Finance Manager - FSO (12 Month FTC)

Job Description

The opportunity - This is a 12 Month FTC An exciting opportunity has arisen within the UK FSO Finance team for a Finance Manager. The Finance Manager role is key to providing this fast growing and complex business with effective financial management and controls while providing decision support and financial analysis. The successful candidate will work as a business partner with senior service line management and help to develop a strong culture of financial awareness, commerciality and accountability. The Finance Manager will act as a role model within the team and provide effective leadership, counselling and day to day management of a number of direct reports. The role will require the individual to provide financial information, produce monthly accounts, annual budgets and forecasts while ensuring compliance with firm and business procedures and policies. A key part of the role will be presenting this information and analysis to the end user, highlighting variances and actions accordingly. Candidates will need to demonstrate a willingness to learn the basic rudiments of finance work including significant processing and checking, they will need to build relationships both within the team and the business and have ability to problem solve to overcome constraint. This role is in a fast-changing evolving environment with a number of changes taking place to the team's processes and systems as the firm undertakes a Global Finance Transformation Programme. Therefore, the ideal candidate will need to be flexible and have the ability to deal with change on an on-going basis. Your key responsibilities * Work with senior management to understand the financial information available and agree priorities and actions * Ensure that the information / reports / analysis provided to the business are relevant, timely, and accurate and enable senior management to run the business * Develop effective working relationships with Operations, Leadership and other key stakeholders * Maintain an overview of key business issues at all times. Extrapolates key messages from the numbers and shares these timely with Senior Leadership both in Finance and the business * Deliver robust month-end process. Results are understood quickly. Performance commentaries are timely, insightful and action oriented * Contribute towards completion on time of the various EY Plan/Forecast/Business Planning exercises * Understand and take appropriate action on all issues relating to working capital * Process improvement: help support the wider performance improvement initiatives and ensure the Finance team's processes are as efficient as possible whilst constantly looking to streamline where possible * Assist the Financial Controller to manage the day to day activities of the Finance function * Act as a role model and active contributor to the wider team, building the UK FSO profile of the team * Lead, manage and coach a number of staff. Assist the Financial Controller to develop an environment where staff work effectively and as part of a team Skills and attributes for success * A qualified accountant eg CIMA, ACCA with a strong track record of financial management and controls, ideally in a professional services firm * Professional, confident, credible communicator, including the ability to connect with a group eg giving a training session, presenting to a management meeting * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Confident explaining complex financial issues to senior management * Robust, resilient, calm under pressure * Proactive, organised and self-sufficient working style with ability to prioritise and multitask * Customer focused and responsive with good commercial acumen / judgement * Able to express their opinions on issues and adherence to policies * Able to lead, manage, coach and motivate a small team * Able to manipulate, analyse and interpret data from a variety of sources. Able to demonstrate project management experience / skills * Strong team player To qualify for the role you must have * Significant experience in a commercial and/or financial role * Strong financial acumen with a proven ability to influence commercial drivers of business performance * Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to challenge mind sets and status quo with senior stakeholders and maintain resilience at all times Ideally, you'll also have * Strong computer skills, especially Excel and Powerpoint * Experience of shaping and delivering training to junior finance team members What we look for You will be an experienced Trusted Business Advisor with a passion for providing exceptional client service to your stakeholders with the ability to think on your feet to make innovative and informed decisions. What working at EY offers We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and wit