Finance Manager - Capital Delivery - Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8DB

• Responsible for leading a team to partner with the financial performance outcomes of our Capital Programme - supporting the Delivery teams through the implementation of high-quality insight and KPIs, review and challenge.
• Provide the high-quality financial information that the business requires to operate effectively and efficiently, including leading and lagging levers, cost drivers, trend analysis, the so what and recommendations to assist decision making.
• Support in specific aspects of the financial reporting cycle with a critical evaluation lens applied.
• Develop relationships with other teams across the Organisation, with a real focus on cross learning and challenging the teams through continuous improvement.
• Review capital investment papers as required by the business, ensuring needs are clearly articulated and internal governance requirements are met.
• As a key financial liaison, partner with the various departments across Finance and the business to deliver end-to-end process efficiencies and improved financial awareness.
• Set up the team to support validation and reporting of the business efficiency initiatives, ensuring that the predicted benefits are cashable and correctly estimated. Proactively identify target opportunity areas for further efficiency, working with business stakeholders as well as the capital efficiency team within the PMO.
• Respond to ad hoc requests for analytics to provide support to stakeholders for cost visibility, regulatory matters, deep-dive investigations into financial performance, etc.
• Support proactive identification and resolution of technical accounting matters relating to the capital delivery areas. The manager will also provide support and guidance as needed for audit deliverables.

• Accounting qualification. (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Extensive financial and analytical experience.
• Good understanding of accounting best practices and technical requirements.
• Strong Excel skillset and analytical abilities required; solid modelling and/or database skills are preferable.
• Excellent knowledge of providing financial insight, preparing annual plans, and forecasts.
• Collaborative work style, good relationship-building capabilities.
• Highly effective communication skills (listening and presenting ideas)

• Experience in large/complex organisations (including matrix ways of working)
• Experience in leading a team.
• Experience in similar organisations with finance teams responsible for managing and operating large capex programmes.
• Business partnering, accounting experience of working with senior managers/directors.

• Competitive salary up to £80,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.