Finance Manager

Costain; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure solutions provider in the UK seeks a Finance role focused on managing financial transactions and reporting. The successful candidate will prepare monthly financial reports, manage accounting systems, and support the application process. Ideal for someone with a degree and financial experience, offering hybrid arrangements with three days on-site. Key skills needed include Excel, financial systems proficiency, and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams.

Qualifications

• Competent in the use of spreadsheets and other Microsoft packages.
• Ability to work with finance and timesheet systems.
• Strong background in solid financial roles required.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial transactions and ensure accurate record keeping.
• Prepare Monthly Financial Reports and P&L reconciliations.
• Support internal and external audits.

Skills

Excel

Collaboration

Financial Systems

Education

Degree qualified

Newly Qualified Accountant with recognized professional body

Tools

Microsoft Excel

TEFA Timesheet system

Job description

Overview

This is a commercially focused finance role which will report directly to the Senior Finance Manager for Costain. The role will play a leading role in the management and processing of financial transactions on the contract, ensuring accurate record keeping and reporting. The successful candidate will have a can-do flexible approach, the aptitude to meet deadlines, and the ability to use various systems to support the wider business. The role also supports the monthly Application process and the wider teams on the contract. Assisting the Senior Finance Manager to work with key staff and teams across the contract to successfully manage the financial performance of the contract.

Responsibilities

• Project accounting, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial and cost information on the contract.
• Preparation of Monthly Financial Reports as part of the Month End process.
• P&L Balance Sheet Reconciliations and Cash Management.
• Management of the TEFA Timesheet system to ensure all costs are captured accurately and controls are in place where required.
• Assisting the wider contract and team members with processing purchase orders, goods receipting, and answering general queries such as supplier payments.
• Supporting the monthly application process through the production of financial and cost reports and dealing with transactional queries.
• Supporting the management of E1 Finance systems to ensure that costs and timesheets can be reported in line with the contract as well as internal and external reporting requirements.
• Contributing to the commercial objectives of the contract to achieve value for money and support the cost-effective delivery of work.
• Support with internal and external audits.

Month End Requirements & Processes

Assisting the Senior Finance Manager to deliver all the requirements involved in the month end reporting requirements and processes.

• Preparing and posting accurate journals, accruals and prepayments in line with accounting policies and accurate cost allocations.
• Reviewing and scrutinising all financial transactions and challenging where appropriate to ensure the integrity and accuracy of revenues and costs.
• Producing actual cost reports for Commercial and supporting with Cost Value Reconciliations.
• Support Projects and teams to understand the financial performance of their areas.
• Ensuring that financial controls are adequate and in place, and all processes are performed in accordance with The Costain Way and Costain financial procedures.

Cash Management

Responsible for the preparation of sales invoices, ensuring the accurate entry of invoices and corresponding cash entries in Costain's financial systems and taking a key role in the timely collection of cash.

Staff Costs and Recharges

Assist with the recording and recharging of staff costs, including IT, company vehicles, company mobile phones, HO professional service staff, training charges, etc.

Quality, Health & Safety and Environment (QHSE)

At all times proactively engage with and adhere to company procedures with regards to all aspects of QHSE.

Essential Requirements / About You

• Excel - competent in the use of spreadsheets / wider Microsoft packages.
• Systems - ability to work with finance and timesheet systems.
• Accounting and Finance experience / Qualifications - qualifications are desirable but not essential; must have a strong background of solid financial roles.
• Collaboration - ability to work with others and clients, with effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience Desirable - NEC contracts, commercial procedures.
• Hybrid working arrangements - 3 days per week on site.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree qualified
• Newly Qualified Accountant with recognised professional body

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that discloses they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: British Government link withheld for privacy.