Senior Finance Manager CGEMJP00351505

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead all financial management activities for Enterprise Infrastructure across ~18 countries. The role sits within the CTO COO team and offers a hybrid work arrangement in Sheffield.

Key responsibilities include planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and management reporting, with a focus on cost optimisation and stakeholder engagement. ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent is required.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience in finance business partnering (or similar).
• Experience managing financials across multiple countries.
• Proficient in Excel; Apptio IT Planning experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead all financial management activities for Enterprise Infrastructure across expenses and internal charges.
• Own annual planning, budgeting and target setting processes.
• Conduct monthly forecasting and variance analysis with explanations.
• Prepare monthly management reporting and accrual processes.
• Support cost optimisation and stakeholder engagement across senior leadership.

Skills

Finance partnering

Financial analysis

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel

Apptio IT Planning

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Apptio

Excel

Job description

Role Title: Senior Finance Manager

Duration: contract to run until 26/02/2027

Location: Sheffield. Hybrid 3 days per week onsite

Rate: up to £495.88 p/d Umbrella inside IR35

Role purpose / summary

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:
• Annual planning / budget / target setting process
• 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!