Finance Manager

I am currently working with a large services business in Devon who are looking for a technically strong Finance Manager to join their team. It would suit a Finance Manager with good management skills who will be able to build relationships across the business and provide accurate and timely reporting.

Client Details

A fantastic opportunity to join a large Business Services company with clients in various sectors across the UK.

Description

Reporting into the Head of Finance, the key accountabilities of the Finance Manager will be to:

• Ensure the provision of monthly and annual accounts, budgets, rolling forecasts and strategic plans to agreed business timetables;

• Liaise with and support Operational Management teams to provide a high level of financial expertise;

• Use financial information to constructively challenge business activity in order to increase profits and improve efficiencies;

• Forecast and manage weekly cash-flows;

• Provide support in bidding activity, including co-ordinating and presenting bid financial information to the BU Management team;

• Support and manage internal and external audit requirements, including ensuring timely resolution of audit findings and comments;

• Work with other members of the finance team to drive forward continuous improvement;

• Be responsible for tight balance sheet management and control (with regular balance sheet and contract reviews);

• Perform other ad-hoc tasks as required by the Operations Director / Regional Managers / Head of Finance;

• Protect assets from unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, destruction or interference;

• Comply with Company policies & procedures and the Data Protection Act 1998;

• Work with reporting team to forecast and manage weekly cash-flows and assist Head of Finance with consolidation activity for all reporting.

Profile

The successful Finance Manager will:

• Be qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA with at substantial post qualification experience;

• Have strong financial reporting and costs analysis;

• Be commercially astute;

• Have people management experience;

• Be able to prepare and present difficult and complex financial/operational information in a simple and meaningful way;

• Be numerically literate and able to understand and manipulate financial models;

• Have excellent written and verbal communications skills;

• Have a high level of computer literacy;

• Have advanced Excel skills;

• Be an experienced user of Navision and/or SAP (advantageous).

Job Offer

Attractive package