Job Description

The Financial management will support the Director of Financial Management as well as relevant Project managers in the oversight of project financial reporting and financial system administration. Using strong communications skills and analytical analysis, the Manager, Financial Management will develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues, partners, and clients.
The Financial Management will also be responsible for assisting in the review of project finance and accounts, budgets for accuracy, creating budget narratives, researching cost information, and responding to financial requests as needed. The role is not limited to the below responsibilities where tasks might change according to business needs. The primary responsibilities of the Financial Management, will be:

• Building understanding of projects through extensive business partnering
• Liaising with Pricing & Value Analytics team
• Ensuring Profit and Loss, balance sheet and headcount plans are accurately recorded in the system
• Providing analysis and detailed explanations around actual and forecast project profits
• Managing month end reporting schedules, communicating, and controlling deadlines
• Analyzing and explaining unbilled revenues and unpaid invoices
• Working alongside the Director, Financial Management to improvement processes and procedures throughout the EMEA region
• Ensuring compliance with the Accounting Standards and other applicable regulations
• Provision of information to auditors as required
• Establishing budget baseline and performing statistical trend analysis
• Oversight of all elements of forecasting, planning, and reporting. Assisting the Director, Financial Management with other ad hoc assignments, as required
• Production of external client reporting
• The role reports to the Director of Financial Management or his/her designee. Reporting requirements include:
• Attendance at team meetings as required
• Regular updates with your line manager
• Monthly submission of assigned reports
• A monthly update on the status of your KRAs, as well as any other important areas of concern
• The role will be required to support the Director, Financial Management
• The position requires strong communication and a hand on approach

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or related field preferred.
  ACCA / CIMA / equivalent with a minimum of 3 years’ experience
• Experience in project accounting and revenue recognition preferred
• Strong IFRS knowledge
• Highly skilled at using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Excellent communicator with the ability to build collaborative working relationships with individuals across multiple disciplines
• High standard of written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of project costing and revenue recognition
• Experience of managing people
• Previous experience of building cross functional relationships
• The ability to pursue, adapt, and lead change, and demonstrate flexibility in response to changing business environments
• The ability to see the bigger picture and affect business drivers through decisions and actions, and the ability to contribute to the long-term profitability and growth of the organization
• Developing and using collaborative relationships
• Ownership of learning and striving to develop own knowledge and capabilities to support the organization’s success
• The ability to see how an individual fits into Palladium, impact of individual actions on bottom line and effectively manage resources