Finance Manager

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: London, UK

About us:

Adzuna is a job search engine that lists every job, everywhere. From its launch in the UK in 2011, we now have more than 10 million visitors a month and are busy conquering the world from our office in West London, helping millions of people find better, more fulfilling jobs.

The role:

We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our growing team. Reporting to our CFO / Senior Finance Manager and working closely with the wider team you will be responsible for key parts of the finance function, supporting our fast growing scale-up business across multiple geographies and business segments. This is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to both the commercial function within a growing technology business as well as the day to day functioning of a startup finance team.

You will be primarily responsible for our invoicing process across our entities in the UK, US, France and Australia, chasing and collecting payments from customers. You will play a key role in our monthly reporting cycle, taking responsibility for balance sheet reconciliations and monthly management accounting and reporting. You will also work closely with our Chief Commercial Officer and Strategy Manager, running the commissions process across our entities and getting involved in analytical and commercial projects. 

The business has ambitious growth plans, having recently completed the acquisition of Seiza, so there are opportunities waiting for you to get involved across the business and develop your skills and knowledge.  We are a small team so you will be exposed to a variety of areas including the invoicing and debtors cycle, commission schemes, supporting our strategic plans, budgeting, management reporting and analysis, annual audit and statutory accounts, and driving efficiencies across the business.

This is a great opportunity to learn the skills of company accounting whilst working in a small team who have the experience and time to really help you grow. 

Key responsibilities:

• Managing our Accounts Receivables process
• Preparing and sending client invoices in a timely manner
• Reconciliation of revenue against our internal reporting tools
• Working across the business to ensure invoices are paid on time, escalating where relevant in good time
• Client invoice queries
• Managing and running sales commissions process
• Calculating monthly commissions and sharing with exec team for approvals
• Providing analysis to help support the shaping of future commission scheme plans
• Month end reporting, preparing management accounts and other key internal reports
• Revenue reporting and analysis
• Business partnering with our Chief Commercial Officer and Strategy Manager on key commercial priorities for the business
• Analytical support to commercial teams
• Support the finance team on annual audit and ad hoc reporting

We don’t like to put people in boxes, but you’ll be able to demonstrate experience of, or aptitude for much of the below:

• Almost qualified or newly qualified CIMA / ACA / ACCA accountant with strong academic background
• Strong understanding of FRS 102
• Experience working to tight deadlines and managing a busy workload
• A degree (2:1 or better) and/or accounting technical qualification
• Strong Excel and analytical skills as well as good attention to detail
• Exposure to Xero is a plus but...we can teach you this

Personal Characteristics:

• Self motivated and driven
• Well organised, able to prioritise and juggle a busy workload effectively
• Strong attention to detail
• Fluency in English and strong communication skills, both verbal and written (French fluency is a bonus)
• Commercially minded and business savvy
• Hard working, can do attitude, willing to roll sleeves up and support the business wherever needed
• Organised and efficient 
• Desire to learn and grow
• Flexible and loyal

What’s in it for you?

Adzuna is a growing scale-up, championing real change in the job market globally - using the power of tech to match people to better, more fulfilling jobs. We’re at a really pivotal time in our journey and it’s an exciting moment to join. We have recently completed an acquisition. We’re growing rapidly in the US in particular on the back of cutting-edge programmatic technology, expanding our labour market data offerings and growing year on year (and hiring!) despite COVID-19.

• Reward: We offer a competitive financial package which includes competitive salary, stock options (we are all owners!) and a contributory pension scheme.

• Wellbeing: Amongst other things, we offer healthcare through Babylon Health; enhanced maternity and paternity leave; 25 days paid holiday per year plus 8 bank holidays; and a full programme of wellbeing activities and events.
• Hybrid working: We are a fully hybrid company - half our workforce are remote. With employees located in different time zones, we embrace asynchronous work and ensure that everything we do reflects the hybrid nature of our workforce so that everyone feels included. We also have a travel programme to help facilitate teamwork across our global teams.
• Flexible working: For those working out of one of our offices (non-remote), we have a flexible working policy which means any full time employee can work from home 2 days per week - you can choose your office days. 
• Diversity & inclusion: We are committed to hiring a diverse workforce and creating an environment where everyone feels included and welcome. Our D&I committee helps deliver a programme of activities and actions to support this important area of focus.
• Training: Learning and development is an important pillar of our culture and there are plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and grow whether through our Adzuna Academy training programme, attending conferences, team training budgets, individual development plans and coaching from experienced and supportive peers and managers.
• Fun stuff: We have a packed social calendar, twice annual global team get-togethers and an enviable culture thanks to the amazing and smart people who make Adzuna a great place to work. Lots of this is done virtually to ensure that everyone is included.

A bit more about Adzuna

Adzuna is a smarter, more transparent job search engine used by tens of millions of visitors per month. We love using the awesome power of technology to bring together every job in one place, help match people to better, more fulfilling jobs and keep Britain working.

Adzuna.co.uk is a 140 person business operating across 19 territories and was founded in 2011 by Andrew Hunter and Doug Monro, formerly of eBay, Gumtree, Qype and Zoopla.

We are backed by leading Venture Capital firms Passion Capital, LocalGlobe, Index Ventures and Smedvig Capital.

We’ve spent a decade developing smarter, more transparent job search so jobseekers worldwide (we’re in 19 countries) can zero in on the right role faster.

We also supply real-time data to the Number 10 Dashboard and Office for National Statistics labour market indices. In 2018, Adzuna won the contract to run Find a job, one of the British government’s most used online services.

We treat jobseekers as people not as products. We do the same for our team, seeing the diverse range of strengths they bring to our business. Regardless of background, race, gender, sexuality or ability, we welcome everyone to our team. Our people are the most important asset we have.

Please let us know if we need to accommodate a disability during the hiring process, so that we can give you the support you need.

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