Carmicheal are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join the Team based in Leeds for a Tier1 Engineering Company.
The role is for 5 Months and offers remote working with the occasional day working in the office.
Lead the financial management of the designated portfolio of contracts.
Support the commercial and project management teams with accurate cost information, ensuring strong financial control of costs, cross charges and timesheet information
Ensure all financial controls applied with cost control and balance sheet reconciliations completed, and with attention to cash management for the projects
Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting supporting month end requirements including CLR reporting and any ad-hoc analysis
Financial lead for any client or external audit requirements
Drive efficiency and automation in financial & operational processes and acting as a champion to deliver change / best practice.
Reporting and Financial Management
- Lead the month end close and reporting cycle for the portfolio of contracts
- Support financial and management reporting through CLR reports, producing and attending monthly CLR reviews.
- Produce management accounts and reconciliations and ad-hoc analysis as inputs to the CLR reporting and contract forecasts
- Work closely with Sector, Division and Group Financial Control teams to ensure all reporting requirements and queries are met.
Financial Control and Administration
Ensure strong cost controls in place to capture, record and allocate costs
Ensure that month end costs include relevant accruals and prepayments
Produce balance sheet and cash reconciliations at period close
Ensure best practice followed for raising PO, GRNI and invoice matching processes and journal reallocations.
Lead response and providing supporting information for client cost audits and for internal and external audit processes
Contract Management Processes
Support the business in setting up new delivery projects in a timely manner including E1, supplier arrangements and client invoicing.
Support expenses and timesheet validation, including review and approval for staff expense claims.
Manage the internal recharges including AMS IT costs for staff
Provide financial support, insight of the project costs
Cash
Lead cash management for the projects including E1 cash reallocations
Working with the R2R team ensure effective invoicing to clients and ensure that all debtor balances are collected and remain collectable
Working with the P2P team ensure that all external resources are accounted for ensuring timely payment of supplier invoices
Provide input to cash forecasting processes, monitor & minimise WIP
Team
Lead and manage any supporting finance resource, and as appropriate providing support and development opportunities for the team.
Other
Support other analytical or process development exercises as necessary.
Essential
Qualified accountant ideally including experience withing project finance teams and with consultancy operations
Self-starter and strong attention to detail
Strong excel user
Good interpersonal and communication skills, strong team-worker
Desirable
Knowledge of Oracle E1 accounting system or equivalent