Finance Manager Job in Appleby Magna

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Finance Manager Job in Appleby Magna

Job Description
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years. Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation will be housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia Park campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer. With a multimillion-pound major facility investment program already underway, we would like you to join us now to be part of the core implementation team and to transition to site leadership roles in the ‘business as usual’ structure. This is a great opportunity to be a major part of the successful implementation of what is said to be the largest automotive logistics project in the UK.

Your role will cover a breadth of areas within the implementation phase and then post go-live, developing reporting and accounting processes. You will have responsibility for the financial and reporting accuracy of the BAU costs, ensuring timely client weekly and monthly open book reporting explaining variances. You will be leading both the internal and external budgeting and planning cycles with a monthly client rolling forecast and providing financial support to the project business leaders, particularly the Operational Site Director.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

Develop and own the monthly Client performance packs, understanding the contractual and customer needs, ensuring that all variances to budget are documented and explained
Work with the operational teams to develop KPI reporting and understand the impact on the Financial results
Present monthly results both internally and to client
Ensure weekly “quicks” reporting is developed with Operational support – variances explained
Be responsible for all Month-end and Year-end results to ensure proper and accurate reporting for the site costs
Ensure client invoicing is accurate and timely, fully backed by supporting documentation, in line with commercial contract obligations
Develop accurate cash flow forecasting and reporting
Prepare and present quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and corporate plans
Ensure compliance with Unipart controls and policies, including cost control
Work closely with Operational and Customer service Managers and HR Business Partners to manage large scale recruitment and TUPE transfer
Identify and communicate risks and opportunities within the project
Look for, and implement, opportunities to increase profitability
Ensure robust and efficient controls and processes are implemented in the day to day BAU contract

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

You’ll be a qualified Accountant with management accounting experience of working in an open book cost plus environment, preferably within a fast paced logistics environment.
A strong planner and organiser your time management skills will help you to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast paced environment
You’ll have solid Excel skills (incl. PivotTables & VLookups) and any knowledge or experience with warehouse management systems would be an advantage
An excellent communicator, you will be able to build strong relationships and will have the ability to influence where needed
You’re flexible and committed to achieving team/site objectives, with the ability to work to targets and timescales
With people management experience, you’ll have great leadership skills in order to support and develop your team
Analytical, with good attention to detail, you’ll also be adaptable and able to react quickly and effectively to changes and requests

Location: Appleby Magna (DE12 8AA) – with time spent at home and site each week

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £58,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

You may also have experience in the following: Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner, Accountant, Financial Business Partner, Financial Reporting, Financial Management, Head of Finance, Senior Accountant, Corporate Accountant, Financial Controller, CCAB, ACCA, etc.

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Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Appleby Magna
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Appleby Magna
County: Leicestershire
Country: United Kingdom
Salary: £58000/annum
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