Finance Manager

Capita is one of the largest and fastest growing providers of integrated professional support services in the UK. We are a FTSE 100 listed company employing c.75k people in the UK, Europe, India and South Africa.

Details of the Role

We are currently seeking an experienced Finance Manager, to work within the finance team initially on a 6 month fixed term contract with a view to perm. You will need to be an organised individual involved in co-ordinating and providing information for a wide range of stakeholders including executive directors, finance directors and profit centre managers. The role involves managing a team of 5 you will therefore have excellent managerial skills.

Duties will include the following;

To provide financial management and control

• To manage a team of 5, including personal development
• To own month end reporting process i,e; accruals, prepayments, journals, ensuring comprehensive variance analysis, monthly reporting
• To ensure all divisional and group deadlines are met
• To maintain a robust monthly forecasting process, identifying any movements & risk
• To support the operational teams in managing the risks & opportunities within the business
• To deputise for the head of finance as and when required.
• Take ownership of MI being produced and further refine it
• To provide tight working capital management and implement improvement projects where necessary including overseeing effective credit control
• Ensure appropriate systems and controls are in place to drive accurate financial reporting
• To manage the contract accounting and budget control for major programmes & projects
• To own the business planning process
• To develop and improve key business processes

• Skills/Experience
• Passed finalist or qualified by experience
• Strong team management and leadership skills
• Ability to move quickly between tasks and deliver on time
• A proactive approach to finding solutions to business and system problems
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent written & oral communication skills
• Advanced excel and Microsoft skills
• SAP skills preferred

At Capita, training and development aren't optional extras: they're how we do our job. We will motivate you to perform at your peak, recognising your achievements and rewarding them appropriately. As well as a generous basic salary plus 10% Car Allowance we also give you 23 day's holiday, company pension scheme and access to voluntary benefit options including; child care vouchers, share save scheme, life assurance, holiday buy and many more designed to suit your own personal lifestyle.

Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Capita Resourcing is a trading name of Capita Resourcing Ltd. Services offered are those of an Employment Agency and Employment Business. Applicants will be required to register with us.

If you are successful with your application, you will need complete Capita's vetting and screening checks. This will include, but not be limited to, Reference Checks, a Criminality Check, Financial Probity Check, Sanctions Check and Media Check.