Corporate Finance Manager

Leaders Romans Group are looking for a new Corporate Finance Manager to join us on a permanent basis based in our high performing office in .

This is a chance to join an award winning, national property company who are going through exciting periods of growth and who offer tailored award winning training and development programmes at all levels.

By joining us you will get a lot more than just a career, you will be provided with the tools and opportunities to create a long term goal to be part of an ever growing group of property experts.

What can you expect day to day as a Corporate Finance Manager?

• Attendance at integration meetings to help drive decision making and ensure implications on both finance and the wider central functions are identified, understood and acceptable before they are approved.
• Attendance post completion at acquisition sites to meet the team and review finance processes and controls. Ensuring that LRG can gain oversight and where appropriate control of the newly acquired entity – this will involve a review of all financial controls, processes and team members within the acquired business.
• Collaborate and build relationships with the incumbent management structure and acquired finance team to ensure a smooth handover process
• Involvement in the banking switchover from current banking mandates to LRG mandate and ensuring that LRG have full oversight and control of all acquisition bank accounts.
• Document and challenge the controls and processes in place at newly acquired sites to determine if they are sufficient or if they differ from LRG’s.
• Review and challenge monthly management accounts production and compare to acquisition budget.
• Ensuring the smooth transition of accounting procedures from the newly acquired entity into our accounting system and our group reporting post integration.
• Successfully integrate the results and budgets of acquired companies into the Group’s monthly management accounts pack, ensuring acquired company’s accounting package is set up to enable reporting in line with LRG chart of accounts
• Develop an acquisitions checklist that can be used in all future acquisitions
• Provide guidance and support to other members of the Acquisitions team as required
• Work with members of LRG’s finance team so that post integration there is a smooth handover to the financial controller responsible for business as usual.
• Dealing with ad-hoc queries from the acquisition or from LRG following acquisition / integration.

To be considered for this role, the following experience and skills are desired:

• Qualified (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Able to plan and prioritise
• Excellent IT skills - Experience of Microsoft suite of products, Word, Excel etc.
• Line management experience essential
• Prior experience of acquisitions integrations
• Hands on experience of acquisition integration.
• Able to communicate at all levels
• Business Partnering Experience
• Prior integration experience, or at least system implementation experience
• Experience of D365 accounting system
• Knowledge of property market and associated services

By joining Leaders Romans Group as a Finance Manager, some of the benefits you can expect to receive are:

• Competitive salary package
• Attractive holiday entitlement starting from 30 days (incl bank holidays) increasing with each year of service to a max of 35 days
• Holiday carry over
• Staff retail, utilities and holiday discounts including experience days
• Employee assistance programme including access to a virtual GP 24/7 and internal mental health first aiders
• Staff discount on property and financial services
• Salary sacrifice pension - more money in your pocket through NI savings!
• Eye care vouchers
• Enhanced family leave pay
• Regular award and recognition prizes to be won, including trips abroad
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Department business referrals bonus
• Support and investment on gaining professional qualifications to encourage your long terms goals

The opportunity to be a Finance Manager here at LRG isn’t to be missed so apply today!

Should you have anymore questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact our recruitment team on 01903 890047 or email us via recruitment@lrg.co.uk.

Due to a high volume of applications received, we are unable to contact each applicant individually regarding the status of their application.

We do not accept speculative CV’s from agencies.

Leaders Romans Group are an equal opportunities employer who value diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. If you have a special need that requires accommodation during the role or the recruitment process, please let the LRG Recruitment team know and we will be happy to assist.