Financial Control Manager

Financial Control Manager
Location: Bristol or London (hybrid working in either location)
Contract: 6 months
Rate: £245 p/d Umbrella

The Emergency Services Network (ESN) is a huge strategic priority for our client and their commitment to do the best for our customer and our country. ESN will be one of the most advanced Emergency Services Networks in the world. and our client is proud to the official supplier providing mission critical and trusted communications for Britain's Emergency Services. The ESN will replace the existing Airwave network and building upon on EE's existing 4G network and to provide essential new voice, data services, and critical communications services to 300,000 members of frontline emergency service users.

As Financial Control Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis, you are crucial to supporting the delivery of this mission critical infrastructure, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of financial forecasting & budgeting across the business, Networks and the ESN Senior Leadership Team. You will be responsible for quarterly reporting to the Home Office for actuals and contract forecast, as well as driving forecasting process change.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead financial planning and forecasting reporting deliverables to drive effective decision making across multiple programmes within the ESN contract.
• Collaborate closely with the Finance Business Partners to understand the programme performance and provide commentary on risks and opportunities.
• Lead the Quarterly Financial Reporting (QFR) to the Home Office which includes contractual forecast.
• Drive process improvement such as automation and optimisation of manual tasks associated with the handling of programme data.
• Ensure the financial integrity of the business by implementing discrete, complex process and policy changes.

Requirements:

• Forecasting, Planning & Budgeting
• Management Reporting
• Financial & Data Analysis & Insight
• Construction industry experience
• SAP RP1
• S/4 HANA
• Excel
• FP&A
• Decision Making
• Growth Mindset

Key skills and experience

• Suitable candidates will be qualified Accountants - ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects
• Proven background in transforming financial processes, especially related to Financial reporting and forecasting.
• Possess bold and confident thinking with a proven background of challenging the status quo where appropriate. Have a "self-starter" attitude and accountability to see tasks through to completion.