Finance Manager in Bracknell, United Kingdom

Finance Manager – Defence & National Secuirty

Basingstoke: Travel May be required

Our purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As an Finance Manager you will contribute to this by supporting the business to deliver complex agile programs/services with the flexibility to address the changing customer priorities.

We are looking for a Finance Manager to undertake this challenging and diverse role. The role will involve provision of accounting support for the Defence and National Security (DNS) Business Unit. With the support of a wider team, the purpose of this role is to provide project and contract accounting leadership and business partnering to a key strategic contract portfolio within the Business Unit. The scope of the role covers end-to-end financial management of a large complex contract, delivered using agile methodology, including month end close processes, forecasting, and ensuring maintenance of lifetime P&L, open book (customer requirements) and balance sheet integrity for this strategic contract.

As an experienced finance professional, this role is expected to exercise sound judgement in decision-making and selection of appropriate accounting policies, assumptions and strategies, where necessary, to positively influence business outcomes.

Your transferable skills and experience:

• Holds a Professional Accountancy Qualification – CIMA/ACCA or equivalent

• Experience of IFRS accounting, in particular IFRS15 Milestone accounting on Agile programmes

• This role requires effective management of finance processes of complex programs and projects, including internal control and policy compliance, and to support management decision-making through provision of relevant business information and analysis.

• Capable of applying technical knowledge, expertise and experience to address problems or to complete assignments, including data analysis and scenario modelling and evaluation and reporting on range of outcomes including financial/accounting impact, risks, rewards, costs and benefits.

• Have the ability to identify and manage financial risks and opportunities within the areas of responsibility

• Have strong interpersonal skills – able to communicate effectively and drive sound financial decisions including with customer stakeholders across all customer financial obligations on the account including attendance at meetings held with the customer where required

• Good organizational skills essential with ability to work to tight deadlines and possessing strong attention to detail

• Have the ability to proactively apply knowledge and experience to identify and resolve business process issues, promote best practice and continuous improvement, or to escalate more complex or high-risk issues to senior management

• IT Services or Contract Accounting experience desirable

• UK National with Security Clearance to minimum SC level is required

Please note: It’s still worth applying even if you do not meet all the requirements above. We are passionate about investing in you and your career and if you have the transferable skills/ background in Accounting or Finance Business Partnering this could be the next opportunity for you.

Your benefits:

25 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work – employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Role dependent benefits: Private medical/ company car or car allowance

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interviews.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email EMEIArecruitment@fujitsu.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer: Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric: Our work environments enable you to Be Completely You. Our active people-led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion.

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Requisition ID : 25648