Accounts and Finance Manager

Skill Farm Members are invited to apply for the following role:

Responsibilities:

Act as a trusted advisor and Business Partner providing support and challenge to their business area to help manage the value of their organisation.

Support with annual budgets, full year forecasts, mid to long-term plans and targets with the business and drive the business to deliver them.

Provide advice and consultancy in the development and validation of business cases to support the proposal to invest in new ventures, capital expenditure and large / long-term commercial agreements.

Ensure business performance is monitored on a periodic basis through relevant reports, KPIs and meetings (e.g., MFR/MBR), including the identification and delegation of actions across the business to improve future business performance.

Ensure that an appropriate financial control environment exists in the business to protect the shareholder's interest.

Ensure the Corporate Governance Manuals are followed across the entities.

Lead the development of the finance teams (regardless of reporting line) within the defined business portfolio to ensure a high performing Finance team.

Skills & Qualifications:

Degree plus, relevant professional qualifications i.e., MBA or Qualified Accountant.

Minimum 8+ Years of experience in Finance & Insurance or Finance Management.

Experience in a similar capacity within a Finance department, supporting businesses in large, multinational organisations.

Proven history of delivering real value add FP&A support to a business.

Experience providing FP&A support through a period of significant business change and in a dynamic and challenging business environment.

The ability to work with the business and a range of stakeholders providing solid advice and building partnerships.

The ability to identify the right data to be translated into powerful stories through PowerBI.

High proficiency in MS Excel. (e.g., formulas, pivot tables, tables, and graph production) as well as PowerBI and MS PowerPoint.