Finance Manager - Transport - Unipart : Job Details

Finance Manager - TransportLocation: Nuneaton (CV10 7RL)Contract Type: PermanentHours: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to FridaySalary: £55,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, Benefits: 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits schemeAbout the JobUnipart is seeking a talented and driven Transport Finance Manager to join our dynamic team! As an experienced finance professional, you'll provide essential financial guidance and support across a diverse portfolio of high-profile contracts.Here at Unipart, we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.As a Transport Finance Manager, you'll collaborate closely with key stakeholders and business partners, ensuring robust financial management. This isn't just about day-to-day operations; you'll also have the opportunity to contribute to exciting ad hoc projects, playing a key part in our continued evolution.As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:• Business partner with internal and external Transport stakeholders • Produce weekly and monthly management accounts for our Transport customers • Produce meaningful and informative client reporting and insight, including budgets and forecasts• Work with the operations teams to investigate any variances reported in the packs • Client and internal ad hoc reporting as and when required • Transfer weekly and monthly tasks over to the Management Accounts Shared Service team where applicable • Support month end reporting tasks• Support and review monthly transactional processes managed through the MASS/FSS team • Provide finance functional support including assistance with purchase orders and invoice queries• Fully understand the Transport operations and its processes and the interactions those processes have with the financials, in order to explain variances and identify risks and opportunities with both commercial and operation teams • Report on asset controls and audit, additions & disposals • Prepare and present internal forecasts and budgets, providing full roadmaps with clear understanding of the financials • Maintain tight financial controls in respect of all contract costs and a number of continuous improvement projects as well as verification and tracking of any savings and benefit share where applicable • Understand all of our contracts and any penalties, obligations and liabilities • Focus on all the cost drivers within Transport and ensure the accuracy of the data and costs being provided • Raise client invoices ensuring accuracy and all relevant agreed backup is provided to ensure payment on timeAbout YouWe’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!• Qualified accountant – ACA/ACCA/CIMA• Experience of working with operational teams, within a business environment• Excellent planning and organisation skills• Strong written and oral communication skills• Pro-active approach to work prioritisation• Ability to develop, adapt and improve current and new processes and procedures• Strong financial analysis and modelling skills. Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.You may also have experience in the following: Financial Controller, Finance Manager, Group Controller, Management Accountant, Chief Accountant, Finance Director, Finance Controller, Company Accountant, Group Accountant, Finance Accountant, Financial Accountant, Qualified Accountant, Legal Finance etcREF-223 310