Finance Manager

The Role:

The Finance Manager is a key role within this large-scale organisation. The purpose of the finance function is to provide strategic financial support services to the Group to enable it to achieve its strategic priorities.

The post holder will be the main financial lead to the subsidiary managing directors and boards. In addition, the post holder will provide an excellent service to our customers across all areas of finance support including, but not limited to; decision support, management and project reporting, preparing budgets and forecasts, financial controls, external statutory reporting and compliance, taxation, liaising with internal and external customers and stakeholders and any other duties or requirements that are necessary to ensure a smooth running and effective service that meets the needs of all our customers.

The post holder will work closely with the Financial Controllers and / or Finance Managers to ensure accurate and timely reporting of information and a smooth budgeting process.

Duties Include:

• Developing a proactive and effective working relationship with the relevant subsidiary managing director
• to ensure appropriate and effective financial service support
• Understanding the unique environment of each subsidiary and working proactively with them to support the achievement of their goals
• Supporting effective governance arrangements in our subsidiaries by delivering high-quality financial information to Boards, committees and other relevant stakeholders
• Identifying where process improvements can be made, analysing requirements, recommending and implementing changes, and updating associated policies
• Responsible for preparing full monthly management reports with commentary, which includes income and expenditure, balance sheet and cashflow
• Responsible for preparing the annual budget and quarterly forecasts of income and expenditure, balance sheet and cashflow
• Working closely with the Director of Finance, Financial Controller and group Financial Planning manager during the Business Planning and Budgeting process to ensure the accuracy and completeness of information for the business
• Leading regular meetings with budget holders to update on financial performance and discuss appropriate actions
• Providing financial reporting for all projects on a regular and timely basis
• Ensuring controls in place are appropriate and providing assurance that results accurately reflect the business performance e.g. balance sheet reconciliations, discussing performance with budget holders etc.
• Providing completed reporting packs for review at a level appropriate for submission internally and to Board or Committee
• Undertaking analysis of areas of financial risk, budget variance, business growth or any other financial support required by the Group
• Day-to-day lead for business planning, working closely with the Group Business Planning team to ensure appropriate financial linkages exist across short and long-term planning
• Undertaking financial scenario planning and advising budget holders on mitigating actions when dealing with financial variances
• Designing, updating and continuously improving the provision of information including appropriate KPIs, benchmarks and trend analysis to support informed decision-making in the changing Group environment
• Implementing and maintaining appropriate financial controls in order to underpin the financial governance and standing orders of the Group and subsidiary companies applicable to all areas of operations
• Being applied across both areas of management and financial accounting to ensure the accuracy of reported performance
• Preparing year-end statutory accounts for Group entities
• Liaising with Group auditors and providing backup information as required
• Liaising with Group tax advisors and providing relevant substantiating backup information
• Providing internal and external audit information which allows assurance to be obtained towards the control environment

Please contact Jonathan Donnelly at Rutherford Cross for more information.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.