Finance Manager / Business Partner
- Recruiter
- AFR Consulting
- Location
- Blackburn, Lancashire
- Salary
- £47500 - £55,000 + benefits
- Posted
- 07 Jul 2021
- Closes
- 04 Aug 2021
- Ref
- SJS/11699
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- Business Services
- Experience Levels
- Manager
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
This evolving service sector business is looking to recruit a pro-active Finance Manager to oversee the finance function and provide decision support on strategic issues and growth opportunities. This will be a senior role within the organisation and will incorporate an element of Finance business partnering with senior managers and Directors to optimise performance and business management.
You will supervise a small, efficient finance team who generate the numbers and a key part of your position will be to manage cash flow, identify and monitor profitable and non-profitable work and create robust controls and processes to forecast and compensate for dips in revenue. Experience of managing WIP or projects / contracts would be useful but you should be adept at detailed commercial analysis to advise and challenge budget holders. The role will involve producing regular reports with insightful commentary that will be used to drive change and raise financial awareness of KPI’s. The ability to develop systems and processes to improve management information, efficiency and profitability will be a key objective of this appointment. It is paramount that this person has the gravitas to stand up to other well qualified individuals (not financial) and you must also be confident liaising with external funders and other regulatory bodies.
The business has ambitious growth plans and is currently going through a transition period that will set them up for further growth, applicants must therefore be agile and able to accept change his Finance Manager role would be well suited to a CIMA / ACCA / ACA qualified Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner looking to take on a financial management position that will also encompass project work to benefit the wider business. Too be successful in this role you must have excellent analytical and data manipulation skills, the ability to articulate and present financial information in a meaningful way to other professionals. Experience from the service sector or even manufacturing would be relevant.