Job Title: Finance Integration Manager
Location: New Century House, 16 The Havens
Salary: Competitive
Hours per week: Monday to Friday - 09:00 - 17:00 - 37.5 hours per week
Business Overview
OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with a turnover of £1.7bn and 50,000+ colleagues. We deliver innovative, award-winning services including Cleaning, Catering, Security, Technical Services, Energy Management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services to the public and private sectors.
Job Overview
We are currently recruiting for a Finance Integration Manager to join our passionate and driven team based at our client’s site in New Century House, 16 The Havens. As a Finance Integration Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the seamless integration of external acquisitions and internal reorganizations from a finance perspective becoming the “hive up” expert.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead integration work streams for existing businesses and acquisitions. This involves coordinating financial activities, aligning processes, and ensuring smooth transitions.
* Collaborate with other functional teams (such as legal, operations, and IT) to harmonize financial processes during integration.
* Act as the finance representative on integration projects. You’ll be the point person for financial matters, providing insights, analysis, and recommendations.
* Ensure financial compliance and adherence to accounting standards throughout the integration process.
* Produce detailed hive-up workings and collaborate with legal and tax teams for accuracy.
* Work on mapping the chart of accounts for newly integrated entities to our group’s consolidated Trial Balance (TB).
* Map Customer, supplier, purchase orders and other sub ledgers from existing finance systems into the Group target finance system, Microsoft Dynamics.
* Cleanse purchase order data, ensuring only genuine open items are transitioned into the target entity.
* Coordinate treasury activities related to integration including bank mandates and cash reporting.
* Partner with existing finance and operational teams to integrate additional businesses efficiently.
* Create a comprehensive integration steps plan for use on various acquisitions.
* Lead the opening balance sheet exercise for acquisition with support from the Head of Finance.
* Oversee data cleansing efforts during integration, ensuring data accuracy and completeness.
* Ensure VAT returns of the entities are completed during the integration process.
About You:
* Right to work in the UK
* Minimum experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions, or integration projects.
* Experience with implementing processes and controls.
* Proven track record of reviewing financial accounts and reports.
* Knowledge of ERP software.
* Good knowledge of fundamental accounting principles, IFRS.
* Audit background preferred but not essential.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
* Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities.
Educational Level:
* Graduate.
Professional Qualifications required:
* Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA minimum.
Other Details:
* Driver Licence required.
* Flexible working: Currently three days a week in the office, two days a week at home.
Benefits:
* Wide range of retail discounts.
* Discounted gym membership.
* Join our Cycle to Work scheme.
* Access to “CHROMA”, our internal colleague-led diversity and inclusion community.
* Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders.
* Immediate access to “Opportunity”, our internal Learning and Development platform.
* Required professional membership fees paid for.
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