Finance Manager

Finance Manager - London - International Management Consultants - £50-58,000

This dynamic International Management Consultants is looking for an ambitious Finance Manager to join its fast-growing business. This is a hands-on role with full ownership of the finance function, reporting directly to the CFO and working closely with all the Directors. Key tasks include:

• Leading the day-to-day finance operations including a Finance Assistant and several outsourced providers, act as a trusted business partner across departments,
• Coordinate and project manage the external advisors including ownership of deadlines and rigorous critique of deliverables.
• Manage the Finance Assistant by delegating tasks, coaching, and developing their talent, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Review and own all finance outputs, including balance sheet and P&L accountability
• Monitor cash flow across all markets and develop strategies to optimise growth.
• Design and maintain financial and operational KPIs, providing actionable reports to the Exec team. This will be predominantly focused on People metrics like utilisation, project profitability, competitor analysis and quality of scoping.
• Own the month-end close, including preparing Board reports and commentary.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, and 3-year financial planning efforts.
• Manage relationships with banks, investors, suppliers, contractors, and overseas partners, including any audit coordination.
• Collaborate closely with leadership to become a trusted partner who can aid with pricing and resourcing decisions.
• Support in credit referencing new clients, client billing, issuing statements, credit control and litigation where appropriate.
• Partner with multiple departments on commercial and operational projects, offering strategic financial insights including tracking the ROI of Marketing events.
• Oversee payroll and maintain strong oversight of HR activities, handling confidential information with discretion.
• Maintain strict cost control, ensuring spend is aligned with growth objectives.
• Support ad-hoc projects and commercial modelling as needed.

Experience & Skills

• Seeking someone who is still studying or newly qualified in ACA/ACCA/CIMA or similar qualified. London based and happy to work from the office in the City three days a week
• Strong communication skills particularly with a global business with some overseas team and colleagues outside of Finance.
• Exceptional Excel and some ERP systems experience. Exceptional PowerPoint / Board level reporting deliverables experience.
• High level of professionalism, discretion and maturity as this role will have sight of sensitive and confidential information and work with senior Directors daily.
• Cashflow management experience.
• A positive and resourceful attitude to challenges.
• A sense of fun, camaraderie and teamwork is essential.
• Some external/internal audit experience would be desirable but not essential.
• Whilst Consulting industry experience dealing with timesheet and project based KPIs may be helpful, the right candidate can also learn on the job.
• This is a role for someone ambitious who is ready to learn from working closely with senior directors in a career enhancing finance manager role.

The Finance Manager will be joining the business at a pivotal time where there are many improvements to be made All these improvements will fall within the remit of the Finance Manager to add their own flair to these initiatives. The pace of change and improvement will be rapid, and this role would suit someone goal oriented who thrives in a learning environment. There will be significant opportunities to gain experience in both Management accounts and Statutory filings.

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