Job Description

The Finance Practice Manager is responsible for leading the provision of full project-based management accounting services across a specific practice area, including financial planning and analysis and budgeting support reflecting the organizations’ values and objectives. They provide customer focused financial partnering to meet the organizations current requirements & planned future developments. The role sits in the Project Finance team within the wider Finance Department.

They are responsible for supporting an entire practice and all the projects within it, generally around 50 projects with a revenue value of circa £20m. They will directly support circa 10 projects and will line manage a small team supporting the remainder of the projects across the practice area.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or qualified by experience.
• Significant post-qualification experience in a relevant environment
• A depth of management accounting experience including budgeting & forecasting
• Experience of managing a small team, including managing for performance, being accountable, approachable and supportive in approach
• Significant experience of delivering proactive financial business partnering or Financial Planning & Analysis experience with a strong business partnering focus
• Strong Stakeholder Management; able to influence stakeholders at all levels across multi levels including senior management
• Successfully supported budget holders in understanding and creating business cases, and understanding what is required for good decision making
• Intermediate to Advanced level Excel capability with sound generalist IT capability (experience with Dynamics beneficial)
• Ability to understand high volumes of complex financial information
• Good communicator, adept at communicating technical/financial accounting information to those with non-technical/financial background
• Experience of developing financial models to enable strategic and commercial decision making