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The Finance Manager is a pivotal role in the regional finance function. The role is to manage the region’s finance personnel and function, running controlled finance processes and delivering accurate outputs in a timely manner. The Finance Manager is accountable for all aspects of the business unit’s (BU) finance processes, including the preparation of consolidated monthly management accounts, assistance in modelling of financial forecasts and plans for the BU, reporting of data and information to Division/Group, and management of the cash book/treasury function, sales invoices, accounts payable and staff expenses processes.

The Finance Manager will engage as a business partner with colleagues from other disciplines, being able to review and challenge with the aim of enhancing financial and business performance. The role will deputise for the BU’s Finance Director (FD) at business unit management team (BUMT) Board/ other meetings. The individual will have a process improvement mindset / approach.

Management of Finance Department

• Line manager of finance staff within the team. Manage the team members through a positive, engaging approach, ensuring that processes are robust and controlled, and outputs delivered correctly and in a timely manner.
• Develop team members through on the job training and external training programmes, including finance and soft skills courses (as necessary), objective setting, performance management and succession planning.

Accounting, reporting and control

• Manage the consolidated monthly close process, ensuring a clean close of all sub-ledgers, interfaces, and accounting judgements, with the general ledger closed by WD3.
• Oversight and approval of changes made by the Accounts Clerk to the BU payroll.
• Submission of actuals and forecast data to Division and Group (via One Stream) on WD4, confirming the accuracy of all data in the P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and other submitted operational data.
• Preparation of monthly management reporting for the BU. Include commentary which explains both YTD and full-year forecast variances from budget (or forecast), for review by the FD and incorporation in the monthly BUMT Board Report. The analysis will reflect operational understanding.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, including entries and accounts managed by central teams (e.g. payroll accounting), ensuring that items are correctly analysed and any accounting anomalies are cleared on a timely basis. Highlight issues to the FD during review and gain overall FD sign off.
• Account, forecast and report on cost excesses/ savings, and attend cost variation meetings.
• Account and forecast for the complex areas of notional interest (IAS) on land acquisitions, land overage payables and closed sites.
• Update Group Treasury with cash forecasts and advise of any significant unexpected cash movements.
• Preparation of annual statutory accounts and the annual tax packs.
• Ensure Finance Manual procedures are complied with and timely dispensation sought where appropriate.
• Liaise with external audit and manage the process of delivering information required.
• Review and manage VAT and CIS returns for accuracy,…