Finance Manager

FINANCE MANAGER
LOCATION: HARMONDSWORTH, NEAR HEATHROW, HYBRID WORKING 

This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field! 

Join us as our new Finance Manager and let us empower you to truly make a difference. 

Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.

You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with the Medequip values.

Who are we? 

We are Medux UK, the UK arm of Medux International, the European market leader in providing mobility aids.

Medux UK is made up of 3 business units: 

• Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer. 
• Ross Care is the UK’s premier provider of high quality wheelchair services
• Consolor is a market-leading manufacturer of seating and mobility systems.

About the role

As the UK Finance Manager you will be employed by Medequip but you will focus on all things Finance for the Medux UK Group

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Managing the regular Finance and month-end close processes
• Partnering with business unit leaders and other Finance stakeholders to enable accurate financial reporting
• Managing the back-office functions for accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns across the group
• Preparing and submitting monthly ONS (government statistics) reporting
• Managing banking arrangements
• Being a key contact for auditors and Group stakeholders 

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• We keep our promises.
• We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
• We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
• We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
• We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
• We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
• We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
• We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.

Qualifications and experience required

• Qualified accountant with broad experience of month-end close activities
• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive ‘can do’ attitude
• Attention to detail, curiosity and ability to stand back and look at the big picture
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience of working across different stakeholders
• Experience using Sage is useful but not essential
• Experience of working with auditors is useful but not essential

What we offer

• Hybrid working – 3 days in office, 2 remote
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Pension scheme - 3% employer's contribution
• Healthcare scheme
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test, provided by Specsavers
• 15% Manage At Home discount
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform
• Free DBS check

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know. 

We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.  

This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.