Senior Finance Manager
- Recruiter
- Mature Accountants Limited
- Location
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Salary
- Competitive Salary depending on experience
- Posted
- 14 Aug 2018
- Closes
- 21 Aug 2018
- Ref
- MA1980
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- Property / Housing
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Senior Finance Manager
Manchester
Our client is an international property developer. Its diverse portfolio of properties spans Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the United Kingdom.
They require a Senior Finance Manager to join their team in the Manchester office.
Role Description
- Lead the team of finance and be responsible for financial health of a company;
- Produce financial reports and develop strategies based on financial research;
- Responsible for the monthly reporting, income and expenditure, ensure that information produced is robust, accurate and owned by appropriate individuals;
- Support management with the development and implementation of the long term strategy;
- Responsible for the recruitment, management, development and retention of the finance team;
- To provide insights into key decisions made on a country-level basis
Duties and Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop the team, providing leadership as well as the setting of appropriate objectives; to identify gaps in the knowledge of team members and to put in place training systems and processes to ensure these are closed so the entire team can operate as an effective unit, providing the highest level of support;
- Take the lead in presenting a business case to potential lenders and seeing the process through of obtaining debt finance;
- Responsible for timely drawdowns on existing loans;
- Maintain relationships with existing and potential lenders, ensuring all loan covenants are met.
- Ensure all projects and the corporate offices are adequately insured to avoid large monetary loss to the company;
- Liaise with insurers to ensure the right level of insurance cover is achieved at a competitive price;
- Provide a high quality financial management reporting service with a focus on identifying trends, risks and opportunities, communicating these to senior management in a way that its use informs management decision making;
- Review the work of the Senior Accountant and Finance Assistant on a regular basis to reduce errors and identify opportunities for training;
- Develop robust forecasting systems and models;
- Support the finance team in the modelling of activity, income and expenditure in relation to complex business case developments and funding proposals, both internal and external.
- Work closely with the capital team to ensure that the impact of capital costs are fully factored into revenue business cases and vice versa;
- Forecast development expenditure to ensure adequate funding is in place when required;
- Challenge assumptions with relevant individuals and to be responsible for ensuring that financial modelling is robust, accurate and in line with overall objectives, assessing risks and identifying risk mitigating actions as required;
- Lead the overall annual business planning and budget setting process within the portfolio;
- Work with other finance departments and corporate services to identify opportunities for improvement and enhancement within financial processes and to lead on the implementation of required changes;
- To be responsible for the effective management of the performance of staff in the team;
- Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance;
- Conduct regular ledger maintenance;
To be considered for this Senior Finance Manager role please click apply below.