Financial Controller of Enabling Services

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BAM UK&I are looking for a Financial Controller of Enabling Services to report into the FP&A Director to be based from any of our UK&I offices.

Making Possible

As a Financial Controller, you are the financial conscience of the organisation. You are responsible for the reliability of all of the financial reporting for your respective area; whether that be actuals, forecast or budget. Through financial analysis, you are responsible for providing insight and expertise to Financial Control, FP&A, Finance Managers and the business so that we have a good understanding of where we stand financially as an organisation, for your functions and for each Business Unit. You are responsible for drawing up the standard periodic internal and external reports for your respective areas and need to remain in close contact with the wider finance team and the business units you support so that the figures in the reports are provided with the correct business interpretation and insight.

Accountabilities

• Responsible for the reliability (correctness, timeliness, completeness) of the financial data including forecasting, budget planning and performance reporting.
• Lead key financial processes including forecasting, budget planning and performance reporting to drive efficiency and effectiveness for enabling services.
• Manage the Enabling Functions of the UK&I Division and the financial submissions in SAP BPC.
• Ensuring that financial reporting complies with laws and regulations and the BAG.
• Preparation of financial analysis (e.g. difference analyses) including accounting comments.
• Preparing all standard / uniform internal management reports including business insight.
• Ensuring the charging and allocation of overhead costs (CTC) to the correct Division and Segments and owning the CTC model and rules for the UK&I Division.
• Consolidate and process actuals, budget and forecast financial figures in the system(s).
• Link ESG data and other non-financial data to financial data to interpret and understand the data for reporting purposes where required for enabling functions.
• Preparation of external financial accountability reports where required.
• Ensuring adequate liquidity management for enabling functions.
• Preparation of other (ad-hoc) financial reports for the purpose of interpretation / interpretation of actuals.
• Coordinating internal / external auditor requests as required for enabling functions and the wider business where needed.
• Assessing and approving business cases in accordance with the procuration schedule.
• Compliance with the BAM Requirements Framework (BRF)/ Bam Control Framework (BCF).
• Recognising risks, developments, innovation or improvement opportunities from your own field and translating these into improvement initiatives and process optimisations for Financial Control.
• Provide insights to senior management around financial modelling, forecasts, and profitability.
• Identify opportunities for continuous development, improvement of financial systems and processes to realise efficiencies and standardisation across the Finance and FP&A function.
• Provide technical accounting guidance to the Finance and Business teams and ensure BAM Accounting and financial policies are consistently applied across Segments.
• Provide leadership and support ad-hoc projects and initiatives as required.
• Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions (ROI Modelling).
• Deputise and stand in for Finance Director, as necessary.

Interfaces

• Interfaces between Group Control, UK&I Division and Segment Finance teams when required.
• Interfaces with the UK&I Sustainability team.
• Business partners with the Enabling Function Directors, Finance Directors and Finance Managers.

Your team

To be based from any of our UK&I offices.

What’s in it for you?

In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package including an electric car or car allowance, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), gym subsidy, BAM social club membership and many more exciting benefits.

What do you bring to the role?

We are looking for an experienced Finance professional with a track-record of FP&A built up in a project environment, a sizeable FM, outsourcing or a Property Development business.

You will be experienced, energised, capable, analytically, and numerically strong individual that is able to get into the detail but can also step back and look at the larger picture.

You will be keen to contribute to making FP&A into a value adding function and will ideally have some or all of the following:

• Be a qualified accountant and member of an accountancy body (ACMA, ACCA, ACA).
• Established track record as a FP&A Controller / Head of Reporting with personal attributes to deal with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrable functional competence: excellent breadth and depth of finance experience (controlling, accounting, budgeting, reporting, risk management, etc.).
• Strong business orientation – ability to understand and explain business results and translate into financial consequences.
• Knowledge of civil engineering, construction and/or general contracting business.
• Good knowledge of IFRS and up to date with recent ones like IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 9.
• Experience of basic Microsoft packages.

For this position we are looking for the following competences:

• Technical Skills - Knowledge of FP&A / finance principles and processes. Ability to synthesise information i.e., create conclusions, alternatives and recommendations.
• Story telling – Ability to comment effectively on business performance and clearly articulate real drivers and business insights.
• Influence – Contribute and lead a change in FP&A culture from ‘Collect & Report’ to ‘Predict & Act’.
• Fiduciary Finance responsibility – Actively contribute to maximise revenue and profits of the Division but at the same time ensuring full compliance with IFRS.
• Helicopter approach – Ability to step back and see the big picture and if needed, drill down into the details.
• A Self starter – Act at one’s own initiative without being directed or encouraged by others.
• Can do attitude - Identify problem, track down potential causes and find possible solutions; recognising important information and establishing a link between different data sets; drawing correct and realistic conclusions based on the available information; summarising outcomes and reporting against performance metrics.
• Team Player – Be able to work well within a team and feel comfortable with approaching other teams and building relationships and networks which are helpful in achieving the UK&I FP&A objectives.
• Collaboration & Leadership – Understanding that FP&A does not work exclusively with numbers. Having the emotional and cross-cultural intelligence and empathy, to make it easier to understand the needs others.

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.