Senior Finance Manager

Undisclosed; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Undisclosed seeks a Senior Finance Manager to lead financial management for Enterprise Infrastructure within the CTO/ COO team. You will manage a ~$1bn+ USD annual P&L across ~18 countries and oversee forecasting, reporting and cost control.

The role requires qualified accounting credentials and strong stakeholder engagement across regions, with experience in financial services or technology preferred. This is a contract role until 26 February 2027, with a daily rate up to £495.88 under

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Finance business partnering experience across large organisations.
• Experience managing financials across multiple countries.
• Independent and proactive problem-solver.
• Proficient in handling large data sets and financial analysis.
• Strong presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in Financial Services or Technology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead all financial management activities for Enterprise Infrastructure.
• Monthly financial forecasting to high accuracy.
• Monthly tracking of actuals vs forecast vs target; explain variances.
• Monthly management reporting and accrual management.
• Cost optimisation planning and tracking.
• Collaborate with MD/EC/COO/CTO CFO and other stakeholders.
• Continuously improve COO processes.

Skills

Financial management

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Management reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Apptio IT Planning

Job description

Duration: contract to run until 26/02/2027

Rate: up to £495.88 p/d Umbrellainside IR35

A key role within the CTO COO team, the Senior Finance Manager will lead all financial management activities for the Enterprise Infrastructure area – across an annual P&L budget of ~$1bn+ USD spanning ~18 countries.

Enterprise Infrastructure sits at the heart of the client’s Chief Technology Office (CTO) – operating, maintaining & transforming the technology infrastructure used by the rest of the bank to run applications & services (servers, storage, databases, mainframe, middleware, internal cloud & automation technologies amongst others).

In this role, you will:

• Lead all financial management activities for Enterprise Infrastructure – across both expenses & internal customer charges:
• Monthly financial forecasting to a high level of accuracy
• Monthly tracking of actuals vs. forecast vs. target – investigating, explaining & resolving variances
• Monthly management reporting
• Accrual management
• Cost optimisation planning & tracking
• Collaborate & engage with a range of stakeholders – Managing Director & Executive Committee, COO, CTO CFO, Local Financial Controllers / Operations, Cost Management & Procurement amongst others.
• Continuously improve COO processes.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Finance business partnering (or similar) experience.
• Experience managing financials across multiple countries.
• Comfortable working independently & proactively to solve problems.
• Proficiency managing & reporting on large data sets.
• Proficiency with financial analysis tools (Excel a must-have, Apptio IT Planning experience or similar desired)
• Collaborative, engaging, credible and methodical; being able to bring the numbers to life (e.g., presenting).
• Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders (all levels of seniority).
• Experience within Financial Services and/or Technology functions (nice to have).

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!