Finance Manager

Job Purpose

The Finance Manager role is responsible for leading key finance operations covering external partnerships and balance sheet management to support strategic business decisions and maintain strong financial control. The role oversees a consolidated finance portfolio encompassing External Partner Functions and Balance Sheet Management. It provides high-quality financial insight, ensures robust governance and control, and delivers accurate, timely reporting to enable effective decision-making across the business.

The Finance Manager leads and develops Management Accountants and Junior Management Accountants, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture with a strong focus on continuous improvement, accountability, and standardisation across finance operations.

Key Responsibilities

• The role involves acting as a finance business partner to internal stakeholders, managing relationships, ensuring accurate reporting, driving performance analysis, and supporting audits and planning processes.
• Responsibilities include overseeing month-end journals, budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, managing balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies, and contributing to risk and liquidity management while driving process improvements and
• Manage stakeholder relationships and ensure accurate reporting for partner-related activities. Drive performance analysis and cost optimization initiatives.
• Accurate processing of automated journals to GL by T 5 and manual journals by T 8.
• Contract with Support areas to meet SLA Assist with external and GIA audits, eliminating significant findings.
• Execute integrated planning process and automation for off-platform
• Prepare/review monthly, quarterly, and annual management Review GL and provide commentary; analyse profitability, trends, and balance sheet
• Oversee month-end journals and ensure accurate postings to the general ledger
• Analyze monthly performance (actual budget, key drivers, year-on-year comparisons) and provide meaningful commentary.
• Discuss monthly expenses versus budget with cost centre owners and investigate
• Support Exco members in managing operational expenses and identifying cost-saving
• Track delivery of planned savings per cost centre and report Ensure timely preparation and posting of journals to meet month-end deadlines.
• Manage the balance sheet process, ensuring all accounts are reconciled accurately and on time.