Balfour Beatty plc
Financial Reporting Manager - 12 Month FTC
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About The Role
In your role as Financial Reporting Manager, you will be required to manage the timely preparation of concession financials reporting to BB Group - actual results, budgets, and forecasts, half year and year end group reporting.
You will provide technical accounting support to Central and Concession Finance, for new business and existing concession projects. In addition to this, as a line manager, you will support, motivate and inspire the development of those team members reporting into the role.
What you'll be doing
- Management of concession reporting on monthly, quarterly and half year/full year reporting cycles which includes:
- Monthly actual reporting of concession results by set deadline to include variance analysis with commentary and submission in HFM (including review of external MSA provider management accounts where applicable)
- Preparation of quarterly forecast/annual budget with variance analysis with commentary for review
- Half year/full year reporting in line with strict BB Group reporting deadlines, to include detailed HFM submission
- Contribute to presentation material for review by executive management/BB Group
- Provide effective accounting support to new business development projects, through identification and documentation of key accounting issues, and discussion with the wider team
- Preparation of regular and ad hoc financial reports and analysis
- Coordination and preparation of appropriate backup schedules to support external auditors for financial audits
- Updates to financial models and application of accounting overlays
- Lead Central Finance’s provision of information to Project Finance in generating Directors’ Valuations of Concessions, and support calculation of impairments/accounting adjustments thereafter
- Management of direct reports including planning of tasks, providing regular feedback on performance and maintaining good levels of engagement given challenges of remote working arrangements
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Who we're looking for
Essential -
- Qualified to degree level (minimum of 2.1)
- Qualified accountant with significant experience
- Experience of complex technical accounting including consolidation
- Intellectual curiosity
- Flexibility to deal with several tasks at the same time and detail-oriented
- Effective communicator, both orally and in writing
- High level of initiative
- Must be able to complete priority tasks to a high standard on schedule
- Up to date with accounting issues and requirements (FRS101/102 and IFRS)
- Strong Excel and Word skills
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
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Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more
About Us
Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.
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Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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