Finance Manager

A Finance Shared Service function in Hull is on the lookout for a Finance Manager to lead, manage, and support activity to produce all management accounting related activities for the business.

The role of the Finance Manager is to lead, manage, and support activity to produce all management accounting related activities for the business (e.g. P&L, Balance sheet, CAPEX, recs etc).

You will be responsible for managing a team of accounting professionals, driving engagement, delivering process excellence, and strong stakeholder management.

A key focus for this role is to ensure the production of timely, relevant, and accurate monthly reporting, financial information, statutory accounting, strong controls, process standardization, and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will be an experienced qualified accountant with the objective of leading a team of at least five or more team members, providing accurate, timely, relevant, and reliable financial information, variance analysis, commentary etc to internal customers and stakeholders to enable critical forward-looking business decisions to be taken.

Accountabilities

• Lead a team to produce month-end results within the deadlines including revenue recognition, accurate cost allocation, capex, and maintenance spend.
• Lead and manage interim and year-end audit.
• Provide and play a key role in continuous improvement initiatives and projects collaborating with other teams across the shared service function and wider business to inspire change, standardization, and end-to-end thinking and processes.
• Lead overall planning, resource allocation, and delivery of Statutory Accounting at half-year and full-year and subsequent support/queries working with Group Finance and external auditors.
• Review and ensure accurate Tax reporting e.g. monthly VAT returns, CSL/CSR returns.
• Review and ensure timely production of regional management account reports including completion of Monthly Board reports, Quarterly business reporting, analysis, and meaningful commentary, challenge and question where needed.
• Ensure team fully participates in monthly review meetings with Finance Business Partners and each business area reviewing results, Capex spend, project status/updates, and related actions.
• Responsible overall for all capital-related processes e.g. depreciation, cost allocation, disposals, capitalizing assets, spend reviews, and reporting.
• Lead, manage, coach, and develop the team, providing timely and relevant feedback and supporting those studying for their professional accountancy qualification are given opportunities to expand experience to support their studies where possible.

• Qualified accountant with experience of leading, motivating, and managing a team.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to drive and lead change initiatives.
• Skills in planning and organizing, decision making, negotiation, and time management.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to forge strong working relationships with a diverse set of colleagues.
• 5+ years accounting experience, at least 2 years in a senior accounting management role and relevant exposure to the management and statutory reporting functions.
• Good understanding of respective end-to-end Finance processes.
• Detailed understanding of accounting (processes and GAAP).
• Experience of crafting and implementing process improvements and leading departmental change.

• Experience of working in a shared service centre.
• Good understanding of SAP or an equivalent Financial Application package.
• Experience of working in a service culture environment.

• Salary up to £65,000 per annum.
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays).
• Private healthcare.
• Annual bonus.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Enhanced pension.
• Plus lots of discount offers.

This is a hybrid role based at our office in Hull. There will be the occasional requirement to travel to other parts across the UK.

For more information on the opportunity or for a full job description, please speak to Becki at Westmoore Recruitment.

Westmoore Recruitment are proud to be working exclusively with the employer and are acting in the capacity of an Employment agency for this permanent recruitment.