Senior Finance Manager

Fortescue Metals Group; Kidlington; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue Zero is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to join their Finance department at a leading green technology company. The ideal candidate will manage critical accounting processes, support the team, and ensure compliance with UK financial regulations. This hybrid role offers opportunities to lead a dynamic team while promoting sustainability initiatives.

Benefits

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Electric Car Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Private Medical Insurance

26 days holiday plus public holidays

Childcare Benefits

Free on-site gym access

Discounted national memberships

Qualifications

• At least 3 years PQE as a qualified accountant.
• Strong technical knowledge in UKGAAP and IFRS.
• Experience in managing audit relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage month end, year end and transactional accounting processes.
• Lead and develop team of Finance employees.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of financial statements.

Skills

Technical Accounting Knowledge

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

SAP

Excel

Job description

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Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Manager to join the Finance department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About the role

Take ownership of and manage the month end, year end and transactional accounting processes, as well as providing technical accounting support. This role will be the go-to person for technical accounting matters, preparing memos and updating accounting treatments where necessary, to comply with both Group IFRS and local UKGAAP requirements.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of qualified, part qualified and in-training Finance employees.
• Support and own key elements of the month end and year end activities, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of Fortescue ZERO’s balance sheet and P&L.
• Manage, update and document existing and new technical accounting policies and treatments for the Fortescue ZERO entities, providing problem solving support where required to the business.
• Maintain a strong relationship with Group Finance to ensure adherence to Group policy.
• VAT return preparation, review and compliance.
• Support Corporation Tax and R&D tax credit claim preparation and compliance
• Payroll support where required, covering for other members of the team to either prepare or review the monthly reports and submissions.
• Support problem solving and decision making of transactional finance processes.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement and transformation of Fortescue ZERO’s processes and systems, identifying areas of improvement and working with the business to find solutions.
• Support the Financial Controller and the wider Finance team in other accounting and finance matters, actively contributing to problem solving and improving processes and approaches.

About you

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with at least 3 years PQE.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience (UKGAAP essential and IFRS strongly preferred)
• At least 5 years of accounting experience, ideally with a mixture of time in both practice and industry.
• Previous managerial experience in a Finance function strongly preferred.
• Experience of preparing and reviewing UK statutory financial statements.
• Experience of managing annual audit relationships desirable (or experience of statutory audit in practice).
• Experience in communication at all levels including Senior Management, with an ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with ERP systems essential (Microsoft Dynamics and/or SAP preferred).
• Strong Excel and general systems experience desirable (given this role will be supporting a systems accountant).
• Long term project accounting and manufacturing accounting experience desirable

What's in it for you?

Our typical hybrid roles at Fortescue Zero require 3 days in the office and 2 from home, making the ability to commute to the stated office location for the required days essential.

• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships

Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics.We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified.Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.