Transactional Finance Manager
the ideal candidate:
An experienced finance professional, ideally from a product-led or FMCG business
Technically strong, process-driven, and passionate about systems, automation, and efficiency
Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, able to build structure and controls under pressure
Detail-oriented and collaborative, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders
Confident communicator who can influence across all levels of the business
Intermediate or advanced excel skills are preferred
Ability to work under pressure and within tight time frames
Sage experience preferrable
About us:
itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.
itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…
D&I statement
itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.
When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.
Scope of the role
Manage, develop, and mentor the transactional finance team.
Keep accurate records, control reports and clean audit trails for the year-end financial audit
Process and oversee all purchase and overheads invoices and expenses posting
Be key point of contact for transactional queries from suppliers and internal stakeholders
Develop and provide monthly reporting on expense management, aged receivables and overdue payables
Ensure AP & AR-related general ledger accounts finalisation, to be reviewed with FC on a monthly basis
Provide input on monthly cash flow forecasting, as required.
Prepare payment runs
Supervise the supplier statements, account customers and bank reconciliations at month-end
Prepare of balance sheet reconciliations, to be reviewed with FC on a monthly basis
Assist the FC in continuously improving the controls environment
Prepare and file quarterly VAT returns
Create and maintain manuals for finance procedures
Ownership for the debit note process
What we offer
Competitive salary
Competitive bonus scheme
25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
Health insurance
Company pension scheme
Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
Opportunity to work from abroad
50% employee discount in itsu shops
Free itsu lunch
Discounts at major retailers
Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development
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