Rutherford Cross is pleased to be working in partnership with a global drinks business to appoint a Finance Manager. Reporting to the head of Project Delivery, this role represents a superb opportunity for an analytically minded and stakeholder-focused accountant to join a household name brand in a role that offers broad business exposure.

Ideally looking to engage with qualified accountants (ICAS, CIMA, ACCA) who have prior experience in a large-scale organisation managing a broad range of stakeholder relationships, have well-honed analytical skills and e a broad understanding of management reporting packs. My client has a track record of staff development, so there will be opportunities to develop your career across the group once successful in this role.

The primary focus of this position is to lead the development, delivery and implementation of Business Unit management reporting packs, ensuring alignment to any agreed principles, and including underlying data structure development. The successful candidate should also ensure the consistent delivery of Key Performance Indicators.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the definition and agreement of both the format and content of the Business Unit management reporting packs and support their embedding into the Business Unit teams as a BAU activity
• Ensure the reporting provides a broad array of information  to facilitate the understanding and evaluation of performance and to make effective decisions, encompassing all relevant areas
• Define and agree on the reporting packs’ KPIs and metric definitions, ensuring all are simple and clear, and yet meaningful for all relevant objectives and processes
• Ensure all KPIs and metrics are complementary and consistent, where appropriate, and suitably documented and referenced. Related to this, deliver all reporting to standard global definitions
• Ensure that the reporting requirements and KPIs are aligned with code parts principles, the Global Chart of Accounts, and related data hierarchies/ account groupings
• In conjunction with the Business Analysis and Business Intelligent teams, support the development of detailed business analysis of the requirements and ensure all documented requirements are clearly understood and are completed in line with approved document templates. In addition, act as the key point of contact for all relevant queries, undertaking escalation as and when required
• Ensure that all assigned tasks are delivered within an agreed implementation plan, highlighting risks to delivery
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring cross-functional working supports the successful delivery of the reporting
• Influence senior stakeholders to ensure disputes in the use of reporting are resolved

For an initial confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Harry Young at Rutherford Cross at 07494 280 500 / [email protected]