Finance Manager - Finance Shared Services Uk

Finance Manager - Finance Shared Services (UK)
PIB Group are seeking a qualified Finance Manager to help run, grow and develop the UK Finance Shared Services Hub in Retford, Nottinghamshire. This role offers the flexibility of working from home and the office as well as being offered on a Full Time, Part Time and Job Share basis. This role reports and supports the Head of Finance Shared Service (UK) to strive for excellence in all financial outputs and performance measures of the Hub. They will need to possess a skillset that demonstrates the ability and knowhow to drive higher standards of financial information and control.
Above all the outstanding candidate should be able to achieve these goals alongside the continued development and upskilling of the existing management accounting and accounts payable teams. This role based in Retford has onsite parking.
Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with the department head to manage the shared goals of the team. Contribute effectively to the planning and execution of the necessary activities to achieve them;
• Implement a disciplined monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliation process. Be the lead senior reviewer of these reconciliations;
• Drive high standards in monthly and quarterly close calendars;
• Track the day to day status of month end progress for the UK divisions, communicating this regularly with the team and other key stakeholders;
• Develop KPIs to monitor service level improvements to the business;
• Identify areas of potential process or accounting quality improvements and drive projects with key stakeholders to implement these changes. Examples of areas for improvement could be; accounting processes, reconciliation schedules, timings;
• Continuously coach and mentor the team to implement improvements ensuring that knowledge and skills are passed through to the team;
• Prepare and deliver training sessions to the team;
• Oversee the accounting qualification studying requirements of the team.

Experience:

• Being able to foster a positive and enjoyable environment for learning, coaching and exam qualification will be a key requirement for the senior leadership qualities we are looking for in this role.
• Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA.
• FRS102 / IFRS
• Experience as a reviewer of accounting schedules and reconciliations
• Experience of process improvement
• Experience of leading training and developing people
• Knowledge of the Insurance industry would be ideal but not essential

Further information
As well as a competitive salary we offer the following benefits -

• 26 days holiday allowance with the annual option to buy additional days
• Death in Service benefit of x4 salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave packages
• A flexible benefits package which allows you to add additional benefits to your overall package
• Our benefits portal offers discounts on technology & electronics, cinemas, restaurants, days out, mortgage advice, travel and many more
• Referral schemes
• Discounted rates on PIB products
• We offer a first-class employee benefits and welfare package to support our employees with financial management, cycle to work scheme, counselling support, health screening, will writing, menopause support, books, stopping smoking and much more
• If supporting the local community, engaging with charities and having the opportunity to ‘give something back’ interests you, you have the opportunity to take an extra day to support this with a Volunteering day.
• We also offer a wide range of discounts including a kids pass – giving you discount to over 4500 attractions and activities, discounts at hairdressers and beauticians, climate change projects with lots of other options to choose
• PIB has a comprehensive learning & development framework, including professional study options and apprenticeships which are available to all employees, and which will support your career development
• Being a part of our PIB Community Trust, we support fundraising where you can apply for grants from PIB Group towards your chosen charity
• PIB Group are committed to improving their environmental impact in a responsible way. From the individual actions that our colleagues take every day through to installing the right facilities across our premises, there are many measures in place to help reduce PIB’s carbon footprint.

We are proud of our success and growth and have been recognised for many industry awards across our business. If you wish to work for a company that truly puts people at the heart of their organisation, then we would love to hear from you. PIB operates a flexible working policy, and our management teams will talk to you about how that would meet both your flexible working needs and those of the business and role you are applying for. We would love to hear from you if you want to hear more about opportunities in PIB.
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
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