Financial Manager

A FTSE 250 provider of Professional Services and Outsourcing are seeking to appoint a newly qualified Financial Manager, based Barnet.

You will join a critical business unit, where you will be responsible for ensuring the strength of internal financial reporting controls and wider processes.

As Financial Manager you will be involved in the following:

Financial Management and Reporting

• Drive monthly cost centre reviews, challenge performance and ensure integrity of monthly forecasts within the forecasting system (Axiom) whilst ensuring they are stretching but achievable
• Manage production of monthly management accounts within set deadlines, ensuring accurate reflection of financial performance and variances
• Help Cost Centre Managers to drive growth, improved profitability, and operational resilience by utilisation and monitoring of appropriate KPI's, and other management information, and provide challenge thereof
• Assist with the annual Business Plan process helping Cost Centre Managers with the setting of stretching but achievable Business Plan forecasts
• Help assess, mitigate and manage business and financial risks

Other Responsibilities

• Provide financial support, guidance and training to Cost Centre Managers
• Ensure Best Practice and standard systems, processes and procedures are in operation, ensuring compliance with policies and rules and proactively strive for continuous improvement
• Assist with implementation of the new finance performance structure

You will be:

• Qualified - ACA/ACCA
• Competent in Financial Reporting and Commercial Accounting
• Experience in Audit/Reporting for a similar size business
• Proficient in Excel