Assist the Finance Manager in ensuring the delivery of a robust and proactive financial and management accounting service, providing sound and effective operational finance management to support them in meeting their business and strategic objectives.

You will assist the Finance Manager in ensuring the delivery of a robust and proactive financial and management accounting service, providing sound and effective operational finance management to support them in meeting their business and strategic objectives.

Management Information. Assist in the production of analysis/trend reports and Management Information Packs for senior management meetings to aid decision-making and strategic planning in order to achieve business objectives.

Direct Expense Management. Assist with the production, analysis and provision of supporting business commentary on current and projected direct expenses and FTE positions, highlighting trends and risks against Forecast and Budget. To assist the Finance Manager in challenging the business on expense matters, and ensure that appropriate controls are in place to eliminate excessive, wasteful or inappropriate spending by the business. 

Transactional Analysis.  Investigation and analysis of common queries across the division to allow a central review of root cause and actions required.

Allocated Expense Management. Assist in the production of VAM forms in conjunction with the business, ensuring allocations are reviewed and updated on a timely basis in accordance with directives from the VAM team.  Assist the Finance Manager to challenge, where appropriate, allocations made to products to ensure fair and equitable cost sharing.

Business Partnering & Relationship Management. Assist managers to help them understand financial perspectives, enabling the business to adopt a proactive and innovative role in financial and commercial matters, establishing a firm base for the successful future development and growth.

Financial Control. Maintain and monitor robust accounting standards, policies and financial controls to ensure compliance with the Group Standards, statutory requirements and the control framework. Ensure all processes and financial transactions are compliant with internal and external audit requirements.

Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning. Assist the Finance Manager to manage the overall Business Units forecast and budgets, ensuring the Business Units plans and intentions are fully understood and presented.  Take ownership of the preparation of the data into the system ensuring deadlines are met and budget submissions accurately reflect the areas needs and can be fully justified.

Projects. Support the Finance Manager by undertaking ad-hoc analysis and projects, as required, to further develop the success of the business unit and own personal profile within the division.

Treat Customer Fairly. Ensure all analysis, decisions made, and activity undertaken in fulfilling of this role considers the fair treatment of our customers.

• Graduate or actively studying towards a recognised accountancy qualification (AAT, ACCA or CIMA).
• Knowledge in the use of spreadsheets.

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days’ holiday, private medical insurance, discretionary performance related bonuses, paid overtime, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.

Please contact Stacie Burnett, Resourcing Lead - Stacie.Burnett@landg.com for further information.