Job Title: Finance Manager (Balance Sheet Reporting) - 6 Month FTC

Salary: £80,000

Location: Tamworth

Contract: 6-Month Fixed Term Contract (FTC)

Hybrid: 2 days office

Role Overview:
Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for balance sheet reporting and financial controls? This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to take ownership of balance sheet integrity, reporting, and reconciliations within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You’ll play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, driving process improvements, and working closely with senior stakeholders to enhance financial controls.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overhead Cost Control: Take ownership of tracking, monitoring, and reducing overhead costs across the business.
• Cost Efficiency Initiatives: Identify inefficiencies and collaborate with department heads to implement effective cost-saving strategies.
• Financial Reporting: Provide detailed and timely reports on overhead expenses, presenting insights and recommendations to senior management.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead overhead budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s financial goals.
• Variance Analysis: Conduct in-depth analysis of variances in overhead costs, identifying issues and recommending corrective actions.
• Process Improvement: Continuously assess and refine financial processes to improve the accuracy and efficiency of overhead cost management.

Key Requirements:

• ACCA or ACA qualified
• Proven experience in a finance management role, with specific expertise in overhead cost management.
• Demonstrated success in reducing costs while maintaining operational performance.
• Strong analytical and financial reporting skills, with a focus on overheads.
• Reconciliations Management – Lead the preparation and review of complex balance sheet reconciliations.
• Financial Controls & Compliance – Maintain strong internal controls, ensuring adherence to accounting standards and policies.
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to influence cost-saving decisions.
• Advanced proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Excel.