Finance Manager

Venn Group is working with a renowned broadcasting corporation to recruit for a Finance Manager on a 3 months interim contract. The successful postholder will be responsible for maintaining the integrity and control of financial systems and processes.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Manage relations and outputs of Finance staff, establishing effective ways of working and a robust controls framework over expenditure and reporting
• Ensure that financial activities are managed in accordance with the business strategy ensuring value for money
• Provide financial advice, support, and input on a range of issues and to various stakeholders
• Challenge actual or potential variations to budgets
• Ensure all the month end/year end close journals are posted timely and accurately
• Provide timely and accurate analysis and interpretation of the business area results, using monthly reporting packs to support the business to deliver the results
• Take ownership of all balance sheet reconciliations, review all balance sheet accounts and working with various business areas
• Provide support and direction to ensure transactions are understood and correctly recorded with monthly reconciliations, and that the balance sheet is in line with IFRS, and where applicable local GAAP
• Support and act as a key point of information during the annual audit process to deliver the required information for sign off of results

Ideal candidate profile:

• Professional Accounting Qualification- ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA or equivalent
• Significant experience of managing in a finance function within a complex matrix organisation
• Experience of working with and the analysis and interpretation of financial information including P&L, BS and cash flow
• Strong technical accounting skill and significant experience of the application of governance and control principles
• Hands on experience in SAP(S4), BPC and SAC
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel (including pivot tables)

Agency reference number: J80751

Location: London

Duration: 3 months

Rate: £400-450 a day, paid via an Umbrella company

Working hours: Full-time

Working pattern: Hybrid (2 days week in the office)

Start: ASAP

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.