Head Of Finance jobs in United Kingdom

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious finance professional looking to progress their experience within a FTSE listed construction business with a track record of delivering high profile infrastructure projects. This is a critical role within the developing technical accounting function that involves thought leadership on key accounting and financial control projects and coordination of the external audit process. The role will be involved in the consolidation and disclosure of the group and subsidiary results, supporting the Senior Finance Manager & providing day-to-day technical accounting support to the business. The role includes exposure to senior management of the group and other central finance functions, providing an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your ability for further advancement.

You will be a strong technical accountant supporting the external financial reporting of the group and an efficient and effective external audit. You will improve the consolidation and technical accounting processes to provide accurate consolidated financial information to the business enabling a regular snapshot of total performance.

It is essential that you have a strong understanding of IFRS accounting standards and consolidation and can communicate technical financial information to non-financial stakeholders at a senior level.

• Prepare and review legal entity consolidation packs, including ETB adjustments, on a quarterly basis, performing and understanding trend analysis on period movements.
• Prepare and review legal entity financial statements, ensuring they are accurate and compliant with the relevant technical standards and the Companies Act.
• Produce technical accounting calculations and disclosure notes for IFRS 16 leases, IFRS 9 expected credit loss model, IFRS 7 financial instruments, IFRS 2 share‑based payments, IAS 33 earnings per share and IAS 24 related parties.
• Deliver high quality audit deliverables for technical accounting calculations and support the coordination of the audit.
• Write high quality technical accounting papers to support key accounting applications and judgements.
• Support the production of accurate and timely external statutory reporting for the group and related Board papers.
• Assist in the maintenance and promotion (e.g. through training) of the Costain manual of accounting.
• Support the business with technical accounting queries, reviewing papers/proposals where necessary.
• Develop the graduate placement in the team and ensure smooth task transfers through placement handovers.
• Drive standard processes through principles of simplification, standardisation, and, working with the wider team, automation where appropriate.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of an effective business control framework.
• Other ad hoc finance projects for the benefit of the business.

• Qualifications ACA or ACCA Qualified Accountant with documented proof of experience.
• Experience:
  • Experience in a similar finance role.
  • Experience producing financial statements.
  • Experience of consolidation accounting preferred.
  • Experience of process and systems optimisation; working with Oracle Enterprise One, or similar ERP system, desirable.
  • Managing projects and investigating unusual or complex transactions recommending appropriate accounting treatment.

Skills:

• Strong technical accounting skills with a deep understanding of consolidation.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and an ethical approach to data including respecting the confidential nature of information and the associated decision making.
• Excellent communication skills, with confidence to present to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to think strategically, challenge current processes and introduce improvements.
• Demonstrable ability to form effective working relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Personal Attributes: Self‑motivated and a self‑starter, with the ability to build positive relationships.
• Display strong commercial awareness, vigilant attention to the changing business environment and emerging opportunities and risks.
• Set and achieve high standards for themselves and for others, takes personal accountability for results.
• Identifies, anticipates, and navigates problems and obstacles to performance in an orderly and calm manner.
• Responds creatively to personal and team challenges.
• Communicates openly and honestly with others, listens to differing views and seeks to create a common understanding and agreement to proposed actions.

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future‑shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview.

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