Finance Manager - Operations

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Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.

We are currently looking for a Finance Manager, Operationswho will manage the provision of the operational financial and technical information, analysis and insight to the regional and national finance teams. You’ll also provide financial advice, support and challenge as appropriate to improve performance nationally and regionally. As the successful candidate you will lead the provision of accurate, timely and SOX compliant accounting information to senior regional team that comply with company processes, procedures and statutory obligation ensuring balance sheet integrity. Additionally, you’ll drive standardised treatment of working capital and stock control and reporting for the regional and national teams and drives operational efficiencies in these areas in a standardised and consistent manner. In this role you will assume full responsibility for working closely with both finance colleagues and senior managers for ensuring continuous improvements in variable and fixed costs and production and technical KPIs. Provides support to the senior finance teams on financial reporting and analysis.

This is a key role, and you will have the opportunity to work closely with national finance team colleagues as an operations business partner, providing financial advice, support and challenge as part of the decision making processes including tactical planning and decisions as well as working closely with business and other finance colleagues to ensure clarification and understanding of business performance and consistent application of accounting policies and procedures.

Main Responsibilities

This is a busy and varied role and typical responsibilities include:

• Ensure relevant accurate, consistent and timely management information and insight is provided to national and regional finance teams to facilitate understanding business performance
• Ensuring integrity of the national accounting records and assets and liabilities
• Review and confirmation of the monthly performance cost statements, KPIs, performance measurers with variance analysis and benchmarking as required
• Ensure sustainable reductions in working capital are made through management of inventory levels at a national and business unit level
• Provide analysis and deliver insight that links financial performance to business strategies and performance
• Improve the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on operational performance and cost improvement
• Provide effective operational procedures, or initiate change, to ensure key operational and financial targets are delivered
• Build partnerships and credible, lasting relationships with senior managers and their teams and provide financial support to operational decision making both nationally and regionally
• Drive in partnership with the Senior Finance Manager, National the delivery of operational and financial objectives
• Improve and develop safety awareness within the finance teams
• Ad hoc National Materials and Contracting Finance projects as requested

The Ideal Candidate

To be considered for this opportunity, you will have proven experience of delivering a comprehensive finance to regionally based stakeholders in a fast paced environment,

Ideally your experience will include being a qualified accountant, either formally or through experience with proven operational finance experience. Demonstrable finance operations background with relevant technical skills. A proven track record of delivering value through effective execution of the finance and business strategies. Experience of Joint Ventures. Skills. Proven financial accounting background with relevant technical skills. Computer literate, with SAP/BW skills an advantage. Ability to work in a challenging matrix environment. Well-developed management, organisational and communication skills. Experienced and able to identify and drive process change and improvement.

Why Tarmac

We offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits.

Some of the range of benefits on offer to employees include:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice.
• Training and development opportunities
  

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At Tarmac we are passionate that our workforce reflects the communities where we operate. Our ambition is that everyone regardless of level, role, or background will enjoy an environment of respect, inclusion and belonging. We actively remove barriers to ensure everyone is supported and can reach their potential with us. We take active steps to encourage people from a broad range of backgrounds to apply for jobs at Tarmac as we believe a diverse, inclusive company will enable everyone to thrive. We are a disability confident employer and will make reasonable adjustments as required. We are committed to support part-time and flexible working and believe getting the balance right is critical to personal and professional success.