Senior Finance Manager

About The Role
HomeServe are currently recruiting for a Senior Finance Manager to join the Finance Team in Walsall. This role is ideally placed with a finance professional who has experience with statutory & management accounts, who is reasonablytechnical and able to demonstratethat to colleagues at all levels.
Business partnering skills would be highly beneficial as you will be expected to build positiverelationships, influence people and manage stakeholders effectively.
We work in a hybrid way, mostly remote with a requirement to travel into our Walsall office at least twice a week to be with your team. With that in mind, you will be located within a convenient commute to Walsall.
The team are responsible for making sure there is financial governance and control over the accounts to ensure timely and accurate reporting in accordance with relevant legislation and that we can understand what the numbers are telling us. We make sure that all financial transactions are dealt with efficiently and accurately in line with agreed processes and authorisations.
Your role will be to assistin the production of the financial results (P&L & balance sheet) for HomeServe Membership Limited and appropriate legal entities so that they are controlled, reported and analysed in a timely and accurate manner for all stakeholders
PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES
Develop and lead continuous improvements across the financial control function, with the aim of reducing production time whilst strengthening existing controls
Assisting and leading as required with any projects that impact FR&C
Assisting in the production of monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow), including analysis of KPIs, income, cost of sales, admin costs and various balance sheet movements
Production of value adding financial insight to Senior Management through the production of monthly and ad-hoc requests. This includes pro-active analysis through appropriate commentary
Maintain financial control by following all the accounting processes, policies and standards. Proactively identify and implement improvements as and when required
Assist with the production of the statutory accounts and tax packs to comply with regulatory and Group requirements
Act as a role model to more junior members of the team, helping develop their skills through informal mentoring
Provide support for LBC business acquisitions
financial due diligence and integration
Consolidation of divisional results for the LBCs
About The Candidate
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following knowledge, skills and attributes:
ESSENTIAL
Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA) with practical experience
Experience of performing month end management accounts and analysis to budget, forecast and prior year
Good communication and influencing skills (verbal and written)
Team player
Pro-active & enthusiastic
Used to working within tight deadlines
With an eye for detail
Continuously looking look for ways to change and improve processes
Able to lead smaller change projects
Proficient user of Microsoft Excel/Office
Able to work autonomously and be self motivated
DESIRABLE
Experience of working in a customer-facing business.
Experience of financial reporting using Oracle OBIA and/or Oracle data warehouse
Experience of Hyperion Planning and HFM consolidation system
ExperiencedinusingOracleFinancials
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