Senior Financial Manager

4 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Hays Senior Finance Full time

Job Overview


Hays Senior Finance is seeking an experienced Interim Finance Manager/Management Accountant to join their dynamic team in Leeds. This role is pivotal in ensuring the financial health and compliance of a key division of the organisation.


About the Role


The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing 5-year financial plans, quarterly forecasts, monthly reports, and annual/ad-hoc returns, ensuring adherence to university deadlines. They will also oversee income and expenditure against plans/forecasts for all account types, investigate variances, and communicate findings to senior managers and the Finance Business Partner.


In addition, they will ensure compliance with university financial regulations, policies, and procedures. Maintain financial authorisations and policies to ensure audit compliance. The ideal candidate will have recent relevant experience in a large, cross-functional environment, using complex accounting and financial reporting systems.


Responsibilities



  • Financial Planning & Reporting: Prepare 5-year financial plans, quarterly forecasts, monthly reports, and annual/ad-hoc returns, ensuring adherence to university deadlines.
  • Income & Expenditure Monitoring: Oversee income and expenditure against plans/forecasts for all account types, investigate variances, and communicate findings to senior managers and the Finance Business Partner.
  • Compliance & Audit: Ensure compliance with university financial regulations, policies, and procedures. Maintain financial authorisations and policies to ensure audit compliance.
  • Financial Advisory: Act as the professional point of contact in RIS for financial advice and support, including ad-hoc reports and costings.
  • Management Information: Communicate timely and accurate management information to budget holders and develop reporting to enhance management information for budget holders and management teams.
  • Account Management: Ensure various account types are correctly set up, managed, and transacted, liaising with financial accounting for assurance where necessary.
  • Funding Management: Work with business leads to understand requirements associated with various funding types, ensuring correct management and compliance with external reporting criteria.
  • Support Initiatives: Assist the senior team in initiatives such as business case development.

About You


We are looking for a proactive and experienced finance professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with various stakeholders and presenting financial information to non-specialists. If you have a CCAB recognised professional accountant qualification (part or full) - ICAEW, ICAS, ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA, we want to hear from you.


Salary


£45,000 per annum + £1-2k bonus, plus 42 days' leave.


Hays Senior Finance


Hays Senior Finance is a leading recruitment agency specialising in finance professionals. We work with talented individuals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact. Our team has strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. We have specialist recruitment teams in various areas, including corporate governance, credit control, part-qualified accountants, payroll, public practice accounting, public services accounting, senior finance – qualified, support, ledgers & bookkeeping, tax & treasury.



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