Description
Finance Manager
12 Months
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Sopra Steria is looking for a finance manager for a 12 month contract working within our government sector. The contractor will provide decision support, reporting, and financial analysis, while monitoring compliance with accounting standards, corporate policies, measurement rules, and internal controls.
Position Accountabilities:
- Ensure adherence to the Close Process with respect to timeliness, policies, and procedures
- Ensure timely, and accurate budgeting, reporting, and forecasting, is produced in line with the published calendar, and complies with relevant policies and measurement rules
- Ensure that contract/project set-up and transaction recording is in accordance with relevant accounting policies, group measurement rules, and that corporate procedures are followed
- Actively monitor all aspects of risk, and ensure correct accounting treatment
- Actively monitor adherence to Internal Control Processes
- Actively monitor business performance. Ensure follow-up of issues, with relevant managers
- Actively monitor contract/project performance. Provide support, in conjunction with other functions such as Operations and Legal, on problem contracts. Ensure correct accounting treatment
- Actively manage the balance sheet, with a strong day-to-day focus on managing trade working capital, especially unbilled revenue and outstanding receivables
- Support the IB process, both setting of goals and calculation of payments due
Position Specifications
Required
Recognised professional accounting qualification or equivalent
Understanding of ERP systems, accounting policies, measurement rules, and business controls
Analytical capability, adherence to deadlines, process discipline, and IT skills
Understanding of key financial levers and their impact on business performance
Experience of contract/project financial management, including related accounting policies
Ability to communicate complex financial issues to non-finance management/communities
Desirable
Ability to give leadership to (and advise/influence) both finance and non-finance communities
Ability to balance 'advisory' role, with that of 'governance and control'
Comfortable operating in a Matrix & offshore service environment
Experience and understanding of IT Services and BPO markets
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