JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Finance Senior Manager - Deals Finance Leader
Location: Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds
About Us:
We are looking for an experienced Finance Senior Manager to lead an internal finance team, providing exceptional decision support to a business unit within the Deals Line of Service (LoS). This is an opportunity to be the cornerstone for our Business Partnering teams, driving financial excellence and business growth.
Our Deals Line of Service consists of four diverse business units generating an annual turnover exceeding £m. The business units cover a variety of products and services, working with clients to create, realise and protect value when advising on mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, divestitures or operating in a crisis situation. With circa Partners and over 2, staff, Deals is one of the most vibrant and multifaceted areas within PwC.
About the Role:
As a Finance Senior Manager, you will leverage your technical expertise, commercial insights, and interpersonal skills to drive, influence, and challenge the business to achieve both short and long-term financial objectives. You will have an opportunity to play a key role in the design and implementation of the following areas:
1. Business strategy and planning.
2. Budgeting and forecasting.
3. Interpret monthly financial results and recommended actions.
4. Drive performance management and improvement initiatives.
5. Ensure financial control and compliance.
6. Mentor and develop finance team members.
Key Responsibilities:
7. Leading a small team of finance professionals, reporting to senior leadership including the Director of Finance for Deals, the Business Unit Chief Operating Officer (COO), and the Business Unit Leader (BUL).
8. Providing commercially focused solutions and insights, participating in local leadership meetings to support and challenge the business from a financial perspective.
9. Driving and challenging business performance through analysis, presentation, and commentary of financial information to senior decision makers.
10. Overseeing the financial aspects of a large portfolio, understanding risks, expected cash flows, appropriate valuation of Work-in-Progress (WIP), and the application of revenue recognition.
11. Proactively highlighting risks and opportunities, developing actionable insights, and supporting the business in robust forecasting and annual planning cycles.
12. Collaborating with the wider Operations team, including Human Capital, Resourcing, and Business Development leaders, to offer cohesive operational support.
13. Developing a network of key finance contacts across the firm and building strong relationships with other finance functions, with opportunities for skill development.
14. Playing a key role in change management, leading on projects as required, and ensuring alignment of top-down targets to operational plans while maximizing investment ROI.
About You:
You are a commercially minded finance professional with a deep understanding of professional services. Your strong analytical skills, combined with a proactive and action-oriented approach, make you a trusted advisor and leader. You excel in building trusted relationships, communicating with impact and empathy, and driving technological change to achieve financial objectives.
Essentials Skills and Experience:
15. Must possess a ACA, CIMA, ACCA Qualification (or an international equivalent).
16. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
17. Commercially minded individual with deep business understanding.
18. Action-oriented and self-starting individual with a focus on continuous improvement.
19. Strong relationship builder, able to build trust with key stakeholders.
20. Effective communicator with impact and empathy, both written and verbal.
21. Technology-enabled mindset, driving change through technology adoption.
22. Commitment to personal development.
23. Intermediate to advanced Excel skills and an early adopter of new technologies.
If this sounds like you, and you would like to embark on this exciting journey with us, we would love to hear from you! Apply today and take the next step in your career with PwC.