Financial Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Partnering with the Leadership Team and their reports to support the future strategic direction of the Function to identify financial and commercial risks and potential mitigations
- Creation and promotion of robust business cases to support future technology driven transformation initiatives
- Owning, reviewing and continuing to update the business cases at key intervals of the programmers
- Construction and presentation of monthly budget and forecasts for current and future years
- Construction of detailed monthly budget/forecasts by line item, liaising with project and cost center work stream leads, for current and future years
- Providing financial insight to enable informed decision making by the Functional Leadership and influencing business focused outcomes
- Completion of month end and subsequent delivery of high-quality monthly management accounts and reporting, including headcount reporting, variance analysis and appropriate commentary
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Fully qualified accountant with significant experience in a large, international company
- Previous experience of working with a Technology team and driving a Technology transformation agenda
- Ability to influence and advise the Leadership Team on financial and commercial matters
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex concepts, risks and strategies to senior management and other stakeholders in business terms
- Working understanding of accounting and financial reporting guidance applicable to the information and technology environment
- Strong Cost control experience and ability to drive accountability
- Financial investment business case experience
- Organized, able to priorities and meet tight deadlines with a strong ability to self-manage
- Excellent commercial and business awareness
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