Finance Manager

As Finance Manager, you will be responsible for supporting Contract Directors and operational teams within a cluster of service units. This is part of a significant multinational business with revenues in the billions.

understanding and managing operational financial performance. You will have the following responsibilities:

• Raising journals for business area, ensuring validity of accounting entries and compliance to contract, escalating any concerns to Regional Finance Manager
• Managing the period end Review and Approve process and being the central point of contact for operational teams
• Review of operational working capital components and recommending / driving actions to improve performance
• Ensure billing is timely, accurate and complete ensuring processes, procedures and systems meet contractual requirements recommending improvements and efficiencies as appropriate
• Supporting the Profit Protection team, driving units to complete self-assessment audits and assisting with completion of action plans to achieve required scores
• Implementation of standard monthly reporting to be used in the business
• Support the implementation of the workforce management and any other project
• Assist in training of operational teams in the use of business reporting to understand and improve their financial performance
• Analysis of financial performance highlighting to Contract Director/Manager key points to be discussed at monthly review
• Analyse and manage all unit contract costs, ensure full purchase compliance, manage margin percentage
• Preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts, challenging operational performance, understanding and reporting key variances
• Attending and presenting at designated client meetings
• Any other ad hoc duties as required

Who you are:

• Experience of business partnering senior stakeholders with the ability to challenge, influence and persuade at all levels
• High numeric and analytical skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable developing and working with complex spreadsheets
• Demonstrable commercial finance experience of improving business results and adding value
• Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate oral and written information concisely and logically
• Ability to analyse, evaluate and present information in a clear and concise way,

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