Job Description

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, the Senior Finance Manager (Costs) will play a key role in the Commercial Finance team, as the key finance business partner to the Property, Facilities and Technology functions. Responsibilities include leading a team through preparation of monthly management accounts, forecasting and budgeting, providing insight to key stakeholders, identifying cost efficiencies and being the finance lead on key strategic projects.

You will:

• Lead and develop a team of 3
• Play a leading role in the preparation of the monthly management accounts and presentation to the Finance Leadership Team
• Oversee month end process and financial controls / reconciliations for Property, Facilities and Technology costs
• Develop and continuously improve reporting of results and forecasting to ensure effective performance management
• Lead the forecast and budgeting process for your responsibility areas
• Challenge business partners to identifying efficiencies and demonstrate effective cost management
• Present key themes / topics at Business Partner meetings to ensure operators have sound knowledge of financial metrics and processes.
• Be the finance lead on key internal strategic projects
• Respond to queries from regional managers, general managers and Executive Committee members in relation to monthly reporting
• Support the group reporting team through the external audit process
• Support the F,P&A team through the forecasting and budgeting cycle

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 3+ years post qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) accounting experience
• Technically strong with exceptional business partner and stakeholder management skills
• Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving skills; able to collaborate across the business and implement solutions to help other members of the business achieve their goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to challenge established thinking and achieve consensus
• Ability to plan, priorities and manage workload in a fast-paced environment
• Resilience, demonstrating flexibility in approach; a fast thinker with a desire to get the job done
• Self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Challenging mindset, using training and experience to identify the need for change/improvement
• Experience working in industry for a fast-paced, growth business
• Understanding working with Power BI and Workday Financials
• Experience business partnering internal functions