Finance Reporting Manager (12 months FTC)

Low Carbon Contracts Company; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 10%

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Up to 8% pension contribution

Study support and professional fees

Employee assistance programme

Volunteer days

Cycle to work

Job summary

Low Carbon Contracts Company is seeking a Finance Reporting Manager to lead the team responsible for all operational costs, management accounts, and DESNZ submissions. You will report to the Finance Manager and drive robust financial reporting and process improvements.

The role requires leading a team, strong Excel/Power BI skills, and extensive stakeholder engagement, with hybrid work in Leeds city centre or Birmingham city centre.

Qualifications

• A fully qualified accountant with a recognised body and post qualification experience.
• Advanced Excel skills with multi-dimensional financial modelling.
• Experience leading a team and collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI and data analysis from ERP systems.
• Knowledge of Python and SQL for data analysis and reporting.
• Experience with IFRS and financial policy alignment.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver management reporting to the Board and senior management with insights on variances and trends.
• Own reporting to DESNZ and ensure compliance with reporting letters.
• Develop monthly reporting with cost centres and funding schemes.
• Oversee allocations between schemes and IFRS-aligned month-end tasks.
• Line-manage the Management Accountant, Assistant Manager and Analysts.
• Oversee invoicing to DESNZ and intercompany processes.
• Oversee payroll collaboration with People team and procurement controls.
• Support year-end statutory accounts and external reporting.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Python

SQL

IFRS knowledge

Education

Fully qualified accountant

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Department

Finance & Procurement

Employment Type

Contract / Temp

Location

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom; Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Contract type

12-month FTC

Hours

37.5 / week

Salary

circa £72,000 depending on experience

Location

Leeds city centre OR Birmingham city centre

WFH policy

Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working

Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to

Lead Finance Manager (Finance Operations)

Deadline Note

We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Description

Role Summary

The Finance Reporting Manager will report into the Finance Manager. The role will lead a team responsible for all transactions and processes in relation to the operational costs of LCCC and ESC. The role is responsible for preparing management accounts, internal reporting and the DESNZ submissions.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver effective management reporting to management and the Board, including the quarterly report, providing reports that Finance Business Partners can use in discussions with the business to understand financial performance, including insights regarding variances to forecast, causes and future trends.
• Own the reporting process to DESNZ, or another Government department, ensuring adherence to the current Finance Reporting letter.
• Develop monthly reporting with scheme, cost centre and funding scheme aggregations, ensuring auditability of apportionments and process.
• Oversee processes and controls for ensuring the business allocates time between schemes.
• Work with the Planning Manager to ensure scheme allocations used reflect actual observations and feed into future forecasts.
• Own reporting on projects managed through the Change process, including intangible assets that are internally and externally generated.
• Manage the actual submission process to DESNZ and the business partner relationship with DESNZ Finance Business Partners.
• Line manage the Management Accountant, Assistant Manager and Accounts Analysts.
• Oversee the process for invoicing DESNZ, or another Government department, and intercompany.
• Oversee prepayments, accruals and other operational cost month end tasks, collaborating with the External Reporting Manager, New Schemes Accountant and Lead Settlement Accountant to ensure alignment with IFRS and LCCC accounting policies.
• Oversee the VAT submission performed by the Accounts Analysts.
• Own the relationship with Datel and become LCCC's Sage reporting expert, enabling expansion to report on future new schemes.
• Manage Reporting team KPIs and the Finance and Procurement Scorecard KPIs.
• Work with the External Reporting Manager at year end as required, contributing to the statutory accounts process.
• Oversee Finance authorisation and controls in the procure to pay process.
• Support and deputise for the Planning Manager or other members of the team when required.
• Oversee the payroll process in collaboration with the People team.
• Oversee the operational expenditure payment process.
• Oversee submissions to DESNZ and the working relationship with the RED Finance Business Partners.
• Oversee procurement of new Expenses system including scoping, supplier selection, implementation and oversight of new process within team.
• Undertake ad hoc work arising within the team.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• A fully qualified accountant with a recognised body and relevant post qualification experience.
• Advanced Excel skills with experience of financial model building with multiple dimensions, for example cost centres and business units or schemes.
• Demonstrable experience of management and collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
• Good influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to keep relevant parties informed of objectives and plans and secure their input and buy in.
• Proven experience of leading a team to provide first class financial management information.
• Proven experience of driving process improvements within teams
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI (user), and experience of analysing data from an ERP system.
• Knowledge of the utilities industry and/or experience of working with Government is beneficial but not essential.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to establish relationships with a range of people across and outside the business to support delivery of business outcomes.
• Proactive, with the ability to supervise and coach more junior members of staff in a newly created business.
• Knowledge of a backend coding language, for example Python.
• Experience of a building with visualisation tools, for example SQL or Power BI.

Employee Benefits

Benefits

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups