Cost Finance Manager

My client, an established banking organisation in the City, is looking to recruit a Cost Finance Business Partner to support and enhance its central cost management reporting function across multiple business lines on a permanent basis.

Working within a newly established Central Finance team, your key accountabilities will include:

· Delivering insightful and value-add cost MI to the senior cost management leads
· Performing interrogation of monthly cost allocations across multiple categories and ensuring correct recharging
· Reporting on direct and indirect costs, analysing variances and communicating cost performance to key stakeholders
· Maintaining vigorous cost reporting processes and scoping out improvements in controls where necessary
· Assisting with the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting process; conducting evaluations of management information quality
· Supporting the wider Central Finance team in any ad hoc reporting requirements as necessary, as well as driving forward new processes and procedures surrounding cost management

Key requirements:

· A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
· Significant experience in a cost management role within financial services or industry, with a solid track record of investigating variances and delivering high level MI
· Excellent senior stakeholder and relationship management skills
· Advanced Excel and robust knowledge of other finance systems
· Ability to influence and challenge

Should you have the necessary skill set and background as described please do not hesitate to apply to avoid any disappointment.

Hays Financial Markets is a stand-alone entity within Hays Plc, focussed exclusively on supplying the best talent in the market to FCA regulated client base within London, operating across 17 boutique internal businesses.

We have over 140 expert consultants operating across these businesses who are individually aligned to vertical market sectors and specialised in their focus towards these client groups; such as Investment Banking, Retail Banking, Investment Management and Brokerage.

To find out more information on the above role or for a confidential discussion on the market please contact Irene Tsang on 020 3465 0106

January 14, 2015 • Tags:  • Posted in: Financial

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