Total 5 business management project planning job vacancies in Finance / Banking / Insurance category in banstead surrey sm7 1ag

Your new company
You will be joining a fast-growing company based south of Guildford. They have ambitious plans to become a market leader over the next 3 years and as such are seeking a talented finance professional to join them.

Your new role
Reporting into the FC, you will be taking on a newly created role that spans both finance, IT and operations. This key role will see you working to continuously improve processes and systems, driving best practice in all areas to build an efficient and technologically driven business. You'll work across all business areas and in particular with finance to drive better quality, accurate data, reporting and insights. Alongside the continuous improvement work, you will support the implementation of the new ERP, SAP. This is a broad role with lots of scope for development!

What you'll need to succeed
In addition to your professional accounting qualification, ACA/ACCA/CIMA/equivalent, you should be passionate about continuous improvement and have proven experience in driving better data, reporting and building efficiency into processes. No specific systems experience is required but knowledge of SAP would be highly advantageous. Alongside a sound systems knowledge is your positive relationship building skills to be able to work cross-function and to come up with innovative solutions alongside your colleagues. This is a unique and highly visible role in the business.

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary is on offer up to £65k, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, 25 days annual leave and free on-site parking.

What you need to do now
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We would like to thank you for your interest in the role of Trust Management Accountant at Bourne Education Trust.
We are seeking a Trust Management Accountant to help maintain the financial health of the Trust and its constituent schools. The role will provide critical financial insights and support to the Trust's leadership team and School Business Managers. The role involves analysing financial data, preparing reports, supporting schools and offering actionable recommendations to help drive the Trust’s financial planning and operational decisions.
The successful candidate must be an accounting professional, skilled in analysing and interpreting financial data with an ability to explain budget variances and forecasts to non-financial staff members. This post will require travel to the Trust schools.
We hope that the job application pack will give you an insight into our organisation and provide you with detailed information about the role you are applying for. We encourage you to review the materials carefully and consider how your unique skills and experiences align with our needs and goals.
Should you wish to speak in more detail about the role please contact Kayley Bell, Trust PA and HR Administrator.

This full-time, permanent role has a salary range of £77,260 to £85,153 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Strategic Finance Business Partner to join us and manage a large team supporting Surrey's Schools and Education services. The role is hybrid, typically with a blend of home working and a minimum of 2 days per week in the Council's Reigate, Leatherhead or Woking offices.

Rewards and benefits

• 26 days' holiday rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the team

The Finance team are part of the Council's Resources directorate, working as business partners to the rest of the organisation. The Children, Families and Lifelong Learning (CFLL) Finance Team provide financial support with budgets and monitoring to the CFLL Directorate, specifically for this role working with Surrey Schools, including Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) and leading on the monitoring of all Education expenditure.

About the role

This role is the key Finance Business Partner for Education and Lifelong Learning, supporting all the central Education budget including the monitoring of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), which is one of the largest government grants for the Council, with a net budget of circa £600m.

A particular area of focus will be reviewing and monitoring spend on the high needs block of the DSG and supporting managers in service redesign and delivering best value. The post-holder will also monitor the financial performance of the Safety Valve agreement.

This post will be a financial advisor to the Schools Forum, meeting regularly and reporting on use of the DSG and provision of Budgets to Schools. The role will engage extensively with elected members, external partners, senior managers, functional heads in HR, Finance and Procurement and end users, which will involve significant influencing and negotiation.

This role reports to the Strategic Finance Business Partner for CFLL and will have four direct reports and a total staff of twenty.

Shortlisting Criteria

• To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, ICAEW)
• Previous experience of senior level finance business partnering, in a similar area
• Excellent communicator with senior management, able to build relationships, challenge and influence
• Good understanding of systems, particularly related to budget modelling and forecasting

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 21/04/2024 with interviews planned for the week commencing 29/04/2024.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.

At Cennox we are excited to be recruiting for a Finance Business Partner to join us as part of our new vertical finance reporting structure. This position will be based from our head office in Camberley but will require some occasional travel as you will be supporting our teams in Europe and USA. You will be working in a hands-on environment with a busy and dynamic team of Management Accountants.

The main responsibility of this post will be to take ownership of all financial aspects of our Irish business as well as some of our UK divisions. You will be supporting the contract teams, preparing monthly management accounts, reporting on performance against budget and forecast, as well as working with the unit heads to update forecasts and prepare annual budgets. We are looking for someone who is proactive who will analyse and investigate costs and identify improvements.

This role works in harmony with our sales and purchase ledger team to ensure unison with cost coding's, and interaction with our project managers ensuring that financial information is up to date. You will be required to challenge margins and advise on additional billing opportunities so you must be versed at dealing with senior stakeholders from a non financial background and be a strong character with the ability to build cooperative working relationships. This position requires you to have strong numerical and analytical skills and work well under pressure. The right candidate will be flexible when working to deadlines associated with month end and ad hoc projects and be prepared to go the extra mile to complete deadlines. You will need to work well under pressure, maintain confidentiality and have excellent accuracy and attention to detail.

• An experienced Business Finance Partner or commercial Management Accountant used to working in a dynamic business.
• CIMA/ACCA qualified.
• Demonstratable experience of larger business accounts (over £25m turnover)
• Strong Excel and technical accounting skills.
• Good working knowledge of UK GAAP
• Strong character and ability to build cooperative working relationships with senior non-finance stakeholders as well as other members of the global finance team.

• Strong numerical and analytical skills

Salary £50,000 - £60,000 is on offer depending on experience, plus benefits.

For more information, please get in touch with our recruitment team.

• 22 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 9% pension scheme (combined contributions)
• 2 x salary Life Assurance
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Optional Healthcare plan including retail and gym discounts
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Assistance Programme and much more!

Please be aware all successful candidates for this position will be required to undergo a pre-employment screening process, inclusive but not limited to: financial, criminal record and references.

As a Level 1 Disability Confident employer, we are proud to welcome applicants with disabilities. Providing you meet the minimum job requirements, you will be offered an interview and the opportunity to suggest adjustments to help you perform at your best. Please let us know prior to your interview and we can discuss any adjustments with you.

Your new company
Your new job will be based in the centre of Guildford in a key role to partner with the Leadership team. The business is well established with multiple sites across the UK.


Your new role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will be taking on a key role that encompasses business partnering, budget/forecast ownership and Team Management. Your main focus will be business partnering across all levels and providing value add analysis to the Leadership team, challenging business cases and spotting risks and opportunities. You\'ll own the budgeting and planning process ensuring achievable targets are set and hit. You\'ll mentor and lead a small team of commercial analysts and support their development to future leaders. As part of the central finance team, you\'ll also support process improvement, identifying areas for positive change.


What you\'ll need to succeed
In addition to your professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/equivalent), you should evidence a strong level of business partnering experience and be confident liaising with stakeholders up to Director level. You should be confident in presenting and challenging assumptions always striving for continuous improvement. System skills including high volume data analysis is essential alongside team management skills.


What you\'ll get in return
A competitive salary is offer, good benefits package and flexible working. Moving forwards there will be opportunity to progress, develop and become a future senior leader.


What you need to do now
If you\'re interested in this role, click \'apply now\' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Chris Evans now. If this job isn\'t quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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