Finance Manger

Salary: £78,000 – £84,000 per year

A FMCG business based in Luton are looking for an Interim Finance Manger for a period of 6 months on a Fixed Term Contract basis.

A FMCG business based in Luton are looking for an Interim Finance Manger for a period of 6 months on a Fixed Term Contract basis.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery of the month end, forecast, budget and 3YP process
• Support the harmonisation of activities and processes within your area of finance to ensure a consistent function led approach. Working in close collaboration with FP&A and to ensure consistency and commonality across the regions
• Support the development of KPI and reporting packs (working with the FP&A team) to enable functional business partnering and monitor cost base performance
• Providing world class business partnering to the Director, COO and the FP&A finance team
• You’ll lead financial support and analysis for operations cost base
• Driving a culture of cost efficiency across all business areas within role remit
• Supporting and driving a culture of strong financial controls, compliance, and adherence to regulatory frameworks; ensuring adherence to governance mechanisms for investments and capital expenditure
• Promoting a culture of risk awareness, control focus, and ‘doing the right thing’
• Supporting specific adhoc project activities
• Providing direction to your team, developing their cultural awareness and understanding of company strategy
• Coach your team and drive high performance and personal development at all levels
• Deliver innovative and creative engagement solutions to create a cohesive and change ready community
• Accelerate a data driven and data led decision making approach and create the environment and culture to enable continuous improvement in the operations with a focus on value and efficiency
• As a people manager, you’ll be expected to champion and promote collaboration in person and virtually

Candidate Profile:

• Experience qualified accountant ACCA, CIMA, ACA
• European university degree in business administration or similar, preferably with a focus on finance or controlling, and several years of experience working in finance/controlling
• Some team leadership experience and experience in setting and achieving strategic objectives and in supporting colleagues across all functions
• High intellectual capacity
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to solve problems
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Ability to develop great working relationships internally and externally
• Able to produce and deliver high impact presentations of key performance information to all levels of the business and the ability to develop great working relationships internally and externally
• Strong financial modelling and analysis skills
• Excellent analytical, communication and influencing skills (both written and oral)
• Experience of working in a fast-paced, multi-channel consumer environment