Location: Hybrid. Crawley
Job Type: Permanent Full time
Reports to: VP of Finance
About Akixi
Akixi is a fast-growing and profitable privately-owned company based in West Sussex, UK. Our portfolio of cloud-based real-time call and contact analytics software is delivered through our network of IT and telecoms partners around the world and we have over 7,000 active customer sites.
We are proud to have been recognised within the industry, winning the 'Best Analytics Platform' in the UC Awards 2020 and 'Best Call Management Solution' in the Comms National Awards 2020.
Akixi is part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem and a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program.
www.akixi.com
Job Summary
The Finance Manager position is a new role, critical to the integrity of all Financial Reporting & Forecasting for the group. This role is part of a restructure to the finance team, with a core focus on improving timeliness and accuracy of the internal & external reporting.
What Will The Successful Job Holder Be Like?
Someone who is highly experienced in regular cadenced reporting requirements within a PE environment, but who can also adapt to the ever-changing requirements and landscape within a scaling group. The role holder will be highly skilled in problem solving, identifying process weakness and proposing improvements. Effectively collaborate with all stakeholders within the organisation as a whole, is essential. Someone with a strong work ethic, committed to getting the job done but who always keeps the stakeholders up to date.
Key Responsibilities
This role has 3 core aspects :
1. Financial Reporting
- Monthly management accounts reporting
- Managing Group Financial accountant – reviewing and overview of group management accounts preparation
- Group consolidation - assist in preparation and review within the newly implemented accounting reporting software (AccountsIQ)
- Functional area reviews and collaborating with department heads on Actual vs Budget spend – to understand fluctuations
- Group audit – managing the entire process from planning to finalisation
- Group payroll administration – UK and US entities
- Managing UK and US entities accounting requirements
2. Financial Planning and Analysis
- Cost control – ability to identify areas where cost savings can be achieved
- Group treasury assistance
3. Other ad hoc requirements
- Statutory work - as and when required
- Tax – review and submission of various group tax returns within strict timelines
Core Competencies – Essential
- 3 years + experience in B2B SAAS (ideally within SME sized groups)
- Cross Departmental Collaboration
- Highly proficient use of Microsoft365 (mainly Excel)
- Efficient and effective communication skills
- Time management / Prioritisation
- Organisational & Reporting skills
Qualifications and Experience – Desirable
- Qualified / part-qualified ACCA, CIMA (or equivalent)
- Proven process improvement skills
- Systems experience in:
- AccountsIQ
- Xero
- Go Cardless
- Pleo
- Previous experience of working closely versus agreed KPIs/SLAs
