Overview
SMP Group is a leading, multi-award winning producer in POS (Point of Sale) and Out-of-Home Advertising. We are the trusted partner for some of the world’s most recognisable brands and retailers, delivering innovative, high-quality print and production solutions. We pride ourselves on creativity, technology-driven manufacturing, and best-in-class client service. Sustainability, innovation, and people development are at the heart of our DNA.
Make sure to apply with all the requested information, as laid out in the job overview below.Opportunity
This is a brilliant opportunity to work with the CFO and management team to enhance and formalise the Finance team’s role as a centre of excellence for systems expertise, information provision and value addition. We are a growing and acquisitive business and we have ambitious plans to further enhance our service and operational capabilities – Finance will play a key role in supporting this.
Role
The Role:
Key Responsibilities:
- Support CFO and team to create additional capacity and depth of competence for overall team development and delivery within the context of a developing business
- Deliver a range of transactional finance function activities (across AP / AR / Payroll) to ensure resilience and business continuity
- Support month end close with payroll, key reconciliations and journals, and management reports
- Maintain and further develop month end journal schedules as required
- Work with other Finance staff to develop and improve systems, processes and levels of competence and delivery
- Collaborate across the business to develop analyses and supporting processes and systems to measure business performance
- Develop and track divisional budgets and KPIs
- Construct and update divisional P&Ls and variance analyses
- Develop and maintain financial model of business performance
- Build understanding and buy-in across the team and business for finance team capability and financial and business analyses and initiatives to enhance business performance and resilience
- Manage ad hoc financial tasks on a regular basis and be an additional point of contact for financial expertise in the organisation
- Complete VAT reconciliations
Key Competencies
- Qualified accountant
- Good communicator
- Hands-on, common sense approach with ability to prioritise sensibly and to set and pursue realistic goals and manage time and resources to achieve them
- Creative, dedicated problem solver, numerically fluent and skilled in analytical methods such as data cleansing, application of logical formulae (Excel or database applications)
- Experienced in data analysis, financial modelling and advanced Excel
- Familiar with management accounting and entry of journals, from purchase and sales invoices to general journals
- Technologically fluent and able to suggest adoption or creation of applications for workflow management, automation of tasks, use of AI, etc
SMP Competencies
- Building Collaborative Relationships – Develop, maintain, and strengthen relationships xwzovoh with others inside and/or outside SMP
- Customer Orientation – Demonstrate concern for satisfying external and/or internal customers; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships
- Innovation – Develop fresh ideas to provide solutions to work challenges
- Initiative – Identifies what needs to be done and does it without waiting for others and before being asked or before the situation requires it
- Results Orientation – Focus on achieving desired results and how best to achieve them; takes proactive action to get the job done
- Flexibility – Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities
- Leadership – Inspires and motivates employees to perform at their best
Join us and be part of a company that values Creativity, Excellence, and Continuous Improvement.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- 25 days holiday
- Company Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Insurance
…