Finance Manager
Part-time - Remote
Job Description
- Provide Finance business partner support to multiple business areas in peak periods and on key strategic priorities and business bids
- Identification and Prioritization based on both qualitative and quantitative measures of both Finance improvement projects and cross functional business projects
- Ownership of total project improvement through initial concept, development, end user testing and stakeholder acceptance
- Influence parties within and out with own job function at an operational level regarding policies, procedures and practices.
- Effectively manage multiple project deliverables to drive scaled process improvements.
- Ensure that improvements, Investments and special projects are confidently communicated to senior stakeholders, peers and the wider organization to promote best practice and knowledge sharing
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Expert Microsoft Excel Skills
- Resilience and ability to adapt to changes in a fast-paced growing organization
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to translate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
- Collaborator who can influence and link between multiple functions to achieve goals
- Strong financial analytical skills and attention to detail
- Ability to priorities, plan and work on multiple issues/problems with a variety of stakeholders and sources of information, both internal and external
- Experience in programme environment with knowledge of accounting for long term contracts, including Estimate at Completion
- Capability to provide meaningful actionable insight, critical thinking and an ability to think differently about existing problems
- Excellent systems skills – SAP, COGNOS Enterprise Planning and Business Intelligence
- Ability to work under time pressure
- Creative and entrepreneurial, providing innovative solutions who can operate effectively under changing constraints
- Excellent presentational skills. Comfortable with data and detail, but having the ability to extract high level messages to support business decisions
- Self-Motivator with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider project team
- Drive to see projects through start up phases into implementation
- CIMA/ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
- Current holder of or eligibility to obtain MoD Secret (SC) level security clearance
- Previous experience in a business partnering role
- Defense Industry or similar large complex contracting environment experience would be strong advantage.
- Commercial/Business background, with demonstrable acumen
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