Guardian UK Jobs – Finance Manager

About the job

PWC

Who we are looking for:

The Deals business consists of four business units with an annual turnover exceeding £700m. The business units cover a variety of products and services, working with clients to create, realise and protect value when advising on mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, divestitures or operating in a crisis situation. With c190 Partners and over 2,000 staff, Deals is one of the fastest growing areas in PwC.

Our Finance Business teams are an integral part of the internal Finance function. They align to business units and work closely with the business unit’s leadership teams to help drive business performance. They identify and drive financial improvements whether through pricing, efficiency, resource allocation or cost management. They prepare financial plans, targets, budgets and forecasts for the business unit and report on financial and non-financial performance against these.

An opportunity has arisen for a Manager to provide support to a Deals business unit and will report to a Senior Manager.

About the role:

Key responsibilities:

The Finance Manager will play a key role in the design and implementation of initiatives, working alongside or within one of the Deals business units to collate and analyse information and trends; providing solutions to financial and commercial issues. A key role will be to interact and liaise with the business unit operations teams to collate and analyse information, consolidating this and presenting insightful interpretation that will inform decision making.

The individual will work in collaboration with other finance departments, developing a network of key finance contacts across PwC.

The individual will play a key role in all aspects of the finance agenda including:

• Business strategy and planning
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Interpretation and communication of financial performance
• Performance management and profit improvement
• Financial control and compliance

Requirements:

• A relevant finance qualification such as ACA, CIMA or ACCA
• Commercially minded with a deep business understanding
• Able to demonstrate application of accounting standards, including IFRS 15
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with good attention to detail
• Action orientated and a self-starter
• Focused on continuous improvement in all areas of their work
• A strong relationship builder who builds trust in their key stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate to advanced excel
• Technology enabled mindset and able to identify and drive change through technology adoption

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