Assistant Finance Manager

Chartwells Independent; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of food and support services is seeking an Assistant Finance Manager in Birmingham. This influential role focuses on delivering financial and commercial support across Defence contracts. Key accountabilities include managing pricing consistency, supporting financial analysis, and developing junior team members. Candidates should have a strong background in management accounting, excellent analytical skills, and experience in business partnering. This position offers a chance to contribute to key financial decisions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Industry experience within a multi-site, multi-contract organization is essential.
• Experience in management accounting is required.
• Ability to partner with non-finance professionals to deliver sound financial information.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial support to key stakeholders for decision making.
• Manage pricing consistency across the finance team.
• Support with financial analysis and modelling for contract changes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Management accounting

Relationship management

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or QBE

Tools

Excel (including Macros and VBA)

SAP

Cognos

Job description

Job Title

Assistant Finance Manager

Responsible to

Finance Business Partner

Location: Parklands / Mobile

Department: Defence, Marine and Aerospace

This role profile is a guide to the work you will initially be required to undertake. It may be changed from time to time to incorporate changing circumstances. It does not form part of your contract of employment.

Overall Purpose of the Role

An influential and high-profile role delivering financial and commercial support across key Defence contracts. Through effective business partnering, the role will continually improve pricing and add value to commercial activities undertaken.

Key Accountabilities

PURPOSE: Commercial Support

• Business Partner key stakeholders (financial and non-financial) ensuring strong commercial decision making.
• Attend client meetings to update on pricing progress.
• Ensure pricing consistency across Finance Assistants pricing within the team, providing assurance on our adherence to contract pricing framework.
• Manage a uniform approach to balance sheet controls and month end activities across our Finance Assistant community.
• Work with operators to ensure prompt commencement of requirements following commercial approval of contract changes.

PERFORMANCE

• Provide regular updates on pricing progress both internally and to the client.
• Support FBP on pricing of new business and organic growth opportunities.
• Calculation of volumetric files across the 3 regions ensuring standardisation of the files and contractual compliance.
• Support with completion of documentation for client tenders, negotiations and capital expenditure appraisals.
• Support operational teams with understanding actions required on mobilisation of contract changes and ensure that these are executed in line with timetable.
• Ad-hoc financial analysis and modelling to improve our way of working.
• You will ensure health and safety of all colleagues within the business and report any incidents via the approved company processes.

PEOPLE: Relationship Management

• Support the development of junior team members and facilitate training courses for new team members.

Candidate Requirements: Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential:

• Industry experience gained within a multi-site multi-contract complex organisation.
• Experience of management accounting inclusive of accounting adjustments, producing reports/analysis to support commercial decision making.
• Analytical and with a high level of attention to detail.
• Experience of business partnering non-finance professionals to support the delivery of sound financial information.

Desirable:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or QBE with varied experience in accounting roles
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment
• Excel Macros and VBA
• Experience of SAP and Cognos as analysis and reporting tools

Performance Standards

• Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate oral and written information concisely and logically - to both finance and non-finance people
• Pro‑active and energetic approach
• Ability to analyse and evaluate information concisely
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to influence internal and external parties
• Self‑motivated with an ability to effectively plan and organise own work
• Ability to take on a broad spectrum of work under pressure and to deliver in agreed timescales

Leadership behaviours

• Communication – ability to manage, develop and lead peers
• Can Do – Finds new / quicker ways of meeting goals, shows conviction in own judgement and decisions, responds quickly under pressure and overcomes hurdles to achieve targets
• Share Success – Provides task related feedback to do the job effectively and provides excellent service. Delegates tasks to develop others
• Passion for Quality – Sets demanding performance expectations, sets priorities to maximise benefits, tracks the commercial implications of a situation in a step by step way
• Win through Teamwork – Pursues friendly relationships with colleagues and clients, makes contact with colleagues across the organisation and shares own knowledge and insight and displays a high level of energy and commitment to the role and organisation
• Embrace Diversity – Listens to others and values their contributions, receptive to new and builds on ideas and acts in ethical and socially responsible manner