EMEA Finance Manager

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Job Title: EMEA Finance Manager

Company: MicroSurgical Technology (MST)

Location: Altomed - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Department: Accounting

Reports To: MST Group Chief Financial Officer

Job Summary

The EMEA Finance Manager is based in Newcastle at Altomed, a recently acquired medical products distributor, and will report directly to the MST Group CFO, with one direct report.

The role will support and partner closely with three MST business units across EMEA: Altomed; Adler Diamant BV, a manufacturer and distributor of medical products based in The Netherlands; and MST Germany GMBH, a marketer and distributor of medical products throughout EMEA.

We are looking for a confident, proactive self-starter that can lead the financial and administrative functions, to include providing the technical financial expertise across accounting FP&A, controls, compliance, statutory reporting, tax and financial operations.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Operations

• Prepare financial analysis and reporting

• Ownership of P&L and Balance Sheet responsibility & journaling consisting of:

• Sales ledger & debt management – review of invoices and debt collection

• Payroll – prepare monthly payroll

• Stock – management of stock system

• Fixed assets - financial analysis in support of fixed asset additions and accounting for fixed assets

• Accruals & prepayments

• Leases

• VAT - VAT submission and sales reconciliation

General Ledger & Month End Close

• Lead the month close inclusive of all reporting and forecasting requirements ensuring information is submitted in a timely and accurate manner

• Ownership of P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and Forecasts

• Improve transactional processes, maintain the general ledgers, simplifying the business and deploying information technology

Reporting & forecasting

• Provide high quality business performance reporting, insight and constructive challenge to facilitate robust commercial and operational decision making

• Manage working capital and cash flow performance, support decision making on investment opportunities, and identify and highlight potential risk to the company’s financial position

• Management of strategic planning, annual budgeting and monthly rolling forecast cycles

Statutory Reporting & Compliance

• Ensure appropriate internal controls are in place and effective

• Support of preparation of the statutory accounts reporting to include at the year end, preparation of corporation tax computations plus other requirements

• Support the external audit providing data requested by them on a timely basis, liaising with other departments and relevant contacts in the organisation

• Support on integration of Altomed into MST and Halma

• Support for transfer pricing analysis and reporting

• Prepare P60s, P11Ds

• Review and authorize staff expenses payments readied by accounts administrator

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant

• 3-5 years’ experience with a similar position in a similar organisation, preferably in a manufacturing organisation

• Experience supporting accounting for UK and EU entities, local statutory reporting requirements, VAT and cross-border/intercompany processes

• Knowledge of IFRS preferred

• Advanced Excel skills

• Confident, proactive self-starter that can commercially business partner with the team

• Ability to work in a fast pace and changing environment

• Capable of working remotely with various stakeholders

• Good communicator, goal oriented with a high level of ownership

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