Finance Manager
Employer Location Hook, Hampshire (GB) Salary £80,000 - £90,000 per annum + benefits Closing date 13 Mar 2026 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
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Finance Manager
Hybrid – X3 days onsite at our Hook office, RG27 9UY
Full Time, Permanent
Band 2 / £80,000 - £90,000 (dependent on experience)
Join Serco’s Finance Transformation and help build the engine of growth
Serco is transforming Finance to support its future growth, creating a UK-led Global Finance Services (GFS) Hub at the heart of the organisation. This hub is designed to be a true engine of growth - delivering accurate, timely and well-controlled financial information while driving standardisation, efficiency and continuous improvement across the business.
This is an exciting opportunity to join that transformation in a key leadership role, owning the end-to-end Record-to-Report (R2R) process for the UK Division and helping shape how Finance operates across a complex, contract-led organisation.
The role
As Finance Manager, you’ll be responsible for delivering accurate, timely and controlled financial results across Serco’s UK business, which spans contracts across five business units and generates annual revenues of approximately £
Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you’ll lead a mixed onshore and offshore team of Financial Accountants, overseeing month-end close, balance sheet integrity, and high-quality financial reporting. You’ll play a critical role in supporting accurate A2R delivery and while continuously improving Finance processes and ways of working within the GFS Hub.
As part of the expansion of Serco’s Global Finance Services (GFS) Hub, we are hiring multiple Finance Managers to lead key areas within the end-to-end Record-to-Report (R2R) process. These roles will span the following specialist areas:
1. Procured Services
2. Employee Costs
3. Intercompany & Recharges
4. Revenue & Billing
Each role will own delivery of accurate, timely and well-controlled financial accounting within its specialist area, while working to common standards and ways of working across the Finance Hub. While the technical focus may differ, all roles share the same core purpose: leading teams, strengthening controls, driving continuous improvement and supporting high-quality financial insight across Serco’s UK business.
As part of this you’ll:
5. Lead, coach and develop a team of onshore Financial Accountants and offshore BPO resources
6. Own and deliver an effective, efficient month-end close across assigned cost and revenue streams
7. Review and approve material accounting adjustments, ensuring accuracy and control
8. Support Senior Finance Managers in understanding the results and the subsequent reporting
9. Own aged balance sheet items (WIP, debt, accruals, prepayments) and drive resolution with stakeholders
10. Review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring compliance with the Serco accounting manual
11. Build strong relationships with operational teams to improve financial processes and efficiency
12. Drive a continuous improvement mindset, embedding better, smarter ways of working
13. Partner with other Finance Managers to ensure standardisation, documentation, compliance and control
What you’ll need to do the role:
You’ll be someone who:
14. Is a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA or equivalent)
15. Has strong experience delivering monthly financial reporting in a complex environment
16. Is control- and process-oriented, with a clear view of best practice
17. Enjoys leading and developing teams, both onshore and offshore
18. Builds strong relationships with Finance and non-Finance stakeholders
19. Has a natural continuous improvement mindset and appetite for change
20. Is comfortable dealing with ambiguity, incomplete data and complex stakeholder demands
Essential experience & skills:
21. Qualified accountant with strong technical accounting knowledge
22. Experience leading teams and managing performance
23. Strong understanding of R2R processes and balance sheet control
24. Commercially minded, with the ability to translate numbers into insight
25. Proven ability to improve processes and drive efficiencies
26. High levels of integrity, diligence and professional credibility
Why Serco:
You’ll be part of a high-profile Finance transformation, playing a hands-on role in shaping Finance processes, systems and culture across a truly global organisation. Working in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, you’ll gain standout experience delivering meaningful change while building strong foundations for long-term career opportunities across Serco.
What we offer:
27. Company car / £4200 cash alternative
28. Private healthcare
29. Bonus scheme of up to 20%
30. Flexible working considered
31. Pension – 6% Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services
32. A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
33. Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
34. A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Simply Health Cash Plans, and more.
35. A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
36. A safe and supportive culture.
Appointments are subject to the outcome of ongoing organisational consultation.
Company
We are a team of over 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
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