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Finance Analyst - Maidenhead

SL6 3UD Maidenhead, South East Costain

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Finance Analyst - Maidenhead Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a diligent finance professional looking to continue their career within a FTSE listed construction business with a track record of delivering high profile infrastructure projects.

This is a critical role within the R2R function that involves collecting, processing, validating and presenting accurate financial data. Whilst also providing strategic, financial and operational feedback on the performance of the company to senior management.

The role will have responsibility for the management of the financial analysis for the main group companies, assisting in the management of the working capital reporting.

As part of the R2R team, the role will also include preparation of the reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and resolving related queries and issues.

The role includes exposure to project teams and other finance functions in particular the FP&A team, providing an excellent opportunity for a varied role with regular challenges. It provides the ability to work with a wide variety of teams from different functional backgrounds and the opportunity for continuous improvement.

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Responsibilities

Within the team you will be a source of subject matter expertise relating to the bank, cash and debtors and provide support to the Finance Manager - O2C in a broader range of record to report controls.

You will continue to provide bank, cash and debtor information to a broad range of business unit owners supporting them to ensure timely collection of amounts owed, identifying and resolving issues arising to ensure the debtors ledger remains an accurate reflection of the business position.

The primary responsibilities of this role are:

  • Assist the Finance Manager - O2C with the daily cash reporting ensuring all the payments and receipts are identified.
  • Assist with the posting of the Costain bank statements each day, ensuring all the transactions on the cashbook are accurately cleared and matched to the relevant payments made and/or received.
  • Resolve queries, to ensure the JV debtors' ledgers for the group continue to reflect an accurate representation of the debtor position.
  • Maintain the central reporting of the debtor position and risks within the JV debtor balances for reporting.
  • Prepare the WIP and group debt reporting.
  • Assist with the balance sheet reconciliations, resolving any queries arising to ensure balances are controlled and include only justifiable entries.
  • Work with project teams and with the treasury team in setting up or removing bank accounts when projects are set up or finish.
  • Support Ad-hoc projects including system developments where necessary


Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Part Qualified Chartered Accountant or Certified Practicing Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)


Experience

  • Experience in a finance role
  • Experience of process and systems optimisation.
  • Collaboration with stakeholders and identifying financial anomalies.
  • Desirable experience in managing cashflows and working capital management.
  • Working with Oracle Enterprise One, or similar ERP system desirable.


Skills

  • Understands the importance of resilience in facing challenges. Adapts quickly to change in project plans or unexpected issues. Demonstrates persistence in completing tasks despite challenges. Encourages resilience in others, providing support and fostering a positive work environment.
  • Can prepare basic management reporting, can make basic interpretations of management information and reports and provide simple comments and insight, accurately interpret basic financial reports. Able to interrogate and explain cost entries.
  • Can prepare and present management reporting and explain financial themes and relevant insights under supervision/guidance, can communicate financial results to non-finance communities and articulate results, challenges and risks, can identify trends within the numbers and takes appropriate action or communicates to management.
  • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of accounting records and systems including nominal ledger coding structures. Can review ledgers to ensure accuracy. Understands requirement for separation of duties and able to identify potential areas of risk. Understands the purpose of internal controls and ensures they are followed.
  • Excellent communication skills, with confidence to present to senior stakeholders.
  • Ability to think strategically, challenge current processes and introduce improvements.


Personal Attributes

  • Willingness to learn from the team and how it interfaces with other disciplines.
  • Identifies simple problems and asks questions to understand the situation better.
  • Applies basic logical reasoning to tasks and challenges.
  • Follows established procedures and seeks help when facing unfamiliar issues.
  • Listens and respects the ideas and contributions of others.
  • Shares relevant information with team members in a timely manner.
  • Seeks help from colleagues when needed and provides assistance when asked.
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude towards working with others.


About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview .

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Finance Manager - London

EC3A 8BE London, London Costain

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Finance Manager - London Job Description

The Finance Manager will report into the Head of Finance and provide financial leadership for a portfolio of projects within the Thames Water Framework. The role will link the day to day finance function, and the Commercial outputs to report clear financial performance across the portfolio. Providing financial control and insights on financial performance and act as a champion to deliver change / best practice.

The Finance Manager will be expected to travel to our Project Office (currently in Camberley, Surrey) or London at least 3 days a week.

There will be a requirement to travel to our Finance shared service office in Long Eaton, Derbyshire on an adhoc basis.

Responsibilities

  • Support the contract teams in managing the financial performance of the contract, and accurately reporting and forecasting the results of the contract. This includes the preparation and review of the Contract Leaders' Report (CLR) to ensure that it adequately reflects the status of the contract, and that the financial performance is being reported in line with Group guidelines and Financial Reporting Standards
  • Contract Accounting - integrity of costs, revenue ledgers and transaction processing
  • WIP reconciliations and associated actions to drive cash flow improvement
  • Balance sheet review of other items and associated actions
  • Maintenance of sound financial processes and controls, in line with Group guidelines, ensuring that all applicable requirements can be met • Input into project budgeting/forecasting, covering all aspects of forecasting, including revenue/profit, cash etc
  • Finance point of contact for internal, external and client audits
  • Lead and manage the finance team supporting the development of the team, performance management, succession planning etc
  • Control, forecast and accurately report the Fee Based Cost position on each scheme
  • Drive improvements to improve process and reporting


Qualifications

  • Significant experience with a Construction business
  • Experience in accounting for long term contracts and staff cost modelling
  • Strong business partner able to communicate effectively with senior management
  • Excellent excel and financial modelling skills
  • Hands on approach to operational finance, comfortable with detail but able to communicate the wider picture


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About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview .

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Risk Controller - Gloucester

GL3 4AE Gloucester, South West Costain

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Risk Controller - Gloucester Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity on our EDF Project Controls Resource Framework, to be involved in the exciting challenge of defueling and decommissioning the AGR nuclear power station. This is a first of a kind endeavour in the UK. This is an exciting Risk Controller opportunity where you will carry out risk management processes to implement improvements across the organisation. You will be working together with Project Managers and project teams to enhance content and communication relating to risk.

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Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Identifying the risk exposure facing the project or projects responsible for
  • Understanding the opportunities as well as the threats facing the project, and report these to the Project Manager as required
  • Prioritising risks according to impact and probability of occurrence
  • Assess, using both qualitative and quantitative techniques, the threats, opportunities, probability and impact of the identified risks
  • Supporting the Project Manager in developing a risk strategy and plan that supports project delivery of which the risk register must be a part
  • Establishing, maintaining and regularly reviewing the project risk plan
  • Arrange timely risk reviews with risk owners and project team members as required
  • Monitor and analyse event risks compared to the baseline analysis and evaluations
  • Identify the stages through which the programme/project risk register should be developed
  • Identify, plan and monitor, with the Project Manager, Cost Estimator, Cost Engineer and Planning Engineer, mitigation measures, reviewing risks as they are mitigated, and updating the risk plan and register accordingly
  • Report an accurate and current event risk position to the Cost Engineer


Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

  • Proficient in the use of risk tools and techniques
  • Knowledge of developing a risk strategy and plan and experience of producing and maintaining risk registers across a range of project areas
  • Technical aptitude with a high level of understanding of project management, engineering, regulatory, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning activities and their relation to project costs


Desirable

  • Degree level education
  • Existing Safety or business qualifications


Qualifications

Essential

  • Project Risk qualification, for example APM Risk Cert 1&2
  • Minimum of HNC/HND ideally in an Engineering discipline or relevant experience
  • Professional membership of an appropriate institution (e.g. ACostE or equivalent)


Desirable

  • Bachelor's degree in risk management, project management or relevant technical subject (engineering, science, maths, accounting, or economics)
  • APM PFQ
  • Or equivalent qualifications or experience.


About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview .

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the Team

Costain helps to improve people's lives by deploying technology-based engineering solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK's energy, water and transportation infrastructures.

Costain provides a project controls and commercial managed service to portfolios and programmes of work across EDF Energy's eight UK nuclear power stations. As part of this work Costain will develop people capability in core project control skills and provide specialist support to EDFs Central Technical Organisation to improve project performance and deliver cost efficiencies. We are supporting EDF in 2 main areas:

1) to successfully deliver projects that maximise the lifespan of their generating stations

2) to successfully deliver a Defueling & Decommissioning programme, a first of a kind

endeavour for the UK.
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Operational Resilience Analyst - Nottingham City

Nottingham Building Society

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Operational Resilience Analyst - Nottingham City

Contract type:  Permanent

Hours:  Full-time, 35 hours

Location:  Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)

Application process:  Please apply via the application button which will direct you to our careers site. If you require any adjustments to assist you in applying, please contact 

Are you passionate about operational resilience and looking to make an impact? We're seeking a dedicated Operational Resilience Analyst to play a key role in supporting day-to-day resilience activities. You’ll work alongside the Operational Resilience Manager and various business teams to ensure our resilience approach is consistently applied, monitored, and enhanced.

In this role, you’ll help maintain up-to-date documentation of Important Business Services, assist with resilience testing, track remediation actions, and contribute to the development of reports and analysis that drive continuous improvement.

If you're motivated to contribute to operational excellence and thrive in a collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Here’s a taste of what you will be doing as an Operational Resilience Analyst at Nottingham Building Society: -

  • Documentation & Service Mapping: Keep important business service (IBS) documentation up to date, including service maps and resource dependencies across people, processes, technology, data, facilities, and third parties.
  • Resilience Testing Support: Assist with the preparation, execution, and post-test reporting of resilience testing, ensuring action tracking and follow-up.
  • Track Vulnerabilities & Remediation: Maintain logs of resilience vulnerabilities, track remediation actions, and monitor test outcomes to ensure continuous improvement.
  • Monitor Impact Tolerances: Support the tracking and reporting of impact tolerance performance across services, ensuring adherence to resilience standards.
  • Administrative & Analytical Support: Provide essential support for meetings, workshops, and working groups, contributing to efficient collaboration.
  • Dashboard & Reporting Creation: Help develop dashboards and management information (MI) for internal governance and regulatory reporting.
  • Training & Awareness Support: Contribute to the rollout of resilience awareness, training initiatives, and capability development across the organisation.

About you: -

  • Operational Resilience Knowledge: A solid understanding of operational resilience principles and awareness of UK regulatory requirements (FCA/PRA).
  • Analytical Skills: Strong analytical mindset with the ability to work with both structured and unstructured data to drive insights.
  • Tech-Savvy: Confident in using Excel, PowerPoint, and other tools to create clear and impactful reports and presentations.
  • Attention to Detail: Exceptional attention to detail with excellent organisational and time management skills.

Reward & Benefits -  

  • A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, Medicash healthcare scheme, 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.

  • Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
  • For all full-time roles we work a 35-hour working week to promote a work/life balance, we want you to be at your best inside and outside of work.
  • A friendly and inclusive culture where teams genuinely strive to do the right thing by their colleagues and our customers.
  • A strong sustainability agenda – we’re continually finding new ways to be kinder to the environment by reducing our carbon footprint.
  • We’re passionate about giving back to the communities in which we serve as well as supporting local charities as part of the Samuel Fox Foundation. One of the many ways you can get involved is to use the 2 days per year paid leave to volunteer for causes or charities that are important to you.
  • Your health and wellbeing is our priority, we encourage this through a suite of support resources, including a team of trained mental health first aiders.

Embracing Diversity Together: -

We proudly embrace and celebrate diversity as a fundamental cornerstone of our values. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is not just essential for our success but is also a reflection of the vibrant communities we serve. Our commitment to diversity extends beyond our internal culture to the way we approach advertising and engage with our customers.

Our commitment means actively working to eliminate barriers and biases that may hinder equal opportunities within our organisation. We strive to ensure that all individuals, regardless of background, have an equal chance to thrive and advance in their careers.

We acknowledge that diversity is not just a goal to be achieved but a continuous journey toward creating an environment that embraces differences and promotes equal opportunities for all. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that encourages collaboration, creativity, and a sense of belonging for every member of our community.

About Us

We are a mutual, which means we don’t have shareholders. Instead, we’re owned by our members and use our money to do good, investing in our community, responsible causes, and – well, you. So, we’re always striving to do the right thing for our team, communities and members.Although our history spans over 170 years, our purpose of helping our members save, plan for and protect their financial futures is enduring. At The Nottingham Building Society, we are dedicated to overcoming obstacles and turning challenges into opportunities. At the heart of our mission is our unwavering commitment to breaking down barriers and building better futures by helping our customers achieve the significant milestone of owning their own home.

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Business Analyst - Payments - Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland Avaloq

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Business Analyst - Payments - Edinburgh  Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

 Job Description

Your team

As a member of our Edinburgh-based team, you will collaborate with Software Engineers and Business Analysts from all around the world building high-quality solutions to support our existing and new clients.

What you will do

We are seeking a skilled and analytical Business Analyst to join our payments team. As a Business Analyst specialising in payments, you will play an important role in helping our organisation to optimise payment processes, analyse and address customer issues and gather new requirements, and ensure compliance with industry regulations. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and to develop solutions to meet market demands.

Following Agile methodologies, you will also work closely with the Product Owner and Software Engineers to design, develop, test, and maintain functionality within the team’s responsibility.

Your day-to-day job will include:

  • Evaluating and analysing payment processes to identify areas for improvement and efficiency.
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translating them into payment solutions, documenting them in our internal tools (JIRA, Confluence, Service Request platform).
  • Designing and building functionalities to implement business solutions in Avaloq.
  • Remaining updated on payment industry regulations and standards.
  • Troubleshooting customer issues and internal requests, managing client interaction during testing phase, taking care of bug fixing and potential change requests, providing help resolving issues and answering questions.
  • Collaborating with developers during implementation and testing of new and existing functionality and bugfixes.
  • Working with colleagues from different locations and cultures.
  • Participating in Agile practices and ceremonies and working according to the Agile principles.
 Qualifications
  • Strong track record of working in business analysis, ideally in payment industry and Agile environments.
  • Good knowledge of payment transaction products (transfers, direct debits, card processing, etc.) with a familiarity with payment industry regulations (e.g., ISO20022, CBPR+, SEPA, PSD2…).
  • Excellent logical, analytical, and problem-solving skills with an eagerness to learn and understand the business needs with a detail-oriented approach to impact analysis, troubleshooting and/or co-ordination with other teams.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team environment, willing to contribute and help other team members to successfully achieve team goals.
  • Experience with applications such as JIRA or Confluence is a plus.

It would be a real bonus if you have:

  • University Degree in Economics, Business, Finance or a related field with experience and interest in software development or an education in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics with an affinity and interest for banking/economics or equivalent education/experience
 Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.  

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Specialist Rating Opportunities - London, United Kingdom

W1T 3JJ London, London Newmark

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Specialist Rating Opportunities - London, United Kingdom   JOB DESCRIPTION Newmark's market-leading Specialist team advises clients across the educational, healthcare, public and cultural sectors. Our major clients include the country's principal Universities, Private Schools, NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and National Museums.

We are a joint professional consultancy team providing business rates consultancy alongside strategic advice, financial reporting and other valuations. We work closely with the Specialist transactional team at Newmark UK and are looking to strengthen our business rates advisory team.

We currently have vacancies for motivated business rates specialists from Surveyor to Senior Associate and are looking for individuals who are interested to work within these sectors providing them with a high level of client care and technical excellence.

To be part of our growing team you will be a chartered surveyor, with proven experience in providing business rates advice. Experience within the Education, Healthcare and Cultural sectors is not a requirement, only an interest in becoming involved in these areas.

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time of growth, please apply with your CV or get in touch with Archie Hirson at

Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries ("Newmark"), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark's comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform's global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, Newmark generated revenues of nearly $2.8 billion. As of December 31, 2024, Newmark and our business partners together operated from approximately 170 offices with over 8,000 professionals across four continents. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.  
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Director, Client Finance - London

EC1 M5RR London, London Publicis Sapient

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Director, Client Finance - London

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 50+ offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As a member of the global Finance team, you will provide expert & collaborative financial partnership to our business leaders through accurate reporting, reliable analysis and actionable insight to support decision making for sustainable and profitable growth.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping strategy and driving key initiatives within the Client Finance team. In this capacity, you will partner closely with business teams and industry leader to manage the financial operations of your industry client portfolio. This will involve working collaboratively with Market and Country leaders, Capability heads, and other executives. Additionally, you will engage with Market Finance Leads and regional finance teams across Financial Planning & Reporting and Controllership to ensure alignment and operational excellence. The Director reports to the VP, Client Finance for their respective Industry and will work in a matrix environment. You will lead a diverse team of Client Finance professionals based in multiple geographies with responsibilities across commercial finance and business operations and will be responsible for their growth and development.

The individual is expected to demonstrate strong leadership presence, clearly communicate team and departmental goals, translate strategy into actionable plans, and contribut

Your Impact

Commercial Management – Support senior level decision making to achieve short and long term commercial objectives.

  • Partner with and Support (with Industry Leads/business teams) to deliver on annual growth and contribution margin targets for the industry client portfolio
  • Work with commercial teams to evaluate business development opportunities in the context of strategic fit, commercial attractiveness and market risk
  • Support the preparation of pricing proposals and deal structure, supported by the Commercial Success Team as needed
  • Support commercial leadership and legal counsel in reviewing and negotiating contract terms to align with company standards, including identifying and escalating potential risks from proposed deviations
  • Contribute to enhancing financial competence across the business team by sharing expertise and supporting learning & development initiatives

Financial Planning & Analysis – Anticipate opportunities/risks and initiate actions to achieve financial objectives.

  • Support Business Teams in the preparation of their annual strategic plans
  • Prepare revenue scenarios and contribution margin expectations in support of annual planning cycle (Commitment and Target), taking into account business initiatives, investments, analysis of prior period trends and company financial objectives
  • Lead and manage the preparation of rolling forecasts for revenue and contribution margin by providing analysis on changes from prior expectations and insights into assumptions impacting future projections, to inform decision-making and capacity planning
  • Collaborate with Controllership and Revenue teams to ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition during monthly and quarterly close cycles. Provide guidance on new and complex transactions by aligning on accounting treatment and operational implementation, ensuring compliance with policy and close deadlines
  • Support weekly revenue guidance process, evaluating key indicators (i.e. pipeline, sales expectations and delivery risks) to provide ongoing visibility to executive leadership and recommendations on appropriate updates to be provided
  • Leverage key financial indicators to bring strategic, commercial and operational insights to business leads to lead discussions and drive change needed to achieve objectives

Business Operations – Work with delivery and business teams to maximise profitability and optimise operational performance for the industry portfolio.

  • Leverage quarterly results and profit modeling to maintain a forward-looking view of full-year profitability across clients, regions, and industries. Analyze key drivers of performance and identify actionable opportunities to enhance industry-level profitability. Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and support execution of plans that address risks and drive margin improvement
  • Manage the team responsible for minimising the “quote to cash” time table (i.e. billing, collections) to optimise trade working capital and limit long standing overdue balances and accrued revenue
  • Intervene in concert with business leaders and Market Finance Leads to address and resolve client related issues
  • Optimise ways of working and operating procedures in support of client commercial management

Other

  • Lead and actively contribute to initiatives that strengthen collaboration, inclusion, and knowledge-sharing within the Client Finance Team and the broader local Finance Community, fostering a connected and high-performing culture
  • Create and foster an environment of learning, growth and excellence by promoting learning and development initiatives and knowledge sharing
  • Assist with any Groupe requirements including and not limited to audits, compliance, partnering with other Publicis Groupe Agencies

Skills & Experience

  • 8+ years’ experience managing a team in finance and operations
  • Speak fluent English
  • Strong Excel competency
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Experience influencing decision making in a matrixed organisational structure
  • Highly organised and able to work according to fixed calendar cycles at a global scale (multinational across multiple time zones)
  • Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree, MBA or accounting qualification preferred
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Set Yourself Apart With

  • Experience working closely with senior leaders and contributing to presentations for executive-level stakeholders
  • Strong presentation/PowerPoint and PowerBI competency
  • Experience in Technology Consulting or other service sector
  • Experience working at one of the top global marketing & communications networks
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Finance Analyst - Exeter, EX1 3QF

Exeter, South West Vistry Group PLC

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Finance Analyst - Exeter, EX1 3QF Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - Full TimeLocation Detail: Camberwell House,Grenadier Road, Exeter Business Park, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3QFRole Overview:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Analyst to join our team within Vistry Cornwall South West, at our Exeter office. As our Finance Analyst, you will support the Regional Finance Manager and Regional Head of Finance in providing financial and commercial analysis and assisting in the provision of internal and external reporting and financial control with a focus on joint venture activities.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, covering Maternity leave.

Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you…

  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

In return, what we would like from you…

  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Strong academic record
  • Strong GCSE/A levels or equivalent
  • Experience of Management Accounting within a large scale / complex business
  • Very good understanding of Microsoft Office, Outlook and particularly Excel is vital
  • Excellent analytical and organizational skills
  • Strong mathematical and IT skills
  • Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy
  • Good understanding of the business
  • Ability to explain technical financial information clearly to non-finance people
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Able to communicate with individuals at all levels
  • Good team working skills
  • Good time management
  • Honest and discreet

Desirable…

  • Qualified or working towards recognized accountancy qualification ACA, ACCA or CIMA
  • Experience working in a similar role particularly for a residential housebuilder or construction company
  • Experience within Joint Venture accounting principles, including production of Financial Statements and reporting
  • Knowledge of the housebuilding or construction industry
  • Experience using COINS (ERP system)

More about the Finance Analyst role…

  • Support with the production of joint venture budgets, forecasts, and monthly management accounts to strict deadlines.
  • Completion of regular weekly and monthly management information relating to our joint venture activities.
  • Monitor performance against management plans to ensure that all results, trends, and risks are clearly understood and communicated.
  • Control of joint venture overheads and raising of accruals, prepayments, and relevant journals.
  • Regular chasing and reporting of outstanding sundry debtors.
  • Posting of house sale completion statements and journals to COINS.
  • Raising ad hoc Sales invoices.
  • Raising purchase orders and coding invoices for relevant joint venture overhead costs.
  • Maintain and update the joint ventures financial systems and assist in their development.
  • Ad Hoc reporting and generation of information to support joint venture activities.
  • Provide general support to the team as and when required.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us…

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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Vistry Group PLC

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Finance Analyst - , Job Type: Permanent - Full TimeLocation Detail: , , , Role Overview:

We have a great opportunity for a skilled and detail-orientated Finance Analyst to join our Financial Reporting team within Vistry Services, at our Devonshire Square office in London. The Financial Reporting team manages the production of the consolidated financial information for the annual report and accounts, in addition to the financial statements for the Group’s subsidiaries and joint venture entities. The Finance Analyst will play a key role in enhancing the Group’s financial reporting processes, as well as partnering with regions and managing relationships with the Group’s external auditors to help deliver timely and accurate financial reporting.

The ideal candidate will possess strong financial accounting knowledge, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you…

  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

In return, what we would like from you…

  • ACA/ACCA professional qualification or equivalent international qualification;
  • Experience preparing or reviewing financial statements under IFRS, FRS 101 and FRS 102;
  • Comfortable interpreting and applying accounting standards;
  • Excellent organisational skills with experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in line with strict deadlines;
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team;
  • Experience working with or for external auditors;
  • Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook;
  • High level of attention to detail;
  • Ability and confidence to challenge processes and implement change;
  • Initiative and a drive to succeed.

Desirable…

  • Experience working with large Groups and involvement in the consolidation process for external reporting;
  • Experience with joint venture entities;
  • Ability to analyse and review a set of financial statements to understand business performance and identify unusual balances and movements.

More about the Finance Analyst role.

  • External Reporting – supporting the Group Finance Manager in the preparation of the Group’s external results for both the Half Year and Year End, whilst working closely with the external auditors and other relevant stakeholders across the business from planning to completion;
  • Financial Statement production – supporting the Group Finance Manager in the preparation and external audit of the Group’s external statutory accounts, including partnering with all stakeholders to ensure the accounts are prepared, audited, reviewed, and filed on time;
  • Business Partnering:
    • Building relationships with regional Finance teams through regular communication and assistance with their preparation of information required for Group submissions;
    • Building relationships and working with external audit team to complete all required audits within necessary timeframes;
  • Supporting finance projects that drive continuous improvement throughout the wider Group;
  • Technical accounting support – providing ad hoc support to the divisional and regional finance teams into technical accounting areas and group accounting policy;
  • Process improvement – Reviewing the existing financial reporting processes, suggesting improvements and overseeing the implementation of these improvements from start to finish;
  • Finance transformation projects – Adding value by supporting the Director of Financial Reporting with projects that drive continuous improvement throughout the wider Group.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us…

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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Regional Finance Director - Peterborough, PE2 6YS

Peterborough, Eastern Vistry Group PLC

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Regional Finance Director - Peterborough, PE2 6YS Job Type: Permanent - Full TimeLocation Detail: Ashurst, Southgate Park,Bakewell Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6YSRole Overview:

We have a new opportunity for a Finance Director to join our team within Vistry East Anglia, at our Peterborough office. As our Finance Director, you will have ownership of all financial planning, analysis, control and reporting for the region, working alongside other department heads and directors to ensure the objectives contained within the region’s budgets/forecasts are met in a cost-effective manner.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you…

  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

In return, what we would like from you…

  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Professional accountancy qualification
  • Significant experience in a senior Finance position
  • Should ideally have worked at a senior level ideally within a UK construction/housebuilding organisation
  • Demonstrable strong financial management and commercial experience and track record of supporting business growth
  • Well-developed analytical, oral and presentation/communication skills
  • Ability to formulate financial plans (long term and tactical) and ensure full engagement
  • Gravitas and profile to lead at a senior level and able to demonstrate the ability to influence change and build strong financial management within the business
  • Excellent communicator
  • Loyal and supportive with surrounding team and a ‘can do’ attitude
  • Shows diplomacy and emotional intelligence
  • Dynamic and able to take a hands-on approach in operational areas outside of their specialism
  • A ‘look up and out’ approach 

More about the Finance Director role…

  • Act as a commercial partner to the Regional Managing Director, supporting him/her in all aspects of the management and leadership of the region, also acting as a deputy as required.
  • Act as the financial conscience of the region supporting the Managing Director in appraising proposals and opportunities and ensuring full awareness of all key financial matters.
  • Contribute to the investment appraisal for all land purchases, identifying notable risks and specifically reviewing the proposed house mix, sales prices, build costs and layouts to ensure that the viability has a credible basis.
  • Oversee the preparation of monthly management accounts and associated financial analysis in line with agreed timescales and content.
  • Direct and review the budgeting and forecasting process for the region including detailed reviews with members of the regional board of directors. 
  • Monitor regional performance against budgets and forecasts.
  • Responsible for all aspects of cash management and forecasting within the Region liaising with other departments, in particular commercial, to ensure the robustness of long-term forecasts, that decisions are made with appropriate cash impact considerations and that there is strong commercial control of our cash in the Region.
  • Develop, control, and implement strategies which enable effective financial control and management over the region and involvement in the improvement of financial process across the Group.
  • On an annual cycle, project manage a strategic review of the region’s three-year strategic plan looking at both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the plan.
  • Responsibility for land viabilities after the land has been acquired to monitor and report on any changes to the key assumptions made at acquisition.
  • Control general overheads, including the process of order and invoice authorisation within the region. 
  • Provide clear leadership, direction and motivation of staff within the department to ensure that work programmes are fulfilled in accordance with the Region’s budgets/forecasts.
  • Contribute effectively to the running of the region through your membership of the regional board of directors.
  • Attend regional Management Team/Board meetings to advise on financial and commercial issues.
  • Attend and be a key contributor to monthly CVR meetings to ensure adherence to our policies and processes and critical review of value and cost to complete assumptions.
  • Ensure that the team is aware of its progress towards achieving the Region’s financial targets and if practicable, influence accordingly.
  • A positive contribution towards the planned expansion of the Region/Company, with particular emphasis upon increased profits and return on capital employed, and the setting of the appropriate budgets and development of forecasts.
  • Management of JV relationships, agreements, and financial commitments, working to not only our internal financial calendar, but also the requirements of the JV financial year. Adhering to governance within the JV and preparation of stat accounts.  
  • Key linkage to the Division with significant interaction with Divisional Managing Director and Divisional Finance Director.
  • Key linkage to Group with significant interaction with Group Finance Director and Group Financial Controller.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us…

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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