Operational Accounting Manager (CIMA/ACA/ACCA)

Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Operational Accounting Manager to head up the Energy & Resources finance team of three in shared services based in Salford. You will provide  excellent leadership, support and development to the reporting finance team, create strong business partnerships with segment, central finance and operational teams. You will be a qualified accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) with extensive team management experience, effective stakeholder management experience in a matrix management environment and experience of working with SAP or other large ERP system. This is a fantastic opportunity for motivated, committed, tenacious individuals to join a global company and progress your career.

Role Responsibility

• Manage the Operational Accounting team; providing support and development opportunities through regular 1-2-1 discussion, team meetings, annual appraisals and the EPA process.
• Through your team, manage the output from the month end process ensuring production and release of timely and accurate client invoices.
• Manage P&L accounting activities for the segment; providing accurate and timely management accounts on a monthly basis.
• Manage the completion & review of accurate monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring reconciling items are understood and resolved in a timely manner.
• Provide support to Head of Management Accounts, FD’s, FC; segment finance team & Account Directors in preparation for and attendance at review meetings.
• Support BSS and wider finance team with continuous improvement projects and initiatives.
• Create business partner relationships across BSS, with segment finance, operational teams and Account Directors or equivalent.
• Support with segment forecasting/budgeting (as required) in line with Group requirements.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards; BSS processes and internal controls at all times.

The Ideal Candidate

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA)
• Graduate calibre
• Experience of working with SAP or other large ERP system
• Extensive team management experience
• Effective stakeholder management experience in a matrix management environment
• Delivery of accounting activities in an accurate timely manner
• Effectively manage responsibilities and workload in a fast-paced business environment
• Excellent Communication skills including the ability to translate complex financial processes/arrangements into simplified non-financial terms
• Ability to adapt to change, acting in a positive ‘change agent’ role
• Champion best practice approach and sharing of ideas
• An enthusiastic and passionate approach towards business challenges
• Professional, proactive and highly motivated
• Flexible approach

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.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.