Finance and Business Support Manager

AB Volvo; Warwick; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension

Healthcare

Maternity/paternity leave

Discounts

Fitness perks

Job summary

Volvo Group is seeking a Finance and Business Support Manager based in Warwick. You will lead a small team and oversee financial reporting, forecasting, Order to Delivery, audit activity and wider business support processes, reporting to the Head of UK Power Systems and collaborating with Volvo Group colleagues.

You will drive improvements in performance by linking financial and operational insights to management discussions, and ensure controls and governance across the function.

Qualifications

• A degree in Finance, Business or a related discipline, with a strong understanding of financial reporting and audit trail.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to interpret financial information and KPIs and turn them into clear recommendations.
• Experience coordinating financial audits and internal control testing, with strong organisational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the Order to Delivery process, identifying deviations and driving improvements.
• Lead month-end reporting, including income statements, OPEX and KPI reporting, and monthly credit control meetings.
• Coordinate budgets and forecasts, monitor spend and present forecasts to HQ.
• Analyse profitability and operating expenses, identifying actions to improve performance.
• Coordinate internal, external and tax audits while maintaining strong financial controls.
• Manage the Front Office Team while overseeing contracts, suppliers, invoicing, accruals.

Skills

Financial reporting

KPI interpretation

Audits

Leadership

Budgeting/Forecasting

Logistics understanding

Stakeholder management

Driving licence

Education

Degree in Finance or related discipline

Job description

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Salary: £55,000 with annual company bonus

Location: Warwick, office-based

At Volvo Penta Industrial on land, we power the industries that keep the world moving. From power generation to off-highway applications, our solutions support the machines that drive construction, agriculture, forestry, mining and material handling around the world.

As Finance and Business Support Manager, you will work closely with senior leaders to understand performance, improve processes, strengthen financial control and make sure the business has the information it needs to make effective decisions.

• Holiday Allowance: Start with25 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing with service, with the option to buy up to5 additional days.
• Healthcare:Benefit from access to Bupa Cover and Dental insurance.
• Pension scheme:We offer a matched pension scheme of up to 7%of your salary, with incremental benefits based on length of service, including death-in-service cover.
• Maternity and Paternity leave: Maternity leave (6 months full pay, 6 months half pay) and5 weeks of paternity leave, with 3 weeks flexible to take at any point.
• Discounts on various purchases:Enjoy savings on shopping vouchers, cinema tickets, holidays and travel.
• Fitness perks:MyGymDiscounts and MyActiveDiscounts and on site Gym.

You will lead a small team while overseeing financial reporting, forecasting, Order to Delivery, audit activity and wider business support processes. Reporting to the Head of UK Power Systems and colleagues across Volvo Penta and the wider Volvo Group, you will bring together financial and operational insight to identify issues during management team meetings.

• Own the Order to Delivery process, identifying deviations and driving improvements
• Lead month-end reporting, including income statements, OPEX and KPI reporting, and monthly credit control meetings.
• Own the Order to Delivery process, ensuring customer requirements are accurately captured and reflected in production and delivery workflows, while escalating deviations.
• Coordinate budgets and forecasts, monitor spend and present forecasts to HQ
• Analyse profitability and operating expenses, identifying actions to improve performance
• Coordinate internal, external and tax audits while maintaining strong financial controls
• Manage the Front Office Team while overseeing contracts, suppliers, invoicing, accruals

Who are you?

You are a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys understanding what is driving business performance and using that insight to improve it. You are confident working with senior stakeholders, comfortable challenging the status quo and able to support and develop colleagues.

You will bring:

• A degree in Finance, Business or a related discipline, with a strong understanding of financial reporting and financial statement analysis and audit trail.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to interpret financial information and KPIs and turn them into clear recommendations
• An understanding of logistics and customer delivery and how they impact business performance
• The ability to work effectively within a multinational organisation, applying policies and processes across different stakeholders and teams
• Experience coordinating financial audits and internal control testing, with strong organisational and analytical skills
• Line management experience, with the ability to support, motivate and develop team members
• Full UK driving licence

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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead,we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.