Finance Lead
7 days ago
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Financial Control: Guarantee that the Business Unit as a whole follows business policies and procedures. Review, manage, and enhance cash flow, margins, and reporting on a regular basis. Create benchmarking procedures and goals to question the financial data.
- In accordance with the monthly business schedule, create accurate Business Unit reports that include comprehensive Project Profitability reporting, balance sheet extracts and reconciliations, and a thorough Profit & Loss account with analysis and comments. Forecasts of profits and losses as well as yearly plans. ad hoc reporting in response to divisional management or business unit requests. Examine the P&L results and challenges for the Contract and Business Units.
- Lead and Develop Contract Support/Contract Support Team: Hire, train, lead, inspire, and grow the team. Take part in formal evaluations and make sure succession and personal development plans are in place. · Business Relationships: Formal Contract and Business Unit evaluations are conducted every month. Monthly site visits with an emphasis on underperforming contracts will guarantee the use of best practices, communication, and comprehension of important business messaging.
- Added Value: Lead and guide the Business Unit with financial and contract support. This will entail knowledge sharing, skill application, and personal attitude. Utilise your specialised knowledge and expertise to influence performance standards by offering insight. Manage employees both directly and indirectly to put improvements into practice, promote change, and enhance standards. Serve as the Business Unit Director's expert partner, offering guidance and challenging top management on performance.
- Contract and finance management: Establish and cultivate high-level connections with clients, central finance teams, business and account leaders, and outside organisations (such as auditors). Continuously enhance efficiency, quality, and service. Make sure contract financial and contract support employees are kept up to date on operational goals and accomplishments by maintaining regular communication with them. Determine, evaluate, and address possible business risks in addition to opportunities and fixes to improve company performance.
Selection Criteria:
- The successful person should be actively studying a recognized CCAB accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA or ACCA) with relevant PQE gained in a similar environment.
- A degree such as Math's, Economics or Finance an advantage but not essential.
- Strong management accounting and analytical skills are essential.
- The person should have the skills to manage and develop the contract support team.
- This role requires a person, who has a strong customer focus, promotes team spirit, boosts morale and who subscribes to the Company ethos of continual improvement.
- It is likely to suit an individual who is self motivated, reliable, and professional. They should be able to exercise an attention to detail which will be paramount to delivering the required job performance levels.
- Strong communication skills
- Competent working knowledge of Microsoft packages (e., Excel, Word).
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