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Reference Number 77050

This Finance Manager will report to the Head of Finance Business Partnering and will work within our Finance Directorate based in either our London or Crawley office. You will be a permanent employee..

You will attract a salary of £85,000.00 and a bonus of 10%

Close Date: 18/06/2023

All applications will be reviewed after the close date.

We also provide the following additional benefits

Annual Leave

Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)

Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme

Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Occupational Health support

Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.

Supplier discounts, such as O2, EE, Vauxhall cars, Universal tyres

Discounted access to sports and social clubs

Employee Assistance Programme.

Be part of something powerful.

We are the UK's biggest electricity distributor delivering power to 8.4 million homes and businesses across London, the east and south east of England. We keep the lights on across 29,250 square kilometres, serving 19 million people from Cromer in the east to Brighton on the south coast.

If you want to play a part in powering the lives of over 8.4 million homes, this is the place to be. We are a big business with a big responsibility, but we feel like a close-knit team. Join us, and we'll give you every opportunity to fulfil your potential and have a successful career, where you'll help us shape the future of the energy and utility industry.

Be part of promoting our country's transition to Net Zero carbon emissions.

The Job

You will help provide an excellent service to the directors and senior leads of the operational business and other important elements of the pan-UKPN management of Trees and the financial management of our Connections Services business. Working collaboratively with other Finance professionals, produce regular and ad-hoc reports and analysis that provide meaningful insights into the our performance. Important will be the ability to exercise objectivity and challenge Management at the appropriate time using information gleaned from the data to support your arguments. The goal is to effect improved financial results directly linked to your input.

You will oversee an annual budget of c£200m.

The team is part of Finance Business Partnering, which supports the entire company to improve results. This provides much greater opportunity for career development.

You will work in London or Crawley and may require travel to Bury St Edmond's and other locations to meet with partners. The team reporting to the role are based in Crawley. There is some scope for working from home.

Principal accountabilities:
Prepare annual budget in agreement with the director and senior management

Produce performance reports that provide important insights into our performance through high-quality commentary and analysis

Identify opportunities for improved efficiency based on analysis

Response to ad-hoc queries from our parent company, CKI

Attendance at monthly management meetings and presentation of the financial report to director and senior managers together with your analysis of the actions required to make quantified improvements

Qualifications

Essential

You will be an accountant (member of one of the CCAB) with five years post qualification experience

Analytical skills that will translate data into a clear articulation of performance and indicate areas of opportunity to facilitate action

Commercial awareness gained through experience working in a profit motivated organisation

You will lead your team to ensure it remains focussed, productive, imaginative and committed to our goals

Great presentational skills adapting to the composition/seniority of the audience

You can collaborate at all levels of the business

A curious mindset

You will have experience working with senior Finance professionals

Desirable

Experience gained in an engineering or infrastructure company/organisation

Desirable - experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau and especially PowerBI

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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