Divisional Finance Manager - Amey : Job Details

Company description:

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.

• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

Job description:

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Divisional Finance Manager to join our Complex Facilities Business Unit.  The purpose of the Divisional Finance Manager is to oversee the divisional reporting of the Business Unit (circa £600m annual turnover) to Amey Group.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this position is responsible for the management of divisional month end close & consolidation of the divisional contract results, cashflow management of the division, forecasting for the division and takes a lead role in tendering/modelling new contracts through to mobilisation.

This role involves line management of two management accountants and a payment processing manager.

The divisional team is based out of the Buckshaw Village office near Chorley/Leyland, Lancashire.  This role offers Hybrid working with a split of 3 days in our Buckshaw office and 2 days at home.

You will be responsible for:

• Consolidation of the divisional contract results for FD review.
• Group and executive reporting including preparation of MD pack for CEO review.
• Management of divisional forecasting process (Budgets, RF1, RF2, Strategic Plan)
• Oversight of Joint Venture Finance reporting.
• Mobilisation of new contracts and Joint Ventures.
• Orderbook reporting.
• Management of divisional cashflow including liaison with Head of Group Treasury. Pro-active cash receipt management including regular board updates on latest cash forecast, risks & opportunities.
• Cash-flow forecasting consolidation, analysis & appraisal.
• Lead Finance role in new contract tenders. Includes engagement with bid team and estimators, financial modelling of opportunities and preparation of approvals papers.
• Oversight of divisional administration and compliance including divisional balance sheet reconciliations.
• Point of contact for internal and external auditors. Management of audit to group timescales.
• Other ad-hoc tasks as required by Financial Controller & Finance Director. These could include
  • Standardisation of monthly management accounts across the division
  • Implementation of new Finance systems
  • Contract deep dives

The standard hours of work are 37.5 hours based on Monday – Friday

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

Profile description:

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Qualified accountant: +3 years post qualified experience (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Advanced IT skills, particularly around Excel, VLOOKUP’s, pivot tables and sumifs
• Experience in using SAP
• Experience in a similar role
• Excellent communication and attention to detail skills

We offer:

What we can offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.