Finance Reporting Manager
Our client, a well-known and successful, business based in Wymondham, Norfolk, seek an experienced Finance Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded recently qualified Accountant to join a growing business in a role that offers clear progression opportunities.
Purpose of the role
The Finance Reporting Manager has a key role in completing and improving all divisional reporting, trading decks, and ad hoc presentations for the Managing Director and Finance Director. In order to do this, the successful candidate will work closely with the rest of the Finance team to co-ordinate all reporting required. The candidate will use their technical and interpersonal skills to ensure that key governance processes and frameworks are adhered to and, if necessary, adapted to ensure they are fit for purpose.
Delivery of business critical historic and forward looking management information, to aid inward and outward understanding of performance drivers and trends, will be vital to provide confidence to the business and to highlight opportunities for improvement.
Proactive research into the entire divisional services and commercial drivers will be required to ensure successful articulation of reports to support the business.
Specific area of responsibility
Reporting Accounting
- Insightful commentary’s provided around results and trends.
- Drive improvements in reporting and champion improvements to customer profitability
- Co-ordinating and reporting balance sheet, month end numbers, budgets and forecasts
- Ensure that MI relevant to the effective operation of the division is available, disseminated and acted upon
- Managing the provision and payment of bonus in line with company policy
Budgeting Forecasting
- Reporting of all divisional budgets and forecasts
- Completion of central and new business budgets
Commercial Responsibilities
- Utilizing systems, commercial and financial acumen to identify areas of improvement within the business
- Supporting colleagues within Finance team to assist completion of reporting / analysis activities
- Completion of financial modelling / commercial analysis to assist in decision making for contract renewals
Business Challenge
- Identify opportunities for the enhancement of profitability through an intimate knowledge of business operations and understanding of profit and cost drivers
- Support the business by providing high quality, relevant Management information, requiring detailed understanding of the reporting environments on site, and benchmarking to best practice
Person Specification
Essential Skills
- A qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent)
- Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills, with a strong command of other Microsoft Office applications, are essential
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with an ability to clearly and concisely provide relevant financial information to the business
- Strong organisational skills, to ensure submission of reports on time
Personal Attributes
- Highly commercial with a real drive to gain an understanding of the business
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels across the business functions.
- Confident in influencing senior management/directors and wider stakeholders in financial management.
- Organised and proactive, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team and the strength of character to immediately impact upon the business and ensure continuity of the service provided
- Highly numerate with strong analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver high quality work, often to tough deadlines
- Ability to work in a fast environment where priorities are constantly changing
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