Finance Manager Cost Transformation

DPD Group UK; Sandwell; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in the UK is seeking a Finance Manager to enhance profitability and support ambitious growth targets. The role involves identifying cost savings, driving process improvements, and collaborating across the business. Ideal candidates will be qualified accountants with strong analytical skills and experience in fast-paced environments. Offering full-time employment with various benefits including enhanced maternity and paternity packages, free life assurance, and discounted shopping. No remote work is available.

Benefits

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity package

Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining

Health Kiosks visiting every location

Free On Site Parking

Discounted shopping from 100s of retailers

Milestone Days off

Free eye tests and support for glasses

Qualifications

• Experience in financial and commercial judgment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with autonomy.
• Experience with transformation methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Identify cost savings and commercial opportunities.
• Challenging existing norms to drive improvements.
• Cultivate relationships across the business.

Skills

Cognos

Financial Modeling

Budgeting

Financial Analysis

Corporate Finance

Education

Graduate calibre qualified accountant

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

SQL

Job description

Purpose of Position

The continually increasing growth size and complexity of the business presents a fantastic opportunity for the company to review its operations and processes to identify profitability improvement opportunities and support the organisations ambitious growth targets.

This Finance Manager role will be varied and high profile interfacing with all levels within the operations and backroom staff meaning business-wide exposure.

Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible for :

Identifying cost savings and commercial opportunities

Challenging existing norms to drive improvements

Presentations to the Senior Leadership Team

Cultivating relationships across the business and outside of Finance

Seeing initiatives through to completion including financial modelling process mapping systems review and ROI capture

Identifying process improvements where necessary

Implementing control measures in agreement with affected stakeholders

Partnering on integration projects and assisting in due diligence work

Manage a transformation runway ensuring each initiative is given due care and deadlines are met

What we are looking for

Excellent communication and presentation skills self-assurance resilience and the ability to build strong rapport with stakeholders. A desire to identify areas of improvements such as management reporting financial controls and performance. The individual will be able to manage multiple priorities with autonomy with experience of transformation methodologies. A detail driven highly observational analytical and technical problem solving skill set is important. Being able to present information in a clear and insightful way is key for this role. Willingness to work with flexibility including night shifts and travel to various sites where appropriate.

Candidates should have experience of working in a fast moving challenging work environment with a track-record of career progression.

Qualifications : About You

The successful candidate will be a graduate calibre qualified accountant who can demonstrate sound financial and commercial judgement with experience of lean methodologies desirable.

Advanced Microsoft Excel Word and PowerPoint is a must with SQL knowledge being beneficial.

Benefits

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Vitality at Work
• Free On Site Parking
• Discounted shopping from 100s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers promises then this is the job for you! Apply today

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Cognos,Forecasting,Hyperion,Dealership Experience,QuickBooks,Accounting,Corporate Finance,Financial Analysis,Financial Modeling,Budgeting,Financial Management,Financial Planning

Department / Functional Area : Finance

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1