Job Title: Finance Manager Salary: To £70,000 depending on experience Hours: 37.5 hours per week Location: Walsall- Hybrid – 3dpw typical in the office Join their dynamic and forward-thinking finance team and unleash your potential with this exceptional opportunity in a growing business. They are looking to add to our finance team and are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join their Business Unit. The Role: Day to day financial management of an Business Unit(s), partnering the Business Unit Management Team with a focus on Software product. Working across the Business Unit, providing financial support, raising awareness and understanding to ensure achievement of financial targets. Working to establish contract profitability and cost drivers as well as evaluating and advising managers on the financial impacts of business initiatives and actions. Design, develop and maintain financial processes and analysis to enable Echo to maximise resource, minimise cost and thus optimise profitability whilst ensuring that the business fully meets its plans and objectives. Develop and maintain with the Business Unit pricing models for new business as required currently focusing on software. Working with the India Finance Team to ensure month end numbers for the Business Unit are complete and accurate and all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled. Accountability for the production of monthly Software management accounts, forecasts, management information. Responsible for effective financial control through the creation and monitoring of P&L and cash budgets, forecasts and other control processes. Supporting the Statutory accounting and reporting process carried out through Group Finance, including the external audit of the Managed Services accounts. What you’ll need: Appropriate working experience necessary to carry out this role effectively, ideally previous experience in a business partnering role. Proficient in MS Office (specifically Excel) and computer-based finance packages (Oracle would be an advantage, although is not essential). Strong analytical & technical skills. Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels within the organisation. Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. Good levels of speed and accuracy. Excellent attention to detail. Ability to work as a team member. Ability to work with minimal supervision and to use initiative. Flexible working attitude. Maintain confidentiality. Qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA with 2 years PQE. What You’ll Get in Return: • Competitive salary up to £70,000 depending on experience. • Hybrid working - 3dpw typically in the office. • Employer pension contributions. • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. • Collaborate with diverse teams within the larger Group. • Free on-site gym. • 24/7 GP service. • Cycle to work scheme. • Employee assistance program via Aviva. • Access to store and restaurants discounts. Who they are: Our client is an integrated services group with a range of other non-regulated services and products to essential services operators and markets. With around 3000 people across the UK and abroad, you’re not just getting a new job; you’re starting a career. There are around 600 of them that make up the team, spread across three continents and four countries. They offer a huge range of exciting roles due to the diversity of their services and software solutions, and they continue to expand and grow as a company at home and overseas. REF-221 082