Hybrid Financial Controller — Lead Finance Team

Veolia Group; Tudhoe; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Discounts on goods and retailers

Health and wellbeing resources

Volunteer day

Training and development

Employee financial wellbeing support

Job summary

Veolia is seeking a finance leader to provide oversight of financial reporting and control for the South Downs contract within the Treatment South Finance team. You will lead a team of three (one qualified accountant and two accounting technicians) and set objectives, monitor performance, and conduct reviews.

You will produce monthly management accounts, support budgets and forecasts, prepare statutory accounts for two entities, ensure compliance with group policies, and work with auditors.

Qualifications

• A self driven individual with experience of Business Partnering and a broad grounding of finance professional experience.
• Significant post qualified experience, including people management of a team.
• High degree of system and data handling skills with ERP experience and a good working knowledge of spreadsheets.
• Broad system skills preferably with working knowledge of Workday and SAP.
• Strong presentation, communication and organisational skills.
• Strategic planning and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the South Downs contract finance team of three, set objectives, monitor performance and conduct progress reviews.
• Produce monthly management accounts with analysis and investigation of results and variances for multiple operational units.
• Support budgeting and forecasting; statutory accounts preparation and liaising with group auditors.
• Ensure contracts and depots comply with group policies; perform balance sheet reviews and cash flow forecasting.
• Collaborate with the Digital Transformation team to implement projects and perform ad hoc work.

Skills

Business partnering

ERP experience

Workday

SAP

Communication

Presentation

Strategic planning

Leadership

Data handling

Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

Veolia is seeking a finance leader to provide oversight of financial reporting and control for the South Downs contract within the Treatment South Finance team. You will lead a team of three (one qualified accountant and two accounting technicians) and set objectives, monitor performance, and conduct reviews.

You will produce monthly management accounts, support budgets and forecasts, prepare statutory accounts for two entities, ensure compliance with group policies, and work with auditors.