Head of Finance

Scottish Citylink Coaches; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation company seeks a Head of Finance to manage financial operations for Scottish Citylink Coaches. Responsibilities include overseeing budgeting, financial reporting, and compliance while leading a team. Join an innovative company with revenue management across the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as Head of Finance or similar.
• Experience with budgeting and risk management.
• Understanding of cashflow management and bookkeeping.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial performance and management team.
• Prepare monthly and annual accounts.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and strategic planning.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Team management

Problem-solving

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

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Scottish Citylink is a subsidiary of Singapore based ComfortDelGro; one of the world’s largest passenger land transport companies.

We are looking for a Head of Finance to oversee all financial tasks for Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited (SCCL), which generates annual revenue in the order of £70m per annum running bus and coach services across England, Scotland and Wales. Offices are based in Glasgow.

Job summary

Leading a small team focusing on financial performance and management, providing support for the business for backward looking performance management and forward-looking budgets and strategic planning. Team management is likely to be relatively small, managing one or two others, with a dotted line to other parts of Finance within the parent company, for example Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

Main Responsibilities

Head of Finance responsibilities include:

• Business partnering, within with the MD and leadership team to focus on the three main parts of the business: Scottish Citylink, megabus and Falcon Coaches
• Working with the SCCL Managing Director to ensure robust forecasts in place
• Preparation of monthly and annual accounts for SCCL
• Preparing VAT returns and liaising with HMRC
• Ensuring accounting practices comply with regulations
• Annual budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning
• Ensuring revenue and costs are correctly received and accounted for, including working with Transport Scotland for concessionary scheme revenue
• Approval or budgets and expenditure
• Cashflow management
• Profit and loss analysis
• Develop financial processes and controls
• Ensure accounting activities comply with financial regulations
• Recommend on cost reduction / revenue generation opportunities
• Proven track record as Head of Finance or similar
• Hands on experience of budgeting and risk management
• Understanding of cashflow management, bank reconciliation and bookkeeping
• Excellent written and spoken English with the ability to communicate clearly and at all levels
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Organised, proactive, methodical and results orientated
• Ability to manage own workload effectively and work to strict deadlines
• Able to build lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders/suppliers
• Ability to influence and persuade key decision makers
• Strong analytical and decision making skills
• Experience of accounting software
• Strong management reporting and budgeting experience
• Team player committed to ensuring that the overall team and business objectives are met

Hours of work

38 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Business Development

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage and Ground Passenger Transportation

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