Finance Manager

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges - we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

What will you be doing? You’ll be supporting the Financial Controller, by managing and developing a small team. You’ll lead the month end process and timely reporting to the wider group. Support forecasting and budgeting process. The role involves completing supporting the balance sheet reconciliations process for the central team. Ensuring transparency of reporting on contingency and provisions and for WIP reporting and ageing across the projects. We’ll ask you to look after VAT, Corporation Tax returns, PAYE settlement agreement, and associated returns such as Construction Industry Training Board reporting. Assisting the wider finance team in continuous improvement of business processes by sharing best practice and maintaining strong relationships with counterparts within M Group Highways, Shared service centre and wider M Group. You’ll support the year end audit process, preparation of the company’s statutory account. Ensuring appropriate financial governance and controls are in place.

What you’ll bring:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Able to lead and work as part of a team
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the organisation
• Ability to deliver results in a complex environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to remain calm and focused under pressure
• Demonstrable experience of business/process improvement
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Good Microsoft Excel skills (Pivots, key formulas – vlookups, sumifs) and good knowledge of accounting systems
• Good knowledge of accounting standards and double entry
• Enthusiastic and resourceful individual, comfortable working within a team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills gained in a fast-paced working environment
• Good time management to ensure that deadlines are met
• Ability to solve problems, to prioritise and multi-task
• Self-starter who can manage delivery of information from stakeholders

What’s in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.