Finance Manager

**Finance Manager - UK**
**Full - Time, Hybrid in Barcelona, Spain**

**About Our Crew**
Boats Group is the fastest-growing digital business in the recreational boating space. We are a talented team of techies, creatives, marketers, closers and customer advocates who spend each day pushing the boundaries of technology to make buying and selling boats easy. We spend each day surrounded by 500,000 boats from across the globe.

Our passion and unyielding dedication to getting people on the water influence our culture in ways you won’t find at other companies. We’re the best at what we do because we’re working in an industry we love. When you walk through our doors, you’ll find smart, dedicated people who consider one another family.
If you want to work in an inclusive, innovative environment where we encourage employees to collaborate, leverage their talents and actively shape the future of the company, then you will enjoy working here

**What You’ll Do**
- Prepare monthly management accounts and reconciliations (including creation of journal entries) for the following YWI Group entities: YWI Ltd, BCE Ltd and BG UK Ltd.
- Prepare monthly departmental reports within tight deadlines with explanations of significant variances against budget for all entities in the YWI group
- Ensure the timely production and review of all monthly balance sheet reconciliations and journals in accordance with the company accounting policies, for the three UK entities
- Process the purchase ledger and prepare weekly payment runs to ensure invoices and staff expenses are paid within terms for the above entities.
- Process the bank transactions and prepare the reconciliations. Assist with the automation of this process.
- Monitor cash flow and bank balances
- Take responsibility for the coordination of the UK monthly payroll with the outsourced agency, and process payments, costs and group recharges.
- Support on the year end YWI Group audit process
- Ensure internal controls are adhered to, and drive through process improvements
- Prepare and submit UK VAT returns by the relevant deadlines, and ensure overseas sales tax are treated appropriately.
- Provide support to the credit control team with accounts receivable status and collection efforts, monitoring customer payments and minimising bad debts.

**What You Should Have**
- Fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience with a minimum of 5 years experience of working at this level supporting UK business.
- University Degree is desirable
- Strong IT Skills - Microsoft office, accounting systems and particularly advanced Excel essential. Experience with NetSuite would be an advantage but not essential.
- Organised and efficient with high standards of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English (both internally and externally) and able to communicate financial information to non-finance staff
- High level of professionalism - must thrive on teamwork, overcoming obstacles and gaining shared vision on complex issues
- Detail and results oriented; skilled at both planning and hands-on execution.
- Ability to adapt in a fast moving environment.
- Ability to work in a Hybrid working model in Barcelona office.

**Perks**
You’ll be joining a close-knit and talented team, with plenty of opportunities for professional growth. We offer competitive compensation + benefits that are on par with large companies, while also placing a high value on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
- Hybrid working flexibility
- New laptop + large second monitor + other office accessories
- Private Medical Insurance
- Lunch & Travel vouchers program
- 23 Annual leave days
- All national holidays
- End of year Holiday leave
- Birthday holiday (You never have to work on your birthday)
- 32 hours of volunteer time paid per year (We are big into volunteering and helping out the community here at Boats Group)
- Professional reimbursement program for employees to take courses, attend seminars, etc. (Things to enrich you as a professional)
- Discounted WellHub Membership

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