Finance Manager
Job Introduction
This career enhancing opportunity will see you as the Finance Manager act as the main financial support for the Corporate Services regional business.
Based at our Salford Offices is Greater Manchester you will ok closely with the Finance Director and support the delivery of multiple Corporate Services contracts.
Role Responsibility
- Supporting our Corporate Services Account Directors in all significant decision making.
- Complete the annual budgeting and quarterly forecast process with the Account Director’s and senior site managers.
- Coordinate the production and release of timely and accurate client invoices through an efficient month end process, working with site management / FSS
- Review/analyse site performance and provide commentary prior to declaration of financial results
- Work with senior site management/FSS to deliver accurate monthly accounts to reflect all activity within the account, ensuring that items such as major project activity are represented accurately
- Take an active role in supporting the Account Directors in client meetings (e.g. quarterly reviews), contract renewals and proposals for new and existing services.
- As needed develop good working relationships with the senior finance managers of key sites.
- Prepare all required documentation to support capital investment ensuring it is line with the UKIC policy guidelines.
- Produce management information for the operational team on a timely and effective basis
The Ideal Candidate
- Educated to degree or equivalent standard with an accounting qualification
- Proven track record in finance (minimum 5 years’ experience)
- Commercial exposure to be support and business partner to the Head of Finance – Corporate Services Regional
- Experience of financial modelling
- Process orientation
- Hands on pro-active approach with an ability to work well in autonomy
- Outstanding communication skills (Sodexo country finance teams and client finance team) and proven ability to work in a collaborative way
- Presentation skills, ability to interact at any level of the organisation
- Excellent communication skills
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process
