Finance Manager
Full Time
Job Description
- Drive high quality financial / commercial performance through understanding the contractual commitments on service lines and ensure alignment with corporate policies
- Ensure Account Finance Leads take responsibility for Balance Sheet governance and reconciliations together with full compliance with SOX control requirements
- Build and develop high level relationships with all stakeholders including regional & account finance teams
- Liaising with all relevant Global and Regional Finance stakeholders particularly the Area Finance Director, the Account Finance Directors and their teams, the GBS & FPA team and Transition team.
- Identify, analyze, and resolve potential business risks, as well as opportunities and solutions to enhance business performance
- Implement improvements, drive change, raise standards through the direct and indirect management of staff
- Stand in on accounts in absence of finance leads
- Provide strategic ad-hoc support, influence and manage any financial analysis as required
- Ad-hoc reporting as requested by Divisional Finance Director or Business Unit Director
- Learn the steps required to set up Finance & Accounting systems and processes for a new contract, across multiple regions and various systems.
- Collaborate with other lines of business (Sourcing, Operations, IT) on establishing optimal financial and operations processes. Identify and resolve potential business risks as they arise.
- Constantly seek to improve quality, service, and efficiency in Transitions, including the sharing of best practices and lessons learned with the broader team.
- Participates in special projects and initiatives as assigned by the area & sector finance director.
- Manage the accuracy and integrity of accounting records and financial systems, identify opportunities to enhance system efficiencies
- Support systems development to maximize efficiency benefits for the Client & GWS
- Have thorough knowledge of policies, procedures and manage compliance of them
- Manage compliance through the required procedures and processes.
- Work with management across the finance teams to agree remediation’s for control deficiencies identified, and assist Control Owners and Process Owners to get them actioned in a timely manner.
- Provide written/verbal reporting to the finance teams on risk management, controls, assurance and governance.
- Support the wider central finance team and client teams by recommending process improvements which maintain or improve financial control but increase efficiency within the team
- The role does not currently have direct reports but may be asked to manage and oversee the work of other team members. Direct reports may be added in the future
- Candidate should lead by example and display behaviors that are consistent with the company’s values
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Hold a Chartered Accountant qualification (or equivalent)
- Highly computer literate
- Ability to combine strategic vision with hands-on, pragmatic delivery
- IT Skills to lead, process and reporting developments to achieve key tasks, and to give the business a sound reporting base Superior written and verbal communication skills with strong oral presentation skills
- Capable of working in a matrix environment
- Understands the requirements of operating in a cross border multiservice line environment
- Worked in a complex multinational with hands on experience of managing geographically diverse teams
- Track record of achieving results through others
- Proven commercial acumen and ability to contribute to decision-making
- Management skills to maximize the performance of staff
- The individual must be willing to undertake travel as the role/business requires
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