Asst. Manager - Finance

Role Objective

A fantastic opportunity for a career minded and motivated qualified / part qualified accountant to join a dynamic global finance team.

This role requires a confident and outgoing individual, who will be a key finance team member. The person must be willing to build strong relationships and must be comfortable providing both support and challenge to the business leads.

Will be responsible for the month-end closure, accounting, controls, analysis reconciliation and producing reports for review by senior management. This role will have significant business partnering requirements, with day-to-day verbal and written communication the wider finance teams across both the Capita Public Service Division and Group Support Services.

Professional Know-how

• CA / CMA / ACCA / CIMA / MBA / Inter CA/Part Qualified

Experience:

• 2-4 experience years in analysis, accounting & management reporting role

Working Relationships

Internal:

• Senior management team
• Global finance team

External:

• Auditors/consultants

Primary Responsibilities

Supporting the Divisional Finance team in providing analytical insight into business performance with the following:

• Preparation of monthly Flash, including External Revenue, Profit & Free Cash Flow variance analysis vs. budget/prior year, commenting on material drivers
• Monthly revenue analysis and review of revenue categorisation
• Consolidation of Risks & Opportunities for the division
• Preparation of analysis of Working Capital, Capex and Provisions
• Ownership of divisional overhead cost centres, includes review and challenge of transactions, monthly reconciliations and preparation of multiyear forecasts
• Support with preparation of accruals and other journals as required
• Review payroll reconciliation and provide comments on major variances against forecast
• Provide support with new or additional reporting as required, including ad-hoc analysis
• Drive Balance Sheet cleansing exercises across division to be inline with Group accounting standards and policies
• Ownership of Quarterly Returns for submission to Cabinet Office summarising composition of revenue across various government departments
• Become a go-to person for divisional restructures & related system changes
• Support coordination and analysis of the annual Business Plan and quarterly reforecasts
• Champion the streamlining of existing processes and design of new reports/processes where necessary.

Key Result Areas

Essential:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Accuracy in interpretation, analysis and reporting of data
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines
• Identify and implement process improvements
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel (XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, COUNTIF, text manipulation, data validation, pivot tables, etc.) and MS Office applications
• Proactive self-starter
• An analytical and enquiring mind with a strong attention to detail
• Innovative & problem solving
• Enjoys working in a fast paced and transformative environment

Desirable:

• Experience of working with service sector organizations
• Experience of using SAP
• Experience working in FP&A team
• Knowledge & working experience of other management information software (SAP Analytics Cloud, PowerBI, etc.)