Assistant Finance Manager

Compass Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Finance Manager to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. This role offers the chance to deliver financial and commercial support within the Chartwells business sector, enhancing service levels and driving efficiencies. You will partner with key stakeholders, manage a junior finance team, and take ownership of financial reporting. With the flexibility of working from home one day a week, this position combines the excitement of a high-profile role with the stability of a reputable organization. If you are a newly qualified accountant looking to make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Aviva DigiCare+

Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site

Meals on duty

Free Parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Holiday Purchase scheme

Qualifications

• Newly Qualified Accountant with varied experience in accounting roles.
• High numeric and analytical skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial insight and analysis to support operational decision making.
• Ownership of financial results and reporting including budgeting and forecasting.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business partnering

Attention to detail

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualification

Tools

SAP

Cognos

Job description

Assistant Finance Manager

Up to £48,300 per annum

Monday to Friday - 1 day working from home

Aviva DigiCare+- Employee Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion

Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)

• Meals on duty
• Free Parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Holiday Purchase scheme

Due to internal progression we have an exciting opportunity to join our team within our Chartwells state school sector at Compass Group UK & Ireland, this role will be based at our head office in Birmingham with flexibility to work from home 1 days per week.

As an Assistant Finance Manager in Compass, you will perform an influential and high-profile role delivering financial and commercial support to the Chartwells business sector. Through effective business partnering, the role will continually improve service levels, cost effectiveness and add value to commercial activities undertaken.

More about the role:

You will provide commercial acumen to drive efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction in addition to:

• Business partnering - driving contractual performance and the understanding of key stakeholders (finance and non-finance)
• Provide commercial insight and analysis to the Account Director to support operational decision making
• Manage and develop junior finance team members
• Identify areas of improvement in existing processes and lead in implementation to drive efficiencies
• Ownership of the financial results and reporting of performance including budgeting and forecasting processes
• Responsible forfinancial control and governance processes including contractual compliance and adherence to Compass financial policies
• Attend and present financial results and insight at client and internal meetings

Who you are:

• A Newly Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with varied experience in accounting roles
• Experience of business partnering senior stakeholders with the ability to challenge, influence and persuade at all levels
• High numeric and analytical skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable developing and working with complex spreadsheets
• Demonstrable commercial finance experience of improving business results and adding value
• Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate oral and written information concisely and logically
• Ability to analyse, evaluate and present information in a clear and concise way

Desirable:

• Experience of operating within a multi-site, multi-contract organization
• Good working knowledge of SAP & Cognos