountant to support processing of monthly management accounts and year end preparation.
The role is intended to take increasing responsibility for finance reporting, financial analysis and activities currently undertaken by an external accountant, with a structured development plan to gradually bring a number of accounting responsibilities in-house over the next 6-12 months or sooner.
The long-term objective is to progressively strengthen the internal finance function and reduce reliance on outsourced services where appropriate.
Why Work for Omnia?
We are pleased to offer a range of benefits designed to recognise your contribution and promote a healthy work–life balance. We believe our team should feel appreciated, supported, and rewarded, which is why we offer a UK-leading package of benefits.
Alongside competitive salaries, our employees benefit from enhanced parental leave. After the qualifying period, this includes:
- Paternity leave: 3 weeks at full pay, followed by 1 week at statutory pay
- Maternity leave: 10 weeks at 100% salary, 8 weeks at 75% salary and a further 8 weeks at 50% salary
All employees gain access to our rewards platform, The Omniverse, offering hundreds of retailer discounts and cashback opportunities. Unlike other employers, our leisure benefits don’t stop there – our teams can also choose from a range of optional leisure and wellbeing subscriptions, including:
- Gym memberships
- Streaming services (Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, etc.)
- Beauty subscriptions
- Spotify
- Coffee subscriptions
- Cinema memberships
The Omniverse also offers mental health, financial and wellbeing support, and we have in-house mental health champions trained to recognise mental health issues and provide advice and guidance.
Our employees receive generous holiday allowance that increases with length of service, an additional birthday holiday and discretionary Christmas shutdown days.
As a growing consultancy, we take pride in investing in our people. We have tailored training plans, hands on support, and clear progression opportunities, ensuring our teams have the tools, knowledge, and confidence to thrive.
Key Responsibilities
Sales Ledger & Credit Control
- Raise and issue sales invoices across the group
- Monitor client accounts and aged debtors
- Proactively manage credit control and debt recovery
- Resolve client account queries
- Produce weekly debtor’s reports
- Ensure client records are accurate and up to date with assistance from the Project Administrator
Purchase Ledger
- Prepare monthly/bi-monthly payment runs
- Resolve supplier queries with assistance from the Project Administrator
- Monitor aged creditors and manage accruals
- Weekly reporting of creditors and cash commitments
- Liaise with the Project Administrator to review and process supplier invoices
Payroll
- Produce monthly payroll and report to external payroll providers
- Ensure payroll information is accurate and audit safe
- Processing overtime in-line with company procedures
- Process expense claims and pay as per company policy
- Set up monthly staff salary via BAC’s payment
Cashflow Management
- Monitor cash position, daily recording of bank transactions
- Produce rolling cashflow forecasts
- Prepare and manage BACs payment runs
- Monitor approved expenditure with any abnormalities being reported to Managing Director
- Weekly cashflow, debtors and creditor reporting to MD
- Management of credit card accounts, ensuring all staff are recording any expenditure in accordance with company policy.
Finance Systems:
- Maintain accurate records within Xero
- Manage chart of accounts, customer and supplier records
- Ensure financial records are maintained to a high standard and accuracy.
- Daily reconciliation to assist accountants with management accounting & VAT submissions
Development Pathway: (6-12 months)
Following successful integration into the role, responsibilities are expected to expand to include:
- Preparation of monthly management accounts.
- Budgeting and forecasting support.
- VAT preparation and submission.
- Enhanced financial reporting and analysis.
- Year-end accounting.
- Greater ownership of activities currently completed by external accountants.
Requirements
Essential
- Previous experience in a Finance Manager, Assistant Finance Manager, Senior Accounts or similar finance role.
- Strong sales ledger, purchase ledger and reconciliation experience.
- Payroll & Pension processing experience.
- Experience managing cashflow and payment processes.
- Good understanding of financial controls and finance administration.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Experience using accounting software, ideally Xero.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
- Strong communication skills and confidence liaising with directors, suppliers, customers and professional advisers.
Desirable
- ACCA, CIMA or AAT qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience.
- CIS experience.
- Experience working within an SME environment.
- Experience managing finance across multiple entities.
- Exposure to management accounting and month-end reporting processes.
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
