About SMP Group
SMP Group is a leading, multi-award winning producer in POS (Point of Sale) and Out-of-Home Advertising. We are the trusted partner for some of the world’s most recognisable brands and retailers, delivering innovative, high-quality print and production solutions.
With a rich heritage of excellence and a forward-thinking approach, we pride ourselves on creativity, technology-driven manufacturing, and best-in-class client service. Sustainability, innovation, and people development are at the heart of our DNA.
This is a brilliant opportunity to work with the CFO and management team to enhance and formalise the Finance team’s role as a centre of excellence for systems expertise, information provision and value addition. We are a growing and acquisitive business and we have ambitious plans to further enhance our service and operational capabilities – Finance will play a key role in supporting this.
Requirements
The Role:
Key Responsibilities:
- Support CFO and team to create additional capacity and depth of competence for overall team development and delivery within the context of a developing business
- Deliver a range of transactional finance function activities (across AP / AR / Payroll) to ensure resilience and business continuity
- Support month end close with payroll, key reconciliations and journals, and management reports
- Maintain and further develop month end journal schedules as required
- Work with other Finance staff to develop and improve systems, processes and levels of competence and delivery
- Collaborate across the business to develop analyses and supporting processes and systems to measure business performance
- Develop and track divisional budgets and KPIs
- Construct and update divisional P&Ls and variance analyses
- Develop and maintain financial model of business performance
- Build understanding and buy-in across the team and business for finance team capability and financial and business analyses and initiatives to enhance business performance and resilience
- Manage ad hoc financial tasks on a regular basis and be an additional point of contact for financial expertise in the organisation
- Complete VAT reconciliations
Key Competencies:
- Qualified accountant
- Good communicator
- Hands-on, common sense approach with ability to prioritise sensibly and to set and pursue realistic goals and manage time and resources to achieve them
- Creative, dedicated problem solver, numerically fluent and skilled in analytical methods such as data cleansing, application of logical formulae (Excel or database applications)
- Experienced in data analysis, financial modelling and advanced Excel
- Familiar with management accounting and entry of journals, from purchase and sales invoices to general journals
- Technologically fluent and able to suggest adoption or creation of applications for workflow management, automation of tasks, use of AI, etc.
SMP Competencies:
- Building Collaborative Relationships
Develop, maintain, and strengthen relationships with others inside and/or outside SMP - Customer Orientation
Demonstrate concern for satisfying external and/or internal customers; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships - Innovation
Develop fresh ideas to provide solutions to work challenges - Initiative
Identifies what needs to be done and does it without waiting for others and before being asked or before the situation requires it - Results Orientation
Focus on achieving desired results and how best to achieve them; takes proactive action to get the job done - Flexibility
Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities - Leadership
Inspires and motivates employees to perform at their best
Join us and be part of a company that values Creativity, Excellence, and Continuous Improvement.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- 25 days holiday
- Company Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Insurance
Top Skills
SMP Group London, England Office
SMP Group Plc, 2 Swan Road, London, United Kingdom, SE18 5TT
