Senior Finance Manager

Required Skills

• Experience of positively influencing business performance by using data, commentary, and analysis to inform decision making.
• A true customer champion, with an unrivalled ability to truly transform customer experience, demonstrating real customer empathy in everything they do
• Strategic thinker with proven experience driving daily concepts to deliver longer term vision with the ability to cut through barriers to bring real clarity and focus to delivering for our customers
• Pragmatic team player, adept at holding others to account through a challenging and supportive style, whilst consistently delivering on their own commitments
• Drives judicious use of resources to maximise productivity and drive cost efficiency
• A background in financial planning, reporting, analysis, consolidations, and systems
• An ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects, working to tight deadlines
• Experience of mitigating risks, implanting best practice, and following strict governance procedures
• Ability to effectively communicate financial performance and/or impact to operational colleagues – embed financial understanding within the business
• Focus on getting it right first time and providing a great service to first line of operations
• Encourage automation and continuous improvement where appropriate
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (role is very data heavy so is essential), plus strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills
• Ability to work with large amounts of complex data and distil a simple clear message from this
• Demonstrate a strong business and commercial acumen required to manage significant spend
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently

Skill Group & Levels

• Transform Commercial Awareness: Full
• Cost Transformation: Full
• Change Management: Intermediate
• Insight Risk Management: Intermediate
• Innovation: Full
• Impact Influencing: Intermediate
• Stakeholder Management: Full
• Core Data Management and Analysis: Full
• Business Case Development: Intermediate
• Budgeting and Cost Management: Full

Qualifications / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Fully qualified accountant / Further qualification to support specialism with significant PQE (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, IIA, CISA, ACT, CTA, MCT, IR Society Certificate or equivalent)
• Experience of positively influencing business performance by using data, commentary, and analysis to inform decision making.
• Experience required of budget management, planning & forecasting and financial business partnering
• Strong excel modelling skills
• Translating complex financial outcomes to financial and non-financial stakeholders

Leadership Behaviours

• Customer champion
• Bold decision maker
• Solution-focused achiever
• Team coach
• Inspiring communicator
• Change agent
• Collaborative partner
• Commercial thinker

ERP Tools Experience

Experience with ERP tools such as SAP and Excel experience is an advantage.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

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