Interim Senior Group Finance Manager

Robertson Bell; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent housing provider in England is seeking an Interim Senior Group Finance Manager to lead their budgeting process following a recent merger. The role requires strong budgeting experience in a complex Group setting and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. You will be responsible for integrating financial data, producing clear reports for senior leaders, and ensuring a seamless financial narrative across the organization. This position offers hybrid working and a chance to significantly impact strategic financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Strong budgeting experience within a Group structure.
• Experience engaging with diverse teams including finance and non-finance.
• Proven ability to influence and support senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the consolidated budgeting process by integrating financial data.
• Business partner with various stakeholders to enhance Group reporting.
• Produce engaging reports for senior leadership presentations.
• Ensure seamless reporting across finance and non-finance teams.
• Consolidate group budgeting across multiple systems.

Skills

Budget consolidation

Stakeholder engagement

Report writing

Presentation skills

Education

Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent)

Job description

As a Finance professional, do your super-strengths include budget consolidation, presentations, and report writing? Can you lead on reporting of Group budgeting information in a large organisation? Do you prefer to ask "why" and "how", rather than "what"?

My client is a large Housing provider with a complex group structure and diverse income and expenditure streams. As the organisation goes through the next phase of its evolution following a large merger, they are looking for an InterimSenior Group Finance Manager to oversee the consolidation of budgeting across their business, ensuring a clear, cohesive position to report to senior leadership, as well as improving the format in which information is shared to Executive Board.

Working on a 6m FTC, key responsibilities include:

• Leading the consolidated budgeting process by integrating financial data from multiple teams
• Business Partner with finance and non-finance stakeholders to interrogate their management information and enhance Group reporting
• Producing clear and eye catching packs to report budgeting position to support presentation to senior leaders
• Engaging stakeholders across finance and non-finance teams to ensure seamless reporting and a consistent financial story at the Group level
• Running and consolidating group budgeting across multiple systems, adapting them to meet the needs of a complex, post-merger organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a reputable housing organisation in a role that will drive the budgeting process across its increasingly complex Group structure. The role provides both flexibility with hybrid working (2 days in a very attractive Hampshire office) and the chance to impact the organisation's strategic financial reporting.

To be considered, please meet the following criteria:

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with strong budgeting experience within a Group structure
• Core skills of engaging with broad teams of professionals and influencing and supporting both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Strong presentation and communication skills with a track record of engaging senior stakeholders effectively

This is an immediate need, with candidates considered as soon as applications are received. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a significant contribution to a large housing provider's financial reporting framework.