Finance Manager - Senior

The Senior Finance Manager requires a high level of influence, with dual reporting responsibilities to the finance leader, and operational leader. 

Business partnering is a key element of the role in providing finance and decision-making support through building relationships and promoting close links with operational leadership. The business partner element to the role is to provide analysis, insight and views in respect of the financial performance of the business, be a trusted advisor and to add value that will assist in decision making.

The role carries profit and loss and working capital responsibility, and in certain cases, will also involve further balance sheet responsibilities for the applicable business. The other main aspects of the role include governance, financial control, internal and external reporting, financial forecasting and cash collection. The role will include responsibility for a team, and therefore team management and development will be essential elements. This role has responsibility for ensuring that all Group requirements are adhered to and that any financial risks are understood and mitigated as appropriate.

• Full responsibility for all financial matters including accurate and timely completion of monthly reporting, optimizing financial performance; and provide stewardship over any profit delivery plan 
• Report business / country / region financial performance to senior management including variance analysis, accounts receivables, DSO, accruals and unbilled analysis
• Ownership for annual budget, forecasts and rolling forecasts in conjunction with senior management, including validation / challenge over backlog, inputs from BD and operations
• Ensure forecasting accuracy and predictability through the rolling forecast v monthly actual result process
• Ownership of monthly customer billing to ensure invoices are prepared in accordance with the commercial terms of the contract
• Responsible for driving sustainable working capital improvements and maintaining performance working with operational management, project managers, supply chain and other relevant areas to optimize cash collection and minimize DSO, including customer relationships and reporting 
• Leadership and management of business, country and region finance team including recruitment, staff development, performance management and the setting of objectives
• Challenge management to drive the highest levels of financial performance which includes understanding the cost base, allocated costs, revenue base and associated budget/forecast, support the business through actionable insights 
• Ownership of implementation and financial adherence with the finance operating model
• Assisting during client audits and dispute management
• Engagement with commercial teams on the pre award phase in terms of bids, rates, and relevant analysis and a key contact and team participant for such, including input to financial terms contained in contracts and bids where appropriate 
• Engagement with commercial teams on post contract award phase in terms of margin analysis looking for opportunities to drive improvements and commercial efficiencies, and attending key project reviews to ensure that reported financials are appropriate
• Lead engagement with external and internal auditors to successfully complete relevant audits
• Ensure that an effective control environment exists through compliance with all Group control frameworks, policies and procedures as relevant 
• Responsibility for relevant project accounting, including monthly reviews, analysis and project set up, accounting judgements and provisioning while working with relevant functions such as Commercial, Legal and Tax 
• Work with Operations and serve as a conduit between the business and Legal, Tax and Treasury, IT, Shared Services and Supply Chain

Professionally qualified accountant 

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Minimum of 8 years relevant accounting experience
• Strong experience of business partnering
• Excellent track record in people management
• Demonstrable commercial experience 
• Previous experience of leading and developing a team
• Good IT / Systems knowledge
• Sound knowledge of Oil & Gas services business and accounting methodology 

Personal attributes: 

• Sets example and fully participates in the company values building strong relationships across the business 
• High level of influence 
• Strong people skills and desire to develop the team, look to recruit the best 
• Manages with honesty and commitment
• Ability to discuss issues clearly and concisely at all levels in the organization 
• Ability to work proactively to analyze problems/issues and identify