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REQ ID: 113813
JOB TITLE: Finance Manager Product Accounting
SALARY: £61,200 - £70,000
POSTING END DATE: 03/05/2023
LOCATION: Coventry

Beyond Property, Purchasing, HR and IT, more than being part of our Finance or Marketing teams, beyond even Sales and Service, every role in every business area offers unique opportunities to make an impact on the future of mobility and the automotive industry.

To lead a team to ensure inventory is properly controlled and product cost is correctly reported to Finance and Business Stakeholders

As the Finance Manager – Product Inventory Accounting, you’ll be:

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  Accountable for complex month end inventory close process activities, Balance Sheet integrity and accurate transactional costing and accounting.
• Leading the team to deliver standardised, streamlined inventory reporting to operational and senior stakeholders to inform key business decision making and strategic business planning (Weekly, Monthly, YTD)
• Ensuring the team delivers high quality analysis supporting Business Partners to achieve financial, operational and strategic objectives
• Identifying opportunities to continuously improve finance processes, utilising continuous improvement methodologies
• Ensuring that the team adhere to policies, controls and governance
• Collaborating with the wider finance community to deliver finance initiatives and key business outcomes
• The escalation point to resolve complex issues and customer concerns
• Providing leadership to the team, supporting with growth planning to maximise their performance and career development
• Setting individual objectives, conduct regular performance management reviews and address issues where required
• Driving the JLR Customer First principles and behaviours

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

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  CCAB recognised professional qualification
• Minimum two to three years post qualification experience in a complex organisation
• Minimum two to three years experience of managing a small team
• Experience of working in a SOX controlled environment with complex systems and databases
• In-depth knowledge of R2R processes within a complex organisation with transfer pricing and intercompany transactions
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to develop and nurture relationships
• Exceptional numerical and analytical skills
• Advanced communication and presentation skills
• Adept at translating financial issues for operational teams
• Continuous improvement ‘mind set’ with the ability to proactively identify and resolve issues using innovation
• Ability to multi-task, work accurately at speed and under pressure
• Able to plan team workload effectively to deliver complex activities to challenging timescales
• Customer focused demonstrating customer first behaviours
• Self-driven learner with an appetite for continuous professional and personal development
• Ability and willingness to travel - globally

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan, private medical cover and performance related bonus scheme. As a manager, you’ll also be able to select one of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at a fraction of the cost. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.