Senior Financial Accountant

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Bolton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facility management company in Bolton is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to lead financial management for client contracts. The ideal candidate will have experience in commercial finance, strong analytical skills, and a commitment to delivering exceptional service. This role offers an exciting opportunity within a diverse and inclusive workplace, emphasizing both professional and personal development.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Inclusive work environment

Commitment to corporate responsibility

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with relevant certification.
• Experience in commercial finance in a contract environment.
• Demonstrable experience in people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Finance Business Partners.
• Report on all contractual and financial matters.
• Build relationships with senior client representatives.

Skills

People management

Commercial finance

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Excel and financial systems proficiency

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Senior Financial Accountant

Location: Bolton, BL6 6SU

Hours of work: 40

Contract Type: Permanent


ISS Facility Services requires Senior Finance Business Partners to lead a team of Finance Business Partners, providing complete financial commercial management for a highly complex portfolio of contracts.

Job Description

As Senior Finance Business Partner, you will act as a trusted point of contact for business leaders, transforming financial and non-financial information into insight, which will influence decision-making to improve financial performance.

You will be accountable for reporting on all contractual and financial matters to both ISS and the client team, as well as the end-to-end financial management for the client contracts.

Driven and motivated, with demonstrable experience of making a difference you will be a naturally curious and commercially minded professional, with extensive experience in both internal and external stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

Identifying, assessing and impacting financial and commercial risk
Developing and maintaining a professional and proactive business relationship with senior levels of the Client’s representatives, promoting ISS and development of services and understanding the changing needs of the client.
Building partnerships and strong relationships with all senior managers, stakeholders and their teams providing financial support to commercial decision making.
Challenging assumptions, influence decisions and make recommendations for efficiency improvements in order to sustain growth.
Demonstrating thought leadership by presenting alternative recommendations to existing approaches
Ensuring customer contract governance is adhered to, including client reporting, reconciliations and change notes governance are in place
Working with Key Account Directors/Portfolio Directors to generate challenging budgets and forecasts and identify remedial actions as required
Driving process improvements in working capital management by providing business expertise into the financial control team and reviewing final output

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA).
Demonstrable people management experience, drive and passion to deliver the best-in-class service.
Commercial finance experience in a commercial services contract environment
Prior experience in business partnering with clients and a clear understanding of client confidentiality.
Professional, committed, conscientious, pro-active and innovative.
Positive attitude to change and ability to be flexible to the changing priorities of the role.
Strong communicator able to communicate with clients, operations, suppliers and team.
Numerate, accurate and confident with working on your own initiative.
Analytical skills to make sense out of large sets of data and identify critical KPIs.
Ability to prioritise workloads appropriately.
High level of computer literacy including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and financial systems.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.

If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing [e-mail]