Finance Business Partner - Manchester, United Kingdom - ASM Global

ASM Global

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

To act as business partner to the venue GM and management team providing quality MI and supporting the team with commercial finance and analytical input and advice, and to work with the central transactional finance team to produce management accounts from journal stage to monthly packs and detailed forecasting and budgeting.

The role will also require mentoring and day to day management of an Assistant Management Accountant.

Key responsibilities

Provide high quality MI and detailed commercial financial analysis of the operations to support decision making.
Manage, mentor, develop and facilitate working structure of an Assistant Management Accountant.
Identify and implement improvements in processes and systems, with the objective of improving controls and efficiencies.
Attend and actively contribute to venue weekly SMT meetings led by venue General Manger.
Hold monthly meetings with Department Heads to discuss financial results and forecasts.
Prepare annual departmental budgets and challenge department heads to achieve targets.
Prepare monthly reforecasts and prepare monthly forecast pack.
Prepare monthly packs for monthly Business Review and attend meeting.
Input into annual business planning process and value up financial impact of initiatives.
Provide full financial project insight into redevelopment costs, including spend, assessment against the business plan, and analysis to maximise capital allowances.
Provide ongoing Finance support on the financial impact of initiatives implemented, especially around the impact of premium and hospitality products.
Prepare month end journals and process in Finance System.
Prepare event settlements for all events.
Prepare show night reports and a weekly performance tracker for all events.
Where relevant prepare ROI analysis for capex projects that are income generating.
Act as point of contact for audit of venue and prepare all audit files.
Responsible for and have control over integrity and accuracy of MI from EPOS and other business systems.
Provide commercial insight into working capital management through a stronger control framework or improvement in processes.
Prepare all balance sheet reconciliations.
Regular attendance at head office in Manchester.
Ad hoc project work as directed by UK Finance Director and GM.

Skills and competencies required

Essential:

Qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA, including relevant post qualification experience.
Have the gravitas to act as the face of Finance as a 'stand alone' Finance representative.
Track record of implementation of processes and change management experience.
Some element of management of people.
Good knowledge of processes, systems and control frameworks.
Advanced Excel skills including formulas and ideally macros.

Other Skills:

Have excellent planning, organisational and time management skills
Be resilient and able to work well under pressure and work reactively and proactively
Have excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills

General information

The requirements of the business are such that a degree of flexibility is necessary, and some evening and weekend work may be required.

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