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Finance Manager

Role title: Finance Manager

Work pattern: Hybrid / Flexible

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 per annum

Purpose of the role: 

Moasure is an ambitious business, which has experienced a period of rapid international expansion and growth, with customers in multiple international locations. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a financially strong and highly motivated individual with excellent stakeholder management skills to join the Moasure finance team, reporting directly to the CFO.

Financial reporting and fiduciary controls remain a critical Finance function. This role has responsibility for managing and maintaining the underlying accounting systems, processes and controls, which ensure the accurate capture of all financial detail, to provide management reporting and analysis for the leadership team through to annual audit and statutory filings, including corporation tax, research and development tax credits and reviewing our patent box submission.

The FMA will have a strong focus on internal compliance, providing information to the management board, including monthly results, using insights to inform rolling forecasts and becoming accountable for annual planning whilst developing new reporting to facilitate decision making. This would include capturing the right information at source to enhance understanding of geography and product profitability, whilst improving accounting responses to facilitate continued growth and new product introductions.

The FMA will also create appropriate linkages to the wider business, delivering greater visibility of performance to the organisation, utilising data and systems to provide information, delivering KPI and dashboard development for reporting to the Board as appropriate.

Team:

The FMA will be part of a team of 4, reporting directly to the CFO. Those roles include the FMA, a part-time Financial Controller (18-hour week), a full-time Office / Finance Administrator split 50:50 between office management and finance data entry (AR / AP / CB) plus our logistics manager, responsible for co-ordinating product movements worldwide and managing our 3PL relationships.

Work arrangement:

Our business is focused on what our people bring to our team, and so we operate a hybrid work policy to allow greater flexibility when recruiting. We have an office near Warwick (5 minutes from J14, M40), and we encourage our team to be present on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, actively supporting the team to collaborate and partner with each other in person. The balance of the week is working from home, where it will be your choice to make that flexible working environment suit your circumstances and business deliverables. The office is accessible 5 days per week if you prefer to be fully office based.

Who you will be working with:

Moasure is a relatively new company (actively selling since 2019), with a young and vibrant workforce. Led by two entrepreneurial (joint) CEOs everyone is pretty much 'hands on', as the business has grown quickly and currently employs c.60 people. We are on an exciting journey, where collaboration and engagement are at the heart of our current and future success. We are open minded, attentive and are looking for individuals who can prioritise and execute solutions in a timely manner.

Finance is itself on a journey, to become a key linkage across divisional and team structures, where we work more closely with colleagues in Marketing, Engineering, Product Innovation, Customer Services, Market Intelligence and HR, as well as external partnerships with statutory bodies, audit, tax and legal organisations. These partnerships ensure compliance and control of fiduciary responsibilities, whilst facilitating enhanced business decision making.

How do you get to contribute to the business?

Our business operates to a broad strategy of growth, directed from the board, with key targets on unit and revenue growth, aligned to new product development and product launches. Where Finance can contribute is by developing stronger partnerships across the business, creating actionable accountability across our organisation.

Accurate and timely financial information is a critical pillar in supporting speed of decision making. Therefore you will be comfortable: 
  • Being the heartbeat of fiduciary controls and compliance for the organisation, responsible for ensuring the business minimises financial risk and delivers excellence in line with good accounting practice;
  • Being responsible for presenting accurate management information to the CFO and leadership team on a timely basis, reporting variance analysis, trends and action plans to meet financial commitments, including reporting for the board and external shareholders;
  • Being the owner of internal control processes, maintaining up-to-date reports and documentation required to comply with all external regulations related to employment, statutory and legal obligations and filing of taxes, and organise, document and monitor application of them;
  • Being responsible for the UK statutory entity with a focus on improving the close process, targeting 3-4 working days post month end;
  • Delivering the statutory year-end audit and annual accounts with external partners, ensuring reporting and filings are delivered to deadlines, and that Tax and Fiduciary responsibilities are carried out (VAT, Corp Tax, Patent Box, R&D, HMRC, Companies House) flagging any business risks;
  • Supporting the annual budget, financial rolling forecast, cost centre reporting and sensitivity analyses as required by leadership / operational management teams;
  • Being the back up to the PT Treasury / FC role, with a strong understanding of transactional & cash management, ideally with some currency exposure (although not essential);
  • Developing KPIs and new dashboards, creating a focus on those metrics that matter at a functional level;
  • Suggesting key business insights and value drivers supported by critical analysis of operational performance whilst identifying opportunities for growth; and
  • Acting in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, creatively seeking solutions to improve current business practices in a quality-oriented way.
This is how we will support your onboarding to enable you to start adding value almost immediately. In your first 30 days, you will:
  • Develop an understanding of the finance systems we use (Quickbooks, Quadient);
  • Understand the nominal ledger mapping within QuickBooks and be given time to self-train;
  • Begin to understand internal partnerships required to connect our data sources and the information feeds that deliver accurate information; in particular for revenue recognition from Shopify;
  • Spend time to get an overall understanding of the business and product portfolio;
  • Undoubtedly ask lots of questions.
In your first 90 days, you will:
  • Begin to understand the mechanisms and core constituent parts used to produce our monthly results;
  • Have started to recognise and act upon key business and value drivers, developing new analysis / KPIs;
  • Start to partner with key stakeholders across the business, in particular data provision to support revenue recognition, our (outsourced) manufacturing operations cost base, and other key value drivers; and
  • Begin to add value and insight from the information you have received / are providing to the business.
At around 180 days and beyond, you will:
  • Have formed strong partnerships with key stakeholders, those responsible for helping you deliver results;
  • Be a credible partner, sought out and trusted by colleagues for the data, information and knowledge you deliver, being invited to and / or holding regular / ad hoc meetings as required;
  • Be a key member of the Finance team, regularly contributing to discussions and driving Finance forward;
  • Continuously assess current activities and processes to drive enhancements and improvements;
  • Be taking on new projects and challenges, learning along the way either on the job or more formally, as you develop your future self;
  • Proactively seek solutions for improved performance and be able to respond quickly in a reactive environment, whilst being resilient, inquisitive and comfortable challenging the status quo.

    We would be really happy if you had:
    • An appropriate finance qualification;
    • Excellent analytical capabilities, with strong excel skills, dashboard and KPI development;
    • A high degree of technical competence and understanding, as the company is a rapidly expanding, multi-geographical organisation (this could involve managing external partners / experts / information flows);
    • The capability of managing multiple data feeds, determining urgency in a meaningful and practical way;
    • Previous experience of working in a fast-paced, changing environment, as this would be an advantage; and
    • Ideally recently performed some of the key tasks outlined.
    Behavioural competencies / values:
    • Operate in a quality oriented way, establishing high standards of excellence as a fundamental priority;
    • Demonstrate a high level of service delivery; do what’s necessary to ensure customer satisfaction; deal with service failures and prioritise customer needs;
    • Prioritise effectively ensuring tasks are undertaken in an organised and timely manner to allow projects and initiatives to progress smoothly. Actively consult and partner with others to remove blockers and delays;
    • Exhibit risk identification skills to give early warning of potential issues for the business or project being worked on. Then work collaboratively with stakeholders to find solutions;
    • Seek out learning and don’t be afraid to ask for coaching—actively look for experiences to learn from;
    • Make a difference by pre-empting challenges and obstacles, finding ways to overcome them; and
    • Our small team, critically consists of team players supporting each other. Whilst we have our own priorities, being available to support each other is a critical inter-personal skill.
    What we offer you:
    • Competitive salary based on skills and experience;
    • Flexible working arrangements, including working from home and flexible start / finish times;
    • Group pension scheme;
    • Individual healthcare cash plan;
    • Opportunity to learn; both on the job and formal learning, where this benefits you and the business;
    • To be part of a fast-growth, technology-focused, British business, with worldwide presence, offering excellent career opportunities for the right individual.
    If you believe you meet our criteria and are excited about joining our dynamic team, we want to hear from you! Please submit your application, including a CV and a cover letter, to hr@moasure.com.

    Please note:
    We cannot offer visa sponsorship.
    We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies.