Finance ManagerThe successful individual will be a qualified accountant possessing a strong technical background, ideally obtained from several years in practice, alongside direct industry experience. You will have already gained management experience in a large,plex organisation or be ready to take on a management role within a well-known financial services business. You will ensure that the month-end close processes are run in an efficient and effective manner, that the group timetable is met, and hold the outsourcing partner to account to meet their SLA’s and KPIs.
You will be responsible for line managing 2–4 accountants/assistant accountants and will also be jointly responsible for monitoring the efficiency of our offshore resources, which includes ensuring efficient use of all resources against the iing workload.
Key attributes
1. An ability to understand, challenge, improve and execute accounting processes.
2. Strong knowledge of IFRS accounting standards, and ability to apply them to monthly accounting processes.
3. Experience of managing an accounting function in a global organisation with experience of managing teams in shared services
4. Track record of leading, developing and motivating a functional team in line with the group values and standards
5. An effectivemunicator with the ability to adapt style to engage all layers of the organisation.
6. Expert understanding of emerging finance and technology trends across the globe andpetitor positioning
7. Experience using ERP (Oracle, SAP, Workday, other) experience with exposure to Lean / Six Sigma and proficient in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
8. Possessing an Accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
9. Location: Bristol (Hybrid)In this position, you’ll be based in the Bristol office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week.
Key Responsibilities
10. Review the month-end and period-end closing results and output as prepared by the outsource team.
11. Approve journal entries/allocations for special cases with high material values.
12. Review internal control and supportingpliance with accounting standards and control frameworks.
13. Support the Financial Control team to provide group external audit support.
14. Oversee the effective running of the applicable R2R and A2R teams in the shared service.
15. Manage the outsourced vendor relationship level and escalate where appropriate to the Global Head of Accounting.
16. Work with the offshore accounting lead on education and training for the outsourced operations team.
17. Ensure that work volumes and resources are matched in the most efficient manner (capacity planning)
18. Support the Global Head of Accounting in defining the strategy, service delivery standards, SLAs and oversee the work of the outsourced team.
19. Monitor the quality and timeliness of offshore work and provide feedback to offshore colleagues and the senior management team as part of ongoing quality improvement.
20. Act as point of contact and escalation to support requests, resolve conflicts and other issues raised by other finance and non-finance teams.
21. Manage risks and issues and ensure those are resolved or escalated on a timely basis.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please feel free to reach out to Charles Maidment from the Hays Bristol senior finance team. #4753957 - Charles Maidment