Senior Financial Manager

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom High Speed Two (HS2) Full time
Job Title: Academic Accounting

High Speed Two (HS2) is seeking a highly skilled Academic Accounting professional to join our team. As a key member of our Finance function, you will play a critical role in supporting the preparation and publication of the Annual Report and Accounts and the quarterly reports for consolidation in the DfT group.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Financial Reporting: Define, implement, and monitor technical accounting policies, operational procedures, and performance measures necessary to maintain the integrity of financial data and make high-quality financial information available to key stakeholders in line with agreed monthly reporting cycle.
  • Financial Systems Management: Manage and lead on assigned areas of the financial systems and records to ensure they are up to date; promote compliance with financial standards procedures and policies and develop effective financial controls to assure quality and accuracy of financial information held in HS2 Ltd's corporate systems.
  • Financial Process Improvement: Contribute to the transformation of HS2 Ltd by streamlining its financial processes and taking the lead to define and implement systems and process improvements which enhance business efficiency.
  • Financial Expertise: Contribute financial expertise to the development of HS2 Ltd's strategic financial systems which will operate within a network of integrated corporate systems and deliver reliable financial information for budget management and decision-making purposes.
  • Financial Advisory: Build effective working relationships across the organisation to provide a trusted financial advisory service, interpreting financial issues and information for decision makers and securing non-financial information to meet HS2 Ltd's reporting needs.
  • Financial Training: Share professional expertise with financial colleagues and non-financial managers to enable them to become effective financial managers.
  • Business Support: Support business teams in procuring the financial information they need and produce tailored financial reports to meet their business needs.
  • Corporate Governance: Support the corporate governance arrangements as they relate to Finance, including the drafting of reports and information for the Audit Committee.
  • Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

Requirements:

  • IT skills with recent and up-to-date experience of ERP systems, ability to use Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint to an advanced level.
  • Ability to produce and present documents and reports to a variety of audiences and ability to explain financial matters to non-financial audiences.
  • Ability to organise financial and other information to present clear results and maintain a clear audit trail.
  • Qualified financial accountant, with a recognised body.
  • Understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and technical accounting matters, with knowledge of how to interpret, apply, and communicate complex financial issues to both financial and non-financial colleagues.
  • Experience working within a Finance function.
  • Commercial awareness outside of the immediate Finance function.

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