Finance Manager - 15 month FTC

The Role
You will take a key role in ensuring that high quality financial information is available to the management team and shareholders to support effective decision making. You will deliver regular financial reporting (internal and external), ensure strong financial control, lead the statutory accounts and audit process, VAT and other tax reporting while also supporting a rolling program of system & process development. You'll also support with other ad hoc strategic project work.
The ideal candidate for this role will be ACA qualified, with audit experience and at least 2 years experience working in industry. They will be a high achiever with drive and energy who will work smart and deliver fast. The successful candidate will also have an extremely positive approach, be happy to challenge the status quo and thrive on change.
What we're offering you:

• Summer Fridays
• Competitive holiday benefits - 25 days a year paid holiday, plus 8 bank holidays (increases 1 day a year up to 30 days)
• Hybrid working - 3 days a week in the office
• Closed for Christmas holidays - Extra days not taken from your annual holiday allowance.
• Work from anywhere for 2 weeks a year
• Life Assurance and Income Protection to protect your loved ones
• Benefits allowance for health, dental, and vision coverage
• Six months paid maternity leave, and one month paid paternity leave (subject to qualifying conditions) inclusive of same-sex and adoptive parents
• Defined Contribution Pension and Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Be Well: Our award-winning wellbeing and mental health programme to support all MVFers and their families
• Family Forward support for our MVF parents and their mini-mes
• 2 charity days a year
• Free breakfast when in the office

Responsibilities:

1. Leading & inspiring the accounting team to deliver exceptional partnership support to the business and to be a world class team that is well respected and highly regarded throughout MVF
2. Delivering accurate and timely management information with clear understanding of key drivers and commentary against those.
3. Responsible for ensuring strong financial controls are in place and operating effectively, including robust balance sheet reconciliations.
4. Responsible for MVF's audit & statutory accounts reporting process including preparation of complex technical accounting papers
5. Responsible for day to day oversight of MVF's tax affairs and compliance, including new tax requirements and jurisdictions e.g foreign sales taxes
6. Financial risk management, including foreign exchange risk and, bank loan compliance
7. Finance systems including identification, evaluation/implementation, development & maintenance
8. Technical Accounting and support on any accounting policies, judgements and estimates
9. Support the team with ad hoc project work
10. Establish a culture of continuous improvement and develop the team to be more capable, skilled and knowledgeable resulting in taking on wider responsibilities over time and to ensure effective support to changing business needs.

Our Team
MVF's rapid organic growth rate is driven by a constant flow of new employees, products and clients. We are accelerating our growth through our US operations and we also look to make acquisitions to compound this expansion.
The Finance team is critical to positively fostering this growth by providing the information needs of the business through a world class team, processes and technology platform. Commensurate with these opportunities, we are seeking a Finance Manager to lead the Accounting team and to take a visible role in supporting MVF's reporting and compliance needs as our business complexity increases.
What Success Looks Like:

• Accurate monthly financial reporting delivered to agreed timelines.
• Full monthly management information prepared for the board.
• Annual statutory reporting finalised within 4 months of year end with no audit adjustments.
• Ensure all compliance and tax deadlines documented and achieved and that MVF remains compliant with any new requirements
• Process documentation always up to date and key controls evidenced.
• Improvements to current processes and methods

Our Ideal MVFer:

• ACA qualified with excellent knowledge of UK GAAP
• Experience of managing and developing a team
• Previous experience with monthly management accounts preparation
• Demonstrated experience of leading the statutory accounts and audit process for a large group
• Loves excel including complex formulae, pivot tables and high data volumes
• Great at innovating systems, optimising and automating processes
• Personable and effective communicator
• Solid understanding of Corporation Tax, VAT and other taxes, both UK and foreign
• High achiever with drive and energy who will work smart and deliver fast
• Positive approach, thrives on change, happy to challenge the status quo

About MVF
MVF powers growth for our clients by connecting them to potential customers.
The digital marketing landscape is complex and constantly evolving. Businesses need experts who are tracking that evolution and finding new ways to innovate and win.
This is where MVF comes in. We match readers, buyers & business leaders with the brands & companies that make the products and services they need.
We do this by building relationships with potential customers at each stage of the marketing funnel by offering insights, information, and tools to help them learn more about the things they're interested in. We build profiles on our audiences, guide them through purchase decisions, and ultimately connect them to the right products/services when they are ready to buy. Our clients trust us as experts in lead generation, which frees up their time to do what they do best.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are the foundation for MVF to build, promote and sustain a culture of trust, safety, growth and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our DEI guiding principles underpin how we build our teams, develop our talent, provide a fair working environment and create an ambitious company that reflects the diversity of our employees, customers, clients and partners, globally.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage all MVFers to respect, value and celebrate our differences, and commit to actions that ensure that we can belong and be authentic at MVF, without limitations or barriers.
We're committed to providing support and/or adjustments to those who may need them during employment. If you consider yourself someone who may need support or adjustments, please speak with your Line Manager, Department DEI Ambassador or People Partner.
We are diverse by nature, but inclusive by choice.