Description
Central Costs Manager - Buckinghamshire - Contract
Day Rate: £flexible/negotiable
Location: Buckinghamshire
Term: 3 months initially
Sopra Steria Recruitment are now looking for an Interim Finance Controller to join a large organisation in Buckinghamshire for an initial 3 month contract.
We are looking for a qualified (CIMA or ACCA) finance professional to provide accurate and timely understanding of our cash performance and drive forward a culture of more accurate cash forecasting lead by the commercial and operational leaders in the business.
Key responsibilities are:
- Manage the delivery of the end-to-end Central Costs planning, budgeting, forecasting and analysis in line with pre-determined timelines, reviewing and submitting outputs to relevant counterparts
- Create stakeholder relationships to ensure the senior business leaders understand their headcount costs and discretionary spend
- Identify, report and analyse areas where discretionary spend is not in line with the Executive direction escalating non-compliance if required
- Oversee financial controls, identify where controls are not operating and drive remediation
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve finance processes related to Central Costs
- Responsible for managing relationships with relevant internal and external (third party) stakeholders
- Responsible for managing and developing team members
- Share relevant tools and lessons learnt with Finance & Non-Finance stakeholders