Finance Manager

About Our Client

Social Housing organisation based in the West Midlands who continues to grow and evolve through their transformation project.

Responsible for understanding and delivering of accounting matters within the function
Ensuring the successful completion of the end to end close process within Group deadlines
Delivers ongoing change through system enhancement, process and policy review
Ensures the successful integration of future change
Delivers KPI reporting to support outputs, reviews and analyses output to support continuous improvement and enhancement
Delivers an SLA environment, through collaborative working, completes open and honest reviews of the service, building positive relationships with internal customers, working towards a best in class service.
Continuous review of policies and processes to ensure compliance adherence
Working with data champions to improve data quality towards "right first time"
Manages a team of 7 Finance Assistants to support the Accounting service delivery in line with SLA.
Manages the provision of information as part of the audit process for the Accounting function
Delivers and provides a Learn, Change, Grow environment for the team, through support and development
Continuous review of training needs and requirements through training and reference material as support.

Qualified Accountant
Minimum 5 years accountancy experience
Experience of working to Service Level Agreements (SLA's) building relationships and then reporting against performance, implementing remedial action as required.
Confident communicating across both finance and non-financial stakeholder groups.
Experience of delivering change in a fast pace, busy finance function
Experience of driving and building teams to deliver a best in class service through an effective and efficient service.
Strong Man manager