Finance Manager

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.Job purposeAs the Finance Manager at Burberry, you’ll be overseeing the completion of finance and accounting tasks within the RTR Centre of Excellence, responsible for delivering high quality financial information, compliance and controls. By connecting with stakeholders across the business, you’ll understand commercial priorities and challenges faced to develop solutions, creating new or improving processes to achieve more efficient ways of working.Alongside this, you’ll manage and lead a brilliant team of Accountants and Senior Accountants in all aspects of the month end process, ensuring resource and skills are allocated effectively while encouraging professional development and a continuous improvement approach.This Finance Manager role is offered on a full time, permanent basis and will be based in our Queen Street, Leeds office for a minimum of 3 days per week.ResponsibilitiesManaging and leading a high performing team of Accountants and Senior Accountants, ensuring resource levels, capacity and skills are aligned with operational delivery of accounting processes and reporting requirementsEnsuring compliance with Burberry policies and SLAs, including operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reportingBuilding strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, anticipating and responding to needs to inform and develop mutually agreeable solutionsUnderstanding the wider business priorities and ways of working, using this to drive simplification, standardisation and automation to deliver more effective, efficient and robust ways of workingEffectively managing change by identifying opportunities aligned with Finance team and wider business objectives, facilitating implementation, monitoring and improving resultsEncouraging issue identification, implementing corrective and preventive action plans to resolve and mitigate problemsDeputising for the Senior Manager to lead discussions on a broader department level as neededQualificationsFully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with at least 1 year PQEExperience in a similar supervisory/management role in a large, corporate business, ideally within a Shared Service Centre environment with an international remitDemonstrable people management experience, across hiring, training and retaining finance talent. Can provide examples of effective leadership and getting the best out of people, including during demanding periodsTechnical, hands on accounting knowledge applying IFRS or local GAAPExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to influence and build effective relationships to drive collaborationTrack record and appetite for delivering continuous improvementFluent in English (both written and spoken) essentialBurberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.Seniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionAccounting/Auditing and Finance #J-18808-Ljbffr