Cost Reporting Manager

Funky Pigeon; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Swindon seeks a Cost Reporting Manager to oversee financial controls and reporting for Capital and Revenue Maintenance costs. The role involves managing budgets, supplier invoicing, and providing financial analysis to support decision-making. You will work closely with various teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and help mitigate risks. The position offers hybrid working and a range of benefits, including a competitive salary and profit-related bonus.

Benefits

Profit-related bonus

25 days holiday plus your birthday off

Pension

Holiday trading scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar finance role is essential.
• Previous reconciliation experience.
• In-depth P&L reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the recording of Capital Maintenance costs.
• Produce monthly reporting pack for review.
• Maintain and produce annual planned contract statements.

Skills

Communication

Planning and organizing

Team player

Education

AAT qualification

Job description

Cost Reporting Manager

Swindon - Hybrid Working

Following the recent acquisition, the High Street enters an exciting new chapter as TGJones, filled with opportunity and growth. We have a number of positions allowing you to explore new pathways, broaden your expertise, and play a key part in shaping the future of the business. It’s a perfect time to take charge of your career at TGJones.

Our Maintenance and Construction team is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and customers have the best environments to work and shop in.

We are looking for a Finance Manager to join our Maintenance and Construction team at our High Street Head Office in Greenbridge, Swindon. The main purpose of this role is managing the day-to-day controls of the Capex and Opex budgets, trend management of spend, linking with the Finance team to ensure payments are maintained, and liaising with our managing agent partner MML.

What you will be doing

Control/Reporting of Capital Maintenance costs

• Oversee the recording of Capital Maintenance costs across the High Street estate.
• Present quarter draw-down capex requests – High Street Capital committee meetings.
• Prepare any ad hoc capex requests as instructed by RMM.
• Reconcile tracker log against ledger, request reallocations with Finance, review spend with RMM.
• Prepare submissions for all relevant reporting cycles (3yr Plan, Budget, FC1, and FC2).

Control/Reporting of Revenue Maintenance costs

• Produce monthly reporting pack for review, including flagging risks to budget.
• Review with Maintenance Team month-end numbers, explore opportunities to reduce spend, and discuss solutions to ongoing trend analysis which could be a risk.
• Prepare submissions for all relevant reporting cycles (3yr Plan, Budget, FC1, and FC2), including bridge analysis.
• Manage a route to achieve VCO targets.

Planned Contract statement/Reconciliations

• Maintain and produce annual planned contract statements for key contractors, reconcile periodically for closures and openings to produce an accurate full-year cost number.
• Provide spend analysis and support to High Street Procurement for contract renewals/negotiations.
• Attend contractor meetings as required to resolve/support MML with finance issues.
• Review actual invoices paid against monthly payments, challenge any discrepancies.

Supplier invoicing

• Resolve supplier invoicing queries and reconcile statements of accounts as needed.

Control of Construction costs

• Present post-capex costs utilized via a monthly reporting pack.
• Flag risks and opportunities on projects to key stakeholders, exploring ways to mitigate any risks to budget.
• Review financial statements produced by the PM for each project, reconcile back to E5 for accuracy.
• Raise and log change requests as they arise, seeking approval within departmental cost control meetings.

Who we are looking for

• Experience in a similar finance role is essential.
• AAT qualified (desirable).
• Previous reconciliation experience.
• Planning and organizing experience.
• In-depth P&L reporting experience.
• Strong communication skills at all levels.
• A team player, able to adapt and operate in a fast-paced environment.

About Us:

We’re a company that values our people. From day one, you will receive ongoing support and have access to our various training and development programmes, as well as exciting career development opportunities. We offer a wide range of benefits, including a competitive salary, a profit-related bonus, 25 days holiday plus your birthday off, pension, and other perks such as our holiday trading scheme. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Your personal information will be collected in accordance with industry standards and privacy laws.