Your main responsibilities
Rubax Lifts Ltd, a subsidiary of the Schindler Group, is a leading provider of lift maintenance, installation, and modernisation services across the UK. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality service solutions with a strong focus on safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
A new opportunity has arisen for a hands-on and broad-experienced Finance Manager to oversea the finance operations of Rubax Ltd, ensuring the integrity and completeness in finance reporting and planning, across all financial reports – P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow; all in line with Group accounting and reporting policies and local legislation.
S/he will be a part of Rubax senior management team, acting as a business partner to the Managing Director, and supporting decision making and deployment of initiatives to improve business performance. S/he will also supporting the operational teams in optimizing the finance performance across business lines and optimizing networking capital.
Main Responsibilities
1. Team Leadership: Inspire, develop, and manage the finance team to ensure they are motivated, well-resourced, and aligned with business objectives.
2. Financial Process Improvement: Implement initiatives for a controlled environment and champion emerging technologies to enhance efficiency.
3. Governance and Compliance: Identify and address gaps in compliance with financial principles and Organizational Norms (ONs).
4. Operational Oversight: Lead month-end close processes, manage general and sub-ledgers, and ensure accurate financial reporting.
5. Risk Management: Maintain a robust balance sheet, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure timely reconciliations.
6. Fiscal Compliance: Oversee VAT, CIS, and statutory accounts; ensure accurate and timely tax filings.
7. Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with senior management to support forecasts, budgets, and performance analysis.
8. Continuous Improvement: Drive initiatives to challenge existing processes, aiming for best practices and operational excellence.
9. Health & Safety: Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and contribute to company safety objectives.
What you bring
Personal Qualities
The successful candidate will be passionate about leadership in finance and business, influencing and establishing enterprise value that Finance can contribute within an organization. As an experienced leader, you’ll be a manager who works well across finance and non-finance teams.
There is a significant amount of interaction with key stakeholders across the business, so strong and clear communication (verbal and written) is a must. Other requirements for the successful individual include strong organization skills, able to meet tight deadlines and process (re)engineering & improvement.
Qualification/Experience Required
10. >7 years senior finance experience
11. >5 years finance profession qualification, such as CIMA or ACCA.
12. Proven track record of delivering process improvements projects and delivering savings
13. Worked with internal audit and supporting statutory audit requirements and needs
14. Strong experience of processing invoices and working internal and external stakeholders.
15. Advance use of Excel and Sage; and of “CASH” or similar finance ERP systems.
What’s in it for you?
16. Join our purpose-driven organization. Help shape an industry in which two billion people rely on our products and services every day.
17. Your development matters to us. We help you grow by offering the support you need to develop your skills and access a rewarding and fulfilling career.
18. Thrive in a diverse and supportive culture. Through local and global initiatives, we promote a culture of inclusion which celebrates diversity and ensures that everyone feels valued.
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Become part of our team, help us enhance quality of life and drive innovation while raising the bar for safety and sustainability. We value your diverse skills and perspectives as together we shape the sustainable cities of today and tomorrow.
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