Job Description

This will include:-

* Support of Sector and Group reporting on behalf of the Business Unit including monthly accounts, budgets (including consolidation), forecasts and strategic plans.
* Support Business model development and review - for all aspects of reporting and forecasting, including variance analysis
* Management accounting transactions for the BU as required including maintenance and updating of the Management Accounts system/process and BPC reporting system, order book, working capital, contract reporting.
* Short Term Cashflow process support
* Liaising with the UKA finance team in Group reporting matters, including additional reporting requirements for half year and year end periods.
* The provision of statutory reporting e.g. tax packs, group submissions and national statistics returns for relevant legal entities.
* Interfacing with external auditors, including supporting deliverables and other ad hoc audit requirements
* Provide system administration e.g. the maintenance of the ERP structure, management of the chart of accounts and coding structure, management of period and year end closure.
* Providing support to the Reporting Finance Manager - Onshore in all ad hoc analysis requests (including providing input into technical accounting papers as and when required).

Security Criteria to be achieved:

* Security clearances as contracts demand
* Annual Credit Check

Key outputs/deliverables will be:

* Month-end financial transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial reporting
* Support of BU management accounts to UKA on a monthly basis including income statements, balance sheets, working capital, cash management and order book
* Preparation and consolidation of BU monthly accounts and budgets
* Support consolidation and presentation of BU results including relevant contract financial results, variance analysis
* Support delivery of BU monthly reporting packs, strategic plan financials, budgets and forecasts
* Support Weekly STC production of forecast, submission and co-ordination of cash target actions
* Adherence to all reporting timetables for monthly actuals, budget and forecast submissions
* Ensuring compliance with Group Finance policies and procedures (including initial review and challenge of internal audit questionnaires as completed by the BU's)
* Ad-hoc BU reporting, including responding to Sector and Group on urgent technical queries arising in respect of BU submissions.
* Ensuring the completeness of response to the external auditors in respect of audit deliverables
* Input to half-year and year end audit packs, tax packs and other Sector and Group reporting requirements.
* Full understanding of ERP structure and implications of changes implemented
* Identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of the services provided ensuring engagement with individuals who can validate and progress those opportunities.

Main Accountabilities:
* BU financial transactions for accurate and complete reporting
* Support the provision of up to date ERP system representing current business and contract structures
* Support the control of ERP master data structures
* Production/processing of accounting inputs to the management accounts, budgets and forecasts, including liaison with Business Unit finance stakeholders.
* Production of ad-hoc BU reporting
* Short term cashflow production and cash target management
* Support the Finance Reporting Manager relationship with the external auditors and ensure timely fulfilment of deliverables requests during the half-year and full year audit processes, as well as additional audit deliverables during the local statutory accounts process and presentations for the Business Unit Finance Director and subsequent submission to Group.
* Production of order book reports to support all analysis, pipeline, bids and aging of existing book.
* Support of year end audit packs, tax packs and other Group reporting requirements.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

* Part qualified in a professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, ACMA) or AAT with a view to become fully qualified * Experience of audit processes * Understanding of technical accounting, including IFRS and UK GAAP * Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review. * Ability to ensure deadlines and targets are achieved or surpassed. * Ability to maintain knowledge of industry and regulatory standards in respect to Financial Reporting.* Extensive experience in the use of Microsoft Office 2010 suite of applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Access and Outlook. * Experience of Finance IT applications (e.g. SAP) * Effective matrix management of the customers of the service and the other functional units within the Finance team.