Finance Manager

Location: Sewell Head Office, Geneva Court, Geneva Way, Leads Road, Hull, HU7 0DGSalary: £35,000 - £40,000, plus bonus opportunity of up to 20% of annual salary based on performanceHours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 8.30am – 5.00pm, with 1 hour for lunchRole OverviewWorking as part of our Group finance team, the successful candidate will provide essential finance and accounting support for Sewell Advisory. With time, there will also be an opportunity to pick up responsibility for additional ancillary companies. On a day-to-day basis you will coordinate and complete a wide scope of finance activities, from invoice processing and credit control to cash book reconciliation and preparing management accounts and commercial reports. You will also be responsible for supporting the wider Group finance team as required, to meet the needs of the business. This role also requires some local travel to our Bridgehead (Hessle) Office. Key ResponsibilitiesProcessing sales & purchase invoices Credit control Cash book preparation and posting Prepayments and accruals preparation & posting Supporting preparation of management accounts Supporting preparation of statutory accounts Supporting VAT return preparation Supporting the wider finance team as required to meet the needs of the business, including providing holiday and sickness cover RequirementsSkills and AttributesAs well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful person will have the following experience:Essential: Full driving licence, valid in the UK and own transport Previous experience of working in a finance environment Be commercially aware from a business perspective A strong belief in delivering great customer service Excellent communication skills Hold at least an intermediate level of Microsoft Office experience Excellent organisation skills and a hands-on approach, with the ability to prioritise workload efficiently Have the ability to work both as a team member in a busy working environment Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression Have a flexible attitude towards hours worked and interest in supporting the wider team during holiday and sickness periods Desirable:Have completed AAT or be part-qualified Experience in preparation of statutory and management accounts Experience in VAT return preparation Cashflow preparation experience Experience of specialist finance/accounting software (specifically MS Business Central) Experience of PowerBI reporting Project management work-in-progress analysis Benefits£35,000-£40,000 per annum dependant on experienceBonus opportunity of up to 20% of annual salary; measurement based on company and personal performance25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 28 daysBeing a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)Auto Enrolment pensionStaff discountsHigh Street & Retail discount schemesBike 2 Work SchemeTechnology SchemePaid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemesClick here to take a look at our flexible reward and benefits offer!Sewell is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services. As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

Location: Sewell Head Office, Geneva Court, Geneva Way, Leads Road, Hull, HU7 0DG

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000, plus bonus opportunity of up to 20% of annual salary based on performance

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 8.30am – 5.00pm, with 1 hour for lunch

Role Overview

Working as part of our Group finance team, the successful candidate will provide essential finance and accounting support for Sewell Advisory. With time, there will also be an opportunity to pick up responsibility for additional ancillary companies.

On a day-to-day basis you will coordinate and complete a wide scope of finance activities, from invoice processing and credit control to cash book reconciliation and preparing management accounts and commercial reports.

You will also be responsible for supporting the wider Group finance team as required, to meet the needs of the business. This role also requires some local travel to our Bridgehead (Hessle) Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing sales & purchase invoices
• Credit control
• Cash book preparation and posting
• Prepayments and accruals preparation & posting
• Supporting preparation of management accounts
• Supporting preparation of statutory accounts
• Supporting VAT return preparation
• Supporting the wider finance team as required to meet the needs of the business, including providing holiday and sickness cover

Requirements

Skills and Attributes

As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful person will have the following experience:

Essential:

• Full driving licence, valid in the UK and own transport
• Previous experience of working in a finance environment
• Be commercially aware from a business perspective
• A strong belief in delivering great customer service
• Excellent communication skills
• Hold at least an intermediate level of Microsoft Office experience
• Excellent organisation skills and a hands-on approach, with the ability to prioritise workload efficiently
• Have the ability to work both as a team member in a busy working environment
• Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression
• Have a flexible attitude towards hours worked and interest in supporting the wider team during holiday and sickness periods

Desirable:

• Have completed AAT or be part-qualified

• Experience in preparation of statutory and management accounts

• Experience in VAT return preparation

• Cashflow preparation experience

• Experience of specialist finance/accounting software (specifically MS Business Central)

• Experience of PowerBI reporting

• Project management work-in-progress analysis

Benefits

• £35,000-£40,000 per annum dependant on experience
• Bonus opportunity of up to 20% of annual salary; measurement based on company and personal performance
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 28 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

Click here to take a look at our flexible reward and benefits offer!

Sewell is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services. As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

Sewell Group is a multi-disciplined group of companies operating across the North of England. As a family business, it has a long and illustrious history dating back to 1876. Alongside its retail division, which operates 12 fuel and convenience stores across East Yorkshire, Sewell Estates is a collective of built environment businesses made up of Sewell Investments, Sewell Construction, Sewell Facilities Management, Illingworth and Gregory, Sewell Advisory and Parallel Data Intelligence. At the heart of the business’ vision and strategy is delivering value for the communities it serves, promoting opportunities by employing local people and investing in developing talent, as well as giving back to communities and supporting the regional economy through commissioning the local supply chain. Sewell pride themselves on their commitment to support, train, develop and reward employees. In return, they ask that their employees work hard, live the company behaviours and have some fun along the way. Culture is a massive part of the day-to-day life at Sewell and its people follow core principles of being Positive; Professional; Customer Focused; Team Players; and Always Doing the Right Thing. In 2021 the Group was recognised as one of only 18 businesses across the country in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity – the most prestigious accolade for UK businesses. We have also been recognised again in 2022 as a 3 Star World Class 'Best Companies to Work For', the 7th best in the Yorkshire and Humber Region, and feature in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies list.

Sewell Group is a multi-disciplined group of companies operating across the North of England. As a family business, it has a long and illustrious history dating back to 1876. Alongside its retail division, which operates 12 fuel and convenience stores across East Yorkshire, Sewell Estates is a collective of built environment businesses made up of Sewell Investments, Sewell Construction, Sewell Facilities Management, Illingworth and Gregory, Sewell Advisory and Parallel Data Intelligence.

At the heart of the business’ vision and strategy is delivering value for the communities it serves, promoting opportunities by employing local people and investing in developing talent, as well as giving back to communities and supporting the regional economy through commissioning the local supply chain.

Sewell pride themselves on their commitment to support, train, develop and reward employees. In return, they ask that their employees work hard, live the company behaviours and have some fun along the way. Culture is a massive part of the day-to-day life at Sewell and its people follow core principles of being Positive; Professional; Customer Focused; Team Players; and Always Doing the Right Thing.

In 2021 the Group was recognised as one of only 18 businesses across the country in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity – the most prestigious accolade for UK businesses. We have also been recognised again in 2022 as a 3 Star World Class 'Best Companies to Work For', the 7th best in the Yorkshire and Humber Region, and feature in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies list.