Finance Manager - Cost Control & Budgeting (Multi-Entity)

Team Creation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days paid holiday

Pension

Life Assurance (4x annual salary)

Private Medical Insurance

Job summary

Team Creation Limited, a fast-growing software development company, seeks a Finance Manager – Cost Control & Budgeting in the UK. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, and cost management across multiple entities and currencies, delivering insights to senior management and guiding investment decisions.

Responsibilities include consolidating budgets, monitoring variances, producing financial analyses, and driving cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in accounting, financial reporting, consolidation, or group finance roles.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and financial performance analysis experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Lead the group annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning process.
• Consolidate and review budgets and forecasts across group entities and functions.
• Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast, highlighting variances and cost drivers.
• Prepare regular management reports and financial analysis for senior management.
• Monitor operating and capital expenditure against approved budgets.
• Review significant costs, spending requests and budget assumptions.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency improvements.
• Work with business and finance teams to improve budget ownership and cost accountability.
• Prepare financial analyses and business cases to support major spending and investment decisions.
• Maintain budgeting, cost control, and financial reporting processes across the Group.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cost control

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel

Accounting software

Multi-currency environments

English & Chinese fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Accounting software

Job description

Team Creation Limited, a fast-growing software development company, seeks a Finance Manager – Cost Control & Budgeting in the UK. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, and cost management across multiple entities and currencies, delivering insights to senior management and guiding investment decisions.

Responsibilities include consolidating budgets, monitoring variances, producing financial analyses, and driving cost efficiency.