Finance Manager

Role Overview

• Prepare Weekly Gross Margin estimates to support regular reviews with the trading team.
• Prepare and analyse gross margin results for the GB Gas Assets in line with month end delivery timescales and recognised accounting standards.
• Conduct and present analysis of monthly gross margin and work with Commercial Finance team to help challenge trading team to understand performance.
• Support finance cost managers on maintaining accounts, improvements etc. with focus on appropriate treatment of balance sheet cash flow items and reporting adjustments.
• Create new management accounts and forecast models for any additional assets moving into the GB Gas suite including any potential organisational changes resulting from lifetime extension projects and acquisition activity.
• Initial review /feedback on balance sheet reconciliations for GB Gas assets, ensuring accurate and timely completion.
• Support on financial modelling/ analysis as required.
• Key involvement in monthly reforecasting process at a Gross Margin level, applying knowledge of actual performance to ensure assumptions are valid and appropriate.
• Provide support to Senior Commercial Finance Manager to help challenge and understand despatch decisions taken by the Trading team and assist in developing optimal trading strategies.
• Consolidation and co-ordination of Gross margin and Cost business plan materials, packs and commentary, ensuring timely delivery.
• Identification and development of risks and opportunities and support and co-ordinate sensitivity analysis.
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of all group reporting for the GB Gas assets.
• Responsible for submission of GB Gas financial KPIs as required, preparation of monthly 'key issues' packs.
• Provide support as required on West Burton B JV financial performance analysis.
• Assist on audit co-ordination, progress tracking and provision of relevant audit information/evidence as required.
• Support the site team in ensuring all external submissions are done in an accurate and timely manner.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of central items such as pensions, tax within the GB Gas assets.
• Drive continuous improvement across GB Gas processes.
• Support the central team with information required to prepare statutory accounts.
• Assist the Head of Finance with other reporting requirements as required.

Requirements

• Previous experience in a similar reporting finance role
• *essential. *
• Experience of dealing wtih large, complex data sets and financial models
• essential.
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to build and use excel models and analyse data
• *essential. *
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards and their appropriate application
• essential.
• Basic understanding of UK taxation
• essential.
• Experience of working in an energy, manufacturing or production focussed environment
• desirable.
• Experience of SAP
• desirable.
• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• essential.
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent
• desirable.

Benefits