Senior Finance Manager

time left to apply End Date: April 30, 2025 (29 days left to apply)

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Heidelberg Materials UK (formerly Hanson UK) is one of the UK's largest suppliers of construction materials, employing over 4,000 people and operating around 300 manufacturing sites in the UK.
We are committed to building a more sustainable future and recognise that a diverse workforce is key to our growth and development. We aim to foster a culture that values openness, transparency and individual achievement.
At the centre of our actions lies the responsibility for the environment. As the front runner on the path to carbon neutrality and circular economy in the building materials industry, we are working on sustainable building materials and solutions for the future. We enable new opportunities for our customers through digitalisation.

Are you a finance professional with a sharp eye for detail and a passion for driving cost-effective solutions? We're looking for a Senior Finance Manager to take charge of reviewing and critiquing major capital expenditure requests, ensuring best practices and smart financial decisions across the region. The role will have primary responsibility for providing operational and commercial support and challenging the HMUK Marine business, as well as maintaining the relevant processes and accounting to monitor the performance of the business and comply with Company policy and accounting standards.

Key accountabilities

• Work closely with the senior officers in HMUK Marine and the wider business when required
• Support the delivery of performance for HMUK Marine
• Manage, develop and challenge the business in appropriate planning and forecasting processes to provide national business line and HMUK Marine management with relevant and reliable forward looking business information
• Ensure the provision of accurate, relevant and timely financial and management information to support HMUK Marine management and National Business Line management
• Deliver appropriate business and financial analysis to enable business line and regional management to identify and effectively manage issues
• Review and critique major capital expenditure requests; challenging the region to ensure best practice and most cost-effective solution
• Provide ad hoc support to the Aggregates Business Line Business Partner
• Provide ad hoc project management and business development finance support to the Marine business
• Proactively develop and deliver an enhanced control environment and a continuous improvement of reporting mechanisms within the business
• Oversee production of monthly accounts in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring accounting policies, controls and systems conform to Company policy and to current accounting standards, and operate efficiently and effectively.
• Direct report - Two (Purchase Ledger Clerk and Cashier)
• Indirect reports - None

Job requirements

• Experience
  • Significant finance experience in a medium to large sized organisation
  • Commercial and strategic business acumen
  • Up-to-date knowledge of technical accounting and financial reporting guidelines
  • Experience / Exposure to Navision preferable

• Team working/Management Skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
  • Interpersonal & communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise and organise multiple competing responsibilities
  • Attention to detail and process efficiency
  • Ability to take clear and quick decisions, even if they prove to be unpopular
  • Fast and consistent implementation of decisions
  • Ability to manage regional relationships across a large geographical spread
  • Demonstrate drive and initiative
  • Demonstrate openness to change, flexibility and adaptability

Education/Qualification

• University degree or NVQ Equivalent
• Professional accounting qualification, ACA, ACCA or CIMA with demonstrable post-qualification experience

What's on Offer:

Salary £64,000 - £68,500 plus bonus

Location Southampton

Hours 39.5

• Employer of choice : Armed Forces Covenant (Silver) / Disability Confident Committed / 5% Club (Platinum) / Mates in Mind / Clear Assured (Foundation) / The Mineral Products and Qualification Council (MPQC) / STEM Ambassador

• Compensation Package : Bonus incentives / Generous Pension Schemes / Life Assurance

• Work Life Balance : 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) / Agile working / Flexible working / Holiday purchase / Sabbatical

• Family Friendly : Enhanced policies such as Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave / Neonatal / Adoption/IVF/Menopause

• Social Value : paid Volunteering Day every year / Communities (LGBTQ+, Network of Woman, Woman in Science and Engineering (STEM), Armed Forces)

At Heidelberg Materials UK (previously known as Hanson UK) we strive to create an inclusive and respectful workplace where every individual can bring their unique skills and background to contribute to the success of our business.