VP Finance – Global Business Services
Vice President Finance – Global Business Services
Fulltime
Derby/Hybrid
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a VP Finance – Global Business Services to join the Central Finance Head Office team, based in Derby.
As VP Finance – Global Business Services, you will be an integral part of the GBS Executive team and will play a leading role in securing savings on managed service costs, optimising GBS service delivery costs and shaping/delivering the emerging global GBS strategy. This role also provides a unique opportunity to become a Director of RR International, which is a separate legal entity and involves ensuring we meet our statutory obligations.
What you will be doing
* An integral part of the GBS leadership team providing strategic direction and options to drive business performance.
* A business partner and ensure a good understanding of our financial numbers and issues exists at all levels of GBS management.
* Supporting the GBS teams to drive cost savings across all service lines through procurement price reduction and challenging demand increases, or via further optimisation choices.
* Providing cost transparency to the Divisions of GBS costs and working with the Divisional Leaders to identify further cost optimisation.
* Ensuring financial management of the Business to deliver financial commitments and ensuring budgets and multi-year forecasts are translated into business level plans; pro-actively work to ensure optimal performance and achievement of business targets and strategy.
* Managing reporting, forecasting and statutory requirements for GBS with the help of the regional Finance Managers.
* Acting as Director of R-R International and ensuring that its statutory requirements are enacted.
* Managing our outsourced provider of finance for small countries across the globe.
* Interpreting performance trends, supporting the generation of improvement plans and providing solutions to senior management on financial issues.
* Providing ad hoc reports, assessments or presentations as required.
Who we’re looking for:
* A Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACMA, ACCA) with extensive PQE.
* Well organised and competent in understanding issues and getting to the heart of a problem fast.
* Ability to prioritise and work under minimal supervision.
* Able to work effectively globally, sensitive to language and cultural differences, develop relationships and influence people to drive outcomes.
* A personable, driven, effective communicator who can work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and SMEs.
* Demonstrated commercial acumen.
* A proactive and self-driven team player, resilient and results driven.
* Good hands-on knowledge of key Rolls-Royce systems, including SAP, HFM, Coupa.
* Good MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
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