Capital Improvements Senior Finance Manager

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About Us

Liberty Global Shared Service Centre (LGSSC) acts as a central specialty service supporting the wider Liberty Global group with specialisms in areas of Finance, Accounting, People, Legal & Systems. This central team supports a number of businesses across the Liberty Global footprint including Virgin Media.

It is an exciting time to join us on our journey as we continue to grow our services; offering a wide range of opportunities to experienced talent who embrace a culture of change & collaboration.

Liberty Global is one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband and communication companies, with operations in six European countries under the consumer brands Virgin Media, Telenet and UPC.

We invest in the infrastructure and platforms that empower our customers to make the most of the digital revolution. Our substantial scale and commitment to innovation enable us to develop market-leading products delivered through next-generation, fibre-based networks that connects 11 million customers subscribing to 25 million TV, broadband internet and telephone services. We also serve 6 million mobile subscribers and offer WiFi service through millions of access points across our footprint. In addition, Liberty Global owns 50% of VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture in the Netherlands with 4 million customers subscribing to 10 million fixed-line and 5 million mobile services, as well as significant content investments in ITV, All3Media, ITI Neovision LionsGate, Formula E racing series and several regional sports networks.

We’re always looking for great talent that wants to Grow With Us.

If you’re the kind of person who embraces change, challenges the status quo and has a “sky’s the limit” attitude, then our place is your place. Come and join us!

JOB PURPOSE

Financial Accounts are responsible for developing and delivering Liberty Global’s Central Operations and Virgin Media’s financial accounting activity, including: reporting monthly results to Liberty Global; BOCF accounting and reporting (debt, derivatives); fixed assets, inventory and lease accounting; group consolidation accounting; tax accounting; the preparation of statutory accounts and balance sheet and working capital analysis.

The role sits within the VM Fixed Assets team which is responsible for the accounting for and reporting of Fixed Assets, inventory, leases and capital projects.

Key Accountabilities

• Management of two direct reports who are responsible for Inventory and lease accounting and reporting
• Responsible for the categorisation and mapping of VM’s Capex spend (£1bn pa), and various related month end activities
• Responsible for Capex governance and ensuring the structure of the Oracle projects module supports the various business requirements
• Involvement in various projects such as those relating to the proposed merger with O2 ( policy alignment, converged capex reporting)
• Ownership of the Capex intercompany processes
• Liaising with internal and external auditors around all aspects of inventory , leasing and Capex
  

Knowledge & Experience

PREFERRED EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• Professional Accountancy qualification (ACA; ACCA etc) with at least 1 to 3 year PQE.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS. Experience of working within large corporate structures.
• Exposure to the Oracle Projects module would be an advantage, although not essential.
• Strong excel skills essential.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of working in a complex environment, delivering to deadlines.
• Financial systems skills beneficial (e.g. Oracle, Hyperion/HFM)
  

Skills & Abilities

• Assurance mindset – the ability to review accurately, but also to identify risks in processes and reconciliations and articulate/resolve/mitigate these as part of the monthly accounting cycle
• Communicator - to provide clear and meaningful interpretation of analysis conducted. To be able to lead and control meetings with senior stakeholders
• Stakeholdering – to be able to understand finance and operational stakeholder’s needs and requirements in order to provide excellent customer service. To understand the correct balance between challenge and support of these stakeholders in order to raise both the profile and external perception of the team
• Collaboration – working across internal and external teams in multiple locations to deliver improvements and best practice within the team
• Self- motivated - Well-organised, adaptable and resilient. Responds to challenging priorities with a sense of urgency and pace. Ability to work under pressure
• Solution driven - creative thinker, open to change and different ways of doing things
• Develops great relationships, is straight up and fair, always credible, accessible and approachable. Is mindful of the commercial aspects and impacts on people
• Always tries to delightfully surprise and exceed expectations, capable self starter & proactive, stand by decisions and actions, commit to things that are delivered
• Always look for ways to improve the service or experience given, is insatiably curious and works creatively to challenge the status quo and make decisions
• Through heartfelt service puts people first, shows energy and enthusiasm in their job commitment to working in a smart, collaborative & efficient way to deliver business value.
• Providing red hot sensational service in everything we do, professionalism and always thinking of the best way to partner the business effectively
• Create a smart disruption by challenging the way things are done, having a critical eye, learning from activities and being prepared to try new ways of doing things. Ability to adopt a consultative approach with our partners
• Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people.