Finance Manager in Salford

Finance Manager

Our Kier Finance Shared Service Centre (FSSC) provides a high-quality service to our customers and is an exciting and engaging organisation to work for.  Our customers are at the heart of what we do, and we recruit people who are proactive self-motivated individuals, who care about what they do and who enjoy working individually and as part of a team.

The FSSC is an award-winning, forward-thinking organisation that operates fully agile ways of working. This will provide you with the option to work from home and/ or work from our Salford Quays office. Our tried and trusted ways of working support high service delivery standards, putting trust in our colleagues to deliver with a strong focus on digitalisation.

We're currently recruiting for a Record to Report (RTR) Finance Manager to join the FSSC. This role reports directly to the Head of Department, with a primary focus on delivering high quality financial and management reporting, ensuring the finance function operates in a robust control environment, across areas of Financial Accounting, Financial Systems and Master Data. The role will be responsible for 6 direct reports.

Location : Salford, Manchester with agile working available

Contract : Permanent and full-time

Responsibilities

As a Finance Manager, your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Support day-to-day provision of general accounting services to meet business needs
• Preparing timely completion of management & operational reports, using strong business knowledge and judgement and providing high level commentary.
• Lead the accurate and timely preparation of FSSC management accounts, providing meaningful commentary for informed decision-making by senior management
• Driving standardisation, continuous improvements and efficiency of process and controls
• Operating a robust control environment
• Day-to-day operations of the Finance Systems and Finance Master Data team
• Delivering functional projects to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Coordinate FSSC element of annual Kier Group audit process, liaising with auditors and stakeholders to ensure timely completion and compliance
• Development and maintenance of policies and procedures
• Troubleshoot daily operational issues and work closely with our stakeholders
• Direct line management of 2 Senior Finance Assistants and 4 Finance Assistants
• Oversee induction, training, professional development, and appraisal of finance staff, ensuring effective deployment within the team.
• Managing escalations and deputising for Head of RTR Department.

What are we looking for?

This role of Finance Manager is great for you if you have:

• Proven background in management of general accounting team and experience of delivering process improvement agenda.
• Degree, either qualified accountant or qualified by experience with experience in an operational finance role with exposure to issues of similar complexity.
• Ability to develop, motivate and lead a diverse and inclusive team.
• Strong knowledge of current regulations including IFRS / UK GAAP / Companies Acts etc.
• Strong knowledge of core financial systems and general accounting procedures.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (particularly MS Excel)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with presentation experience
• In-depth knowledge of ERP software (Oracle in particular)

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for use. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

You can see our D&I action plan here .

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