Finance Senior Manager in Cardiff

PMUK is looking for a Senior Manager to lead the PMUK Finance function and provide senior-level financial leadership and expert oversight across PMUK.

The successful candidate will support the Finance Director in strategic decision making and financial governance, and ensure robust financial controls and high-quality reporting to deliver PMUK strategies.

• What you will be doing
• Acting as a senior member of the Finance leadership team, reporting to the Finance Director and Board of Directors where required.
• Contributing to the development and delivery of PMUK’s financial strategy.
• Providing financial insight and challenge to senior stakeholders, supporting informed commercial and strategic decisions.
• Leading, mentoring, and developing Finance Team Leaders and senior finance members, ensuring appropriate resourcing, skills, and capability within the Finance function.
• Fostering a high-performance culture, ensuring clear objectives, accountability, and professional development.
• Overseeing the preparation and delivery of accurate and timely management accounts and financial reports.
• Ensuring robust financial controls and compliance with accounting standards (UK GAAP/IFRS as applicable) and regulatory requirements.
• Leading budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.
• Managing financial risk, including cash flow, working capital, and cost control.
• Reviewing and improving financial policies, procedures, systems, and internal controls.
• Acting as a senior finance business partner to Directors and Heads of Department, providing a high-quality financial management reporting service with a focus on identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Providing high-quality financial analysis, commentary, and recommendations.
• Supporting major investment appraisals, business cases, and change initiatives.

Leading the development and assessment of Company-wide cost improvement and cost down strategies, working with managers to carry out financial and activity modelling.

• Building strong working relationships across the organisation to promote Finance as a trusted and capable strategic partner.
• Approval of budgets, forecasts, and financial submissions prior to Director sign off.
• Leading the overall annual business planning and budget setting process for departments and supporting the Finance team in delivering required tasks for their designated areas.
• Leading financial discussions at senior management and executive level meetings.
• Ensuring compliance is duly met in line with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring the accurate and timely completion of month end closing, monthly P&L, BS, and cash flow forecasts.
• Reviewing closing results and forecasts, ensuring accuracy.
• Chairing and presenting at monthly Finance meetings.
• Foreign exchange booking and management.
• Approving all expenses, requisitions, assets, disposals (scrap/stock error), new supplier set up forms, and new customer set up forms.
• Ensuring effective management of external audit processes.
• Annual SOX reporting.
• Consideration of pension accounting, including movements on deferred tax.
• Continuous consideration for cost reduction and performance improvement.
• Tax planning and strategic consideration of duty arrangements.
• Any other duties as may be required by the Finance Director.
• What we’re looking for

Essential requirements

• CIMA qualified or equivalent.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Sufficient post qualification experience in a senior leadership capacity, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong reporting and governance background.
• Working knowledge of SOX.
• Audit preparation and management.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly.
• Experience in driving process improvements and change.
• Demonstrable commercial awareness and/or business facing finance experience.
• Strong and proven leadership and management skills.
• Ability to deliver to strict deadlines.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Ability to effectively manage stakeholders.
• Excellent MS Office Excel skills (Pivot, Macros, VLOOKUP, etc.).
• Ability to work under pressure and plan/prioritise workload.
• Takes ownership and is flexible, engaged, and committed.
• Proactive and innovative approach to problem solving.
• Ability to demonstrate financial integrity and judgement.
• Strong negotiation, persuasion, and influencing skills.
• Where it may be required for a visa application – Advanced English, e. g., English Level B2 or equivalent.

Please note that individual circumstances differ and this will be assessed on a case‑by‑case basis.

Desirable requirements

• Experience of SAP or Oracle systems.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in line with the relevant institute requirements.

What we offer you

Working hours: 07:45 – 16:30 Monday – Thursday, 07:45 – 13:30 Friday.

• Company pension contributions of up to 10%.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Monthly car allowance and fuel allowance.
• Early finish on a Friday.
• Free parking on site.
• Annual leave entitlement of 24 days (+ bank holidays), increasing up to 30 (+ bank holidays) with service.
• Death in service benefit of 4x annual salary.
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, bereavement, adoption, surrogacy, and sickness.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Long Service Awards.
• On-site canteen.
• Exclusive 'Staff Sales' site for Panasonic products.
• Training and development opportunities.
• 'Refer a Friend' recruitment scheme.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Panasonic is a proud equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other characteristics.

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