Finance Manager

NG Bailey is currently seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our engineering division. This is a high-profile role pivotal in driving financial performance across diverse contract types, including fixed-price, cost-plus and target-price agreements. You will provide robust financial leadership, ensuring accurate reporting and insightful analysis to support strategic decision-making.

With the government’s commitment to infrastructure spending on defence, nuclear, rail and healthcare as well as its decarbonisation targets, the markets in which we operate are resilient and we are well positioned to benefit.

Permanent – Full time

Competitive Salary – Car Allowance and Strong Benefits Package

North West – Hybrid

• Prepare and review monthly P&L statements for multiple projects and business units.
  • Deliver variance analysis and commentary on key drivers of performance.
• Prepare and report divisional quarterly forecasts, the annual budget and three‑year strategic plan.
• Partner with project managers and commercial teams to challenge assumptions and improve financial outcomes.
• Manage regional project balance sheet and working capital reporting, ensuring integrity of key working‑capital balances, driving financial discipline and improving accuracy and speed of reporting.
  • Proactively engage with stakeholders to resolve actions.
• Develop and execute audit plans tailored to cost‑plus contracts, ensuring all reimbursable costs align with contractual terms and client expectations.
• Present analyses and themes for key reporting processes to stakeholders at review meetings.
• Own short‑term (3‑month) and long‑term (12‑month) cash‑flow forecasting models for business units, ensuring they remain fit for purpose as systems evolve.
• Lead planned system and process improvements for CVR reporting (Cost Value Reconciliation) to streamline and automate contract reporting with greater insight into operational and financial performance.
• Serve as the key contact for external auditors on the division.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering and Group finance teams while building strong relationships with operational and commercial senior leadership (primarily Commercial and Operational Directors).
• Provide support to the Central Engineering Finance Team for traditional accounting tasks such as balance‑sheet reconciliations, overheads and cash‑flow tracking.

• ACA or CIMA qualified with relevant post‑qualification experience within a related sector.
• Experience in a contracting environment, including long‑term contract accounting and balance‑sheet rigor.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with confidence to challenge stakeholders.
• Experience designing and implementing new reporting/management information efficiently.
• Previous experience in finance roles as part of an alliance or joint venture.
• Ability to summarise key messages from large volumes of data.
• Experience in working‑capital and cash modelling.
• Excellent data manipulation skills (advanced Excel proficiency).

As a business, we’re on a journey to build a culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and our approach to bringing people into the organisation.

We’ll outline the recruitment process ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3,000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward‑thinking approach allows us to work on groundbreaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be your best.