Finance Manager

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 per year

**** Finance Manager – Mansfield – ASAP start – Permanent role – £40k – £50k (depending on experience) **** 

Our client are a forward thinking and nationally renowned Security and Communications Company who are NSI Gold and BAFE accredited. They specialise in the design, installation, service and maintenance of integrated security systems and manufacture specialist equipment. They work with a wide range of public and private sector businesses and have achieved a reputation for quality, care and reliability which is second to none. 

Their absolute ambition is to provide and maintain a premium service in the industry with staff wellbeing, safety and environmental considerations at the forefront of our services. Their strategy is to achieve a premium service and a commitment to employees, customers and all stakeholders. They provide an environment of quality and care helping employees engage with our customers, putting them at the heart of what we do.

The Finance Manager (FP and A Reporting) will join our Client at a key stage in its growth journey. Having secured PE investment and external financing in 2021, our client has enjoyed 20%+ year on year revenue growth with a strong order book and sales pipeline. The recently appointed CFO (July ’22) has identified the requirement for a new Finance Manager role to take-on and develop the reporting and forecasting of MI and financial information with the goal of promoting commercially focussed decision making across the business, driving, and optimising profitability and cashflow.

Role Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain weekly and monthly reporting timetables supporting the provision of timely, accurate and commercially informative reporting
• Take on existing, and further develop value/add financial and MI reporting in response to the growing needs of the business and to serve key stakeholders in the business to inform and aid the decision-making process
• To own the annual budgeting process including the budget models, coordination of inputs by the business owners and production of the budget presentation for the Board and Investors
• To maintain a regular reforecasting timetable, coordinating stakeholders and partnering the business units to understand the key drivers of performance and ensure visibility of key risks and opportunities to the Leadership Team
• To own and develop forecasting models improving their speed and accuracy and identifying the commercially relevant variables
• Provide value/add commentary on variance analysis and partner key stakeholders to ensure they understand the impact of their plans and initiatives on the delivery of the budget and business objectives
• Assess the existing software systems and identify opportunities to improve functionality and work with software partners to design and implement improvements
• Working with 3rd party suppliers to develop Power BI reporting and leverage the benefits of the platform as a source of MI that can be accessed by key stakeholders to aid the decision-making process

Key Experience and Qualifications required:

• CIMA or ACA qualified with post-qualified experience and the ability to demonstrate knowledge of FP and A and reporting

Qualities required:

• Strong attention to detail and ability to produce financial reports to strict timetables
• Highly competent in analysing financial information and MI
• Ability to work under pressure and effectively prioritise tasks
• Ability to produce financial reports with visual aids and present in a clear and concise manner
• Articulate in verbal and written communication and ability to build relationships with colleagues across the various departments and divisions of the business
• The ability to derive useful insight from MI/financial information, formulating an understand of problems, developing creative solutions and following through to implementation
• A team player that upholds the company values and maintains the high level of standards set out in the client’s Premium Service Strategy

Our client is offering the following package:

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 depending on experience

Working Hours: Monday – Friday 8.00am – 5.00pm

Benefit package: : Annual Cost of living increase, Cultural Awards, Pension Scheme, Life and Accident Insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Cycle to Work, 25 days holiday increasing to 27 days plus bank holidays, Birthday holiday, Employee Assistance Program

If you are interested in the above role and wish to discuss further, please get in contact.

**** Finance Manager – Mansfield – ASAP start – Permanent role – £40k – £50k (depending on experience) ****