Finance Manager

About the role

This is a pivotal role with a great deal of autonomy.

We are looking for an experienced Finance Manager who is interested in securing a long-term career opportunity in our rapidly growing and expanding organisation.   

What you will be doing: 

• Providing key financial data and insights, partnering the Senior FBP for C&G Training
• Identifying and reporting on KPI metrics that underpin business performance
• Managing and developing the TS4U Finance team
• Managing the day-to-day running of the Finance function 
• Providing oversight and management of major sales contracts
• Owning the month end close process (including monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations) and management accounting outputs (Group reports, local cost centre reports, insightful commentary)
• Annual budgeting, re-forecasting and monthly Trading review data collation
• Managing the external auditing process
• Managing the Bids and Tenders process from the Finance perspective, providing detailed analysis and pricing recommendations, where required
• Liaising with 3rd parties – customers, professional services (including lawyers, auditors)
• Consolidation of management accounts for submission to Group
• Overseeing the transition from SAGE 200 to SAP R3 from the TS4U perspective
• Overseeing HMRC requirements - including VAT return, P11d etc

About you

We are looking for; 

• A good sense of commercial acumen

• Experience of contract management

• Experience of leading and mentoring high performing Finance teams

• A proven track record of communicating and challenging senior leaders

• Advanced Excel skills and Diligent attention to detail

• Highly numerate with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate reporting/presentations on time

• Extensive knowledge of profit and loss accounting and the accounting treatments for financial transactions

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

• Experience in using accounting systems and planning tools - we use Sage 200 in the local business, but are currently transitioning to SAP R3 and OneStream for planning across the C&G Group

Our Story And Mission

Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, we’re proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.

Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again – gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.

At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future. 

We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.

Our rich experience means we’re uniquely positioned to understand the future of work and learning. And we continually evolve to develop and deliver skills for the workplace of the future. Today, as well as qualifications and assessment, we offer digital credentialing, eLearning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training and consultancy.

Our success is driven by the people we work with. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer an equal opportunity to all our staff and we value diversity within our inclusive culture. We recognise that a diverse workforce is the only way we will achieve our ambitious business goals, so we work hard to be flexible to accommodate everyone. 

What we offer

• Competitive salary, based on experience
• Hybrid working model
• 25 days annual leave plus Christmas shutdown and bank holidays
• Opportunities for personal development and career progression
• Friendly workplace culture
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Wellbeing and mindfulness app Wisdom
• Later life planning "Care Concierge" and Bereavement support
• Coaching (rapid coaching, 1-2-1 coaching, peer coaching, strength coaching)
• Enhanced pension
• Additional free volunteering days

Safeguarding Statement

Trade Skills 4U is committed to the safe recruitment, selection and vetting of all staff, including the checking of application forms and the obtaining of references. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks, including (depending on the role) an enhanced DBS disclosure as well as providing proof of the right to work in the UK. For roles undertaking regulated activity this will include not being able to accept applications from candidates who are barred from working with children.

Next Steps and how to apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you.  Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.

We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.