Core functions & deliverables
1. Group Consolidation process - Take full ownership of the group consolidation process via Tagetik, ensuring understanding, accuracy and consistency across all financial data, overseeing instructions, integrity assurance, user training and system development. Responsibility for the monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes.
2. Cash flow and forecasting – Prepare and analyse the group cash flow and 13-week cash forecast, ensuring accurate cash management and forecasting. Ensure the cash impact on projects, both won and proposed, are fully understood throughout the project life cycle, identifying weaknesses, challenges, and risks, modelling and reporting upon them. Track and report on working capital, developing automated reporting processes for improved efficiency.
3. Site reporting analysis – Analyse and review site specific financial reports, challenging key themes and issues arising from the data, providing explanations and insight into variances and trends. Review and ensure completeness of submissions from all sites, ensuring the integrity of the reported data.
4. Reporting pack preparation – Prepare and present monthly reporting packs for the Board and Executive Leadership Team.
5. Group annual budget reporting – Own the group’s budget process, ensuring timely planning, accurate reporting formats and effective communication with all stakeholders. Manage the consolidation through multiple budget cycles. Deliver all aspects of the budget reporting from financial statements through to the information required to understand the opportunities and challenges.
6. Management of the group consolidation system, including:
1. System maintenance and support – Responsible for maintenance of the application, including user and administrator documentation. Lead the development and improvement of the system output, integrating with other group systems to enhance reporting efficiency and reliability. Collaborate with the Group BI & Systems Accountant to ensure the system delivers effective and reliable reporting. Drive the integration of ad-hoc or informal reporting systems into the main reporting system. Contribute to the development of a standardised financial operating model for sites.
2. Training and user development – Deliver user training and ensure the team is well equipped to use the system effectively. Implement changes to reports, entities, logic, categories and organisational structures as necessary.
7. Treasury & Banking, including:
1. Bank guarantee reporting – Report on the utilisation of bank guarantee facilities on a monthly basis, ensuring accurate financial tracking.
2. Covenant calculation development – Continuously develop and enhance the automated covenant calculation process, improving financial tracking and reporting accuracy.
3. Cash utilization management – Development of processes to manage and control cash utilization as cash pooling is implemented.
8. Internal control and internal audit – Participate in internal audit visits and projects, ensuring the group adheres to financial controls and procedures. Prepare internal audit reports for discussion with management. Collate, consolidate and challenge the results of internal control returns.
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