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Saffery

A partner-led and people-focused top 20 accountancy firm.

Associate Director – Finance

Financial Planning and AnalysisFinancial Planning and AnalysisFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 501-1,000H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United Kingdom

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Professional Certificate5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Associate Director – Finance

Saffery

• providing strategic oversight of the Finance function, ensuring delivery of high-quality outputs, consistency of standards, and effective resourcing and acting as the escalation point for complex technical, operational and client-related matters • leading, supporting and developing the Finance Manager and Assistant Managers, and drive a high-performance culture with clear expectations, accountability and ongoing coaching • monitoring workflow, capacity and utilisation across the team, ensuring work is effectively allocated and deadlines are met • identifying inefficiencies and leading improvements to processes, systems and controls, including automation and transformation initiatives and effectively collaborate with relevant colleagues • contributing to the development and management of the budgetary process and monitor performance against targets and identifying areas of improvement through supporting the leadership to cost control, recovery and profitability • providing guidance on complex accounting and financial matters, ensuring adherence to relevant standards and best practice and maintaining oversight of regulatory developments and ensure appropriate implementation within the team • ensuring robust controls and governance are in place across the Finance team to support audits and regulatory reviews, ensuring issues are identified, managed and resolved appropriately • supporting the senior management team to shape the future direction of the Finance function, including operating model, structure and service delivery and contribute to wider business initiatives, including growth, system enhancements and multijurisdictional alignment

Job Requirements

  • extensive technical knowledge and demonstrated technical ability gained within the internal finance arena, along with previous experience of raw data implementation and management of data visualisation software, to include a minimum of 5 years within a senior management position
  • successful attainment of ACA/ACCA qualification (or equivalent) along with meeting your CPD requirements
  • excellent communication skills and the ability to converse with a diverse range of people, often key stakeholders, along with the ability to develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships
  • ability to produce, review and understand a range of documentation, usually of a highly complex nature, relating to comprehensive advice and legislation or managing complex transactions, with acute attention to detail and accuracy
  • demonstrated critical analysis skills to enable review of existing processes and procedures, along with the ability to formulate ideas and concepts and present these to the Board along with commitment to carry through to fruition
  • demonstrated ability to work to deadlines and project plans (some of which are likely to involve long-term planning) without direction to ensure that objectives are achieved
  • ability to consider and select the most appropriate solutions to a given situation while adopting a commercial approach so that consideration is given to an activity’s impact on the business and client service excellence
  • strong leadership skills which demonstrate the ability to understand, inspire and develop others along with personal qualities of integrity, discretion and tact
  • compliance with the firm's Information Security Policy and associated procedures, as updated from time to time

Benefits

  • a competitive salary
  • flexible working
  • full financial support and study leave for professional development
  • top-level health insurance for our people
  • annual performance-based bonuses

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