Finance Manager

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious finance professional looking to progress their experience within a FTSE listed construction business with a track record of delivering high profile infrastructure projects.

You will be a strong technical accountant supporting the external financial reporting of the group and an efficient and effective external audit. You will improve the consolidation and technical accounting processes to provide accurate consolidated financial information to the business enabling a regular snapshot of total performance. It is essential that you have a strong understanding of IFRS accounting standards and consolidation and can communicate technical financial information to non-financial stakeholders at a senior level.

• Prepare and review legal entity consolidation packs, including ETB adjustments, on a quarterly basis, performing and understanding trend analysis on period movements.
• Prepare and review legal entity financial statements, ensuring they are accurate and compliant with the relevant technical standards and the Companies Act.
• Produce technical accounting calculations and disclosure notes for IFRS 16 leases, IFRS 9 expected credit loss model, IFRS 7 financial instruments, IFRS 2 share-based payments, IAS 33 earnings per share and IAS 24 related parties.
• Deliver high quality audit deliverables for technical accounting calculations and support the coordination of the audit.
• Write high quality technical accounting papers to support key accounting applications and judgements.
• Support the production of accurate and timely external statutory reporting for the group and related Board papers.
• Assist in the maintenance and promotion (e.g., through training) of the Costain manual of accounting.
• Support the business with technical accounting queries, reviewing papers/proposals where necessary.
• Develop the graduate placement in the team and ensure smooth task transfers through placement handovers.
• Drive standard processes through principles of simplification, standardisation, and, working with the wider team, automation where appropriate.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of an effective business control framework.
• Other ad hoc finance projects for the benefit of the business.

• Qualifications ACA or ACCA Qualified Accountant with documented proof of experience.
• Experience:
  
  Experience in a similar finance role, producing financial statements, consolidation accounting preferred, process and systems optimisation; working with Oracle Enterprise One or similar ERP system, desirable. Managing projects and investigating unusual or complex transactions recommending appropriate accounting treatment.

• Strong technical accounting skills with a deep understanding of consolidation.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and an ethical approach to data including respecting the confidential nature of information and associated decision making.
• Excellent communication skills, confidence to present to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to think strategically, challenge current processes and introduce improvements.
• Demonstrable ability to form effective working relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Personal attributes: self‑motivated, a self‑starter, with the ability to build positive relationships.
• Display strong commercial awareness, vigilance for the changing business environment and emerging opportunities and risks.
• Set and achieve high standards for themselves and for others, take personal accountability for results.
• Identifies, anticipates, and navigates problems and obstacles to performance in an orderly and calm manner.
• Responds creatively to personal and team challenges.
• Communicates openly and honestly with others, listens to differing views and seeks to create a common understanding and agreement to proposed actions.

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service,…