Finance Manager

• Plan, organise and complete tasks to ensure client engagement requirements are met including adherence to monthly and quarterly reporting deadlines
• Managing staff and assisting team development along with your manager by providing guidance, training and mentoring, setting their goals and monitoring performance
• Continuously seek to improve and develop methods and processes with the key to making the team more effective and efficient
• Work within a team to ensure delivery of accurate monthly/quarterly/annual cash management, management and statutory financial information to clients and auditors
• Provision of financial information to clients and customers
• Corporation tax, VAT and Central Bank returns adhere to strict filing deadlines
• Liaise with payroll department to run payroll and associated payroll reports for all clients and ensure tax returns adhere to strict filing deadlines
• Perform and review regulatory reporting filing, tax reporting filing, quarterly and annual management accounts and year-end financial statements
• Ensures all regulatory and compliance requirements are met for assigned portfolio of clients
• Keep abreast with all financial reporting and regulatory changes
• Actively leads and monitors team projects for the Corporate Services business unit
• Follows Waystone Code of Conduct and leads by example
• Working with colleagues across the Waystone Group, ensuring effective collaboration, communication and development of solutions
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders
• Adhere to internal procedures to meet professional standards, ensuring all learnings are completed on time and propose changes that can improve service delivery and quality
• Assist in ad-hoc and project requirements as required by the Director/Associate Director
• Escalation to the Director/Associate Director of any issues as they arise
• Preparation/Review of board meeting packs and presentation at board meetings

• Partly qualified accountant but working towards fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• University degree in accounting or business
• A minimum of 2 years PQE in a similar Finance role
• Experience managing people
• Strong technical accounting skills including tax, financial reporting and financial statements
• Previous use of accounts package such as Xero, Sage or SAP would be desirable
• A high level of customer focus towards both internal and external customers
• Very organised and have excellent attention to detail
• Quick learner and work at speed in a fast-paced environment
• It is essential to be trustworthy and understand the need for confidentiality
• Strong client services experience at management level within the structured finance industries/ corporate services
• Team player and self-starting, with ability to use initiative and produce high quality output
• Effective communication skills and adept at building relationships
• Strong MS Office Skills with a focus on Excel
• Ability/experience working in a fast-paced environment with outstanding time management, organizational, oral/written communication skills, critical thinking and attention to detail
• Respect of different views, cultures, and methods with a willingness to embrace them

Previous use of accounts package such as Xero, Sage or SAP would be desirable