Assistant Finance Manager

Compass Group UK; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the catering sector seeks an Assistant Finance Manager to support financial operations and business partnering. This role involves managing financial risks, delivering insightful analysis, and training operational teams. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and experience in a complex organizational environment.

Qualifications

• Industry experience in multi-site, multi-contract organizations.
• Experience in management accounting and financial reporting.
• Ability to train and mentor junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial risks and opportunities for contracts.
• Deliver financial analysis and support business decisions.
• Supervise and develop junior team members.

Skills

Analytical

Attention to detail

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Tools

Excel Macros

VBA

SAP

Cognos

Job description

Job Title

Assistant Finance Manager

Responsible to

Finance Business Partner

Location

Parklands

Department

Finance

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

Reporting into the Finance Business Partner, you will play a key role in managing a portfolio of contracts with varying contract types and varying size. Through effective business partnering, the role will continually improve service levels, cost effectiveness and add value to commercial activities undertaken.

Key Accountabilities

PURPOSE: Commercial Support

• Business Partner key stakeholders (financial and non-financial) ensuring strong commercial and operational decision making, managing financial risks and opportunities
• Attend and actively contribute to designated site and client meetings
• Delivering proactive ad-hoc financial analysis with summarised findings to support business unit decision making
• Understand and manage the financial risks and opportunities arising from volumetric and other contract mechanisms - and ongoing business performance
• Understand, highlight and manage the financial risks and opportunities arising from balance sheet maintenance

PERFORMANCE

• Deliver analysis of key business reporting such as month end reports, business reviews, client reports, budgets, cash analysis and other ad-hoc analysis to be discussed at monthly review.
• Assist in training of operational teams in the use of business reporting to understand and improve their financial performance
• Monthly balance sheet review for area of responsibility, escalating key risks/ opportunities to senior stakeholders.
• Promote working capital improvements through timely, accurate contract billing and active management of debt ledgers
• Support with the budgeting and forecasting process by consolidating the budget, understanding variances and preparing the budget presentation for senior stakeholders
• Monitoring initiative delivery plan, challenging operational teams where there is a risk to achievement and highlighting to senior stakeholders
• Preparation & analysis of documentation for client tenders, negotiations and capital expenditure appraisals
• Support operational teams with understanding actions required on mobilisation and ensure that these are executed in line with timetable
• You will ensure health and safety of all colleagues within the business and report any incidents via the approved company processes

PEOPLE: Relationship Management

• Working effectively as part of a team
• Building relationships with key stakeholders
• Supervision and development of junior team members, supporting their career progression while focusing on client service, ensure adequate business partnering and commercial knowledge

Candidate Requirements: Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• 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:

• Experience of training and mentoring junior team members
• 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