An exciting Senior Finance Manager role for a multinational FTSE 250 business services organisation that will be extremely commercial with the intent to grow the business forward.

Client Details

A multinational FTSE 250 business services organisation that is headquartered in London.

Description

Financial Management and Monthly Reporting

• Drive monthly service line reviews, challenge performance and ensure integrity of monthly forecasts within the forecasting system (Axiom) whilst ensuring they are stretching but achievable.

• Input into the production of monthly MOB reports within set deadlines, ensuring accurate reflection of financial performance. Good understanding and explanation of variances to forecast and budget.

• Robust review and challenge of Work in Progress ("WIP") and Debt to ensure completion of income and recoverability.

• Manage the annual Business Plan process whilst helping Profit Centre Managers with the setting of stretching, but achievable, Business Plans and communicating this to the wider group.

• Help assess, mitigate and manage business and financial risks.

• Provide financial support and guidance and training to Profit Centre Managers.

Invoice Processing (Accounts receivable and payable)

• Run exception reports and regularly monitor WIP and recoverable costs, making sure that income is complete and invoices are raised and issued accurately and on timely basis.

• Ensuring timely processing and appropriate approvals of supplier invoices as well as prompt actions around dealing with queries that have been escalated from a service line.

• Run regular exception reports, ensuring general house-keeping of project data is up to date, e.g. timely closure of completed projects.

Commercial feedback

• Produce contract lifetime forecasts with support from the business

• Provide support for changes made to services provided and guiding proposed changes into financial models and forecasts.

• Manage changes made to the underlying revenue and costs through the commercial change process.

Profile

Your experience will include:

Essential

• Desire to take ownership of processes or specific areas within the finance team and work independently.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain what the numbers mean to stakeholders outside the finance team.

• Holding a recognised Professional Accountancy qualification such as CIMA/ACCA

• Strong Excel skills

• Attention to detail but also being able to see the "bigger picture".

• Team player with "hands on approach".

• SAP experience would be very beneficial.

Job Offer

Salary of £50,000 to £60,000

Private health insurance

Contributory pension