Finance Manager - Private Sector

Sopra Steria have an exciting opportunity for a new Finance Manager to join our team. The role is required to financially support some of the key Financial Services and Commercial customer contracts in Sopra Steria's Private Sector , and business partner with senior / executive level management. Working alongside an existing Finance team who interact with the core business accounts, Client Directors, Delivery Managers and senior management, the role will report into the Private Sector FD .
Key to the role will be building relationships to work effectively with the internal stakeholders and supporting functions like Finance, Commercial and HR. The role will provide insightful financial analysis, oversee P&L reporting, budgeting and forecasting, modelling cashflow requirements. The ideal candidate will be comfortable building and managing relationships with business stakeholders, act as a financial advocate to aid decision making while challenging the stakeholders when needed.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable with various areas of financial support, ranging from overseeing financial period closes, creation of management reporting, actively participating and presenting in business reviews, managing budgeting and monthly forecast cycles, supporting pricing of new opportunities and investment appraisal, and inputting into cash management optimisation.

The role offers fantastic opportunity to join a certified "UK Top Great Place to Work" company and be part of a dynamic and evolving team. The role would ideally be suited to a qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/etc professional body qualification) experienced in management accounting, analysing business performance and business partnering senior stakeholders.

The candidate should also be aware the role will require standard UK security clearance to be undertaken prior to starting with Sopra Steria.

What youll be doing:

• Business partner the Senior Management of the customer contracts


• Oversee production of key internal financial and management reporting


• Manage P&L forecast with input from operations stakeholders Manage monthly GL close on a timely and accurate basis (Monthly accounting adjustments/Variance analysis commentary/Forecasting)


• Produce and present business review documents to the MD/FD


• Input into cashflow forecasting and support optimisation


• Support in new service pricing and cost/benefit analysis of internal investments


• Ad Hoc financial analysis & modelling


• Aid commercial strategic decision making


What you'll bring:

• Relevant Qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, CIPFA, etc)


• Experience in business partnering with business stakeholders


• Experience managing multiple stakeholders


• Confidence to challenge where numbers don't look right


• Previous experience in P&L / Management Reporting / identifying risk and opportunity


• Experience of working with project accounting


• Eligible for SC clearance.


It would be great if you had:

• Keen attention to detail and an analytical nature


• Flexible and adaptable to cope with a fast paced environment in a large organisation


• Ability to work quickly and accurately with complex information and present in a clear format


If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Level of Clearance: SC

Salary offered will be in line with experience and development needs

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Our Specialist Private Sector team are experienced in a range of different markets including Banking, Insurance, Retail, Travel, Transport and Utilities. We help our customers develop, deliver and operationalise their digital transformation strategies. We work in true partnership with our customer, gaining a deep understanding of their business and technology issues.
Our capabilities and credentials across Private Sector markets enable the design, delivery and management of business transformation programmes. We help our clients respond to changing customer demands, keep ahead of the competition, and safeguard their systems from evolving business and technology risks.


• Relevant Qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, CIPFA, etc)


• Experience in business partnering with business stakeholders


• Experience managing multiple stakeholders


• Confidence to challenge where numbers don't look right


• Previous experience in P&L / Management Reporting / identifying risk and opportunity


• Experience of working with project accounting


• Eligible for SC clearance.


It would be great if you had:

• Keen attention to detail and an analytical nature


• Flexible and adaptable to cope with a fast paced environment in a large organisation


• Ability to work quickly and accurately with complex information and present in a clear format


If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Salary offered will be in line with experience and development needs