Project Finance Manager – Lower Thames Crossing

The Lower Thames Crossing team at National Highways is recruiting a permanent Project Finance Manager to give financial support, insight and challenge to the programme's leadership team. The post centres on strong financial controls and governance, and on producing the programme's management and financial accounts to government and statutory reporting standards. Travel to regional offices and sites across the South East may be needed, and the role is a 37-hour week.

Applicants need to be qualified accountants with commercial and governance experience.

• Provide financial support, analysis and advice to the Programme leadership team
• Ensure financial results are accurate and communicate budgets and forecasts clearly, identifying key issues in business performance
• Maintain strong financial controls and governance
• Ensure LTC management and financial accounts meet Government and statutory financial reporting standards
• Contribute to planning, budgeting and forecasting to support decisions and performance
• Support annual business planning and longer-term financial planning using a bottom-up approach
• Engage those providing inputs and align Project Managers and senior leaders to agreed target costs
• Contribute to adopting new business and finance processes and lead their roll-out
• Equip budget holders with the information and insight to meet project financial objectives
• Align costing systems with core finance systems and resolve data discrepancies
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow forecasts and financial provisions
• Ensure compliance with financial standards and internal policies

• Qualified accountant

• Previous finance, governance and commercial experience
• Experience of working on or leading projects and change initiatives from planning through to delivery
• Experience of working with financial systems to support automation and better use of finance IT products
• Experience of working with high volumes of data to analyse trends

• Good understanding of project management approaches
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to analyse complex information and present it simply and accurately

• Relevant project management qualifications
• Experience of managing a business planning process at regional or area level, communicating objectives and aligning budgets to company, directorate and regional targets