Overview
At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.
We are currently looking for an Assistant Finance Manager – North (Aggregates, Asphalt & Readymix) to join our friendly team based in our head office in Birtley in the North East. The Assistant Finance Manager will support the Senior Finance Manager in the provision of financial information and management reporting for direct use in commercial and operational decision making. The role will business partner the North regions Aggregates, Asphalt, and Concrete businesses, supporting ad-hoc analysis to assist, challenge and influence stakeholders across multiple-sites.
Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it is important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.
The Assistant Finance Manager has a wide variety of responsibilities including:
- To support on the completeness of month end results reporting, but including the business planning cycle, annual budgets, and monthly forecasts
- To support CAPEX schedules including capital expenditure authorisations, project evaluations and forecasts
- To support on value chain analysis alongside contract margin reviews, for complete end to end understanding of group contract profitability
- To support on the provision of accurate, timely and SOx compliant accounting information in support of the senior regional team and ensure controls and governance are adhered to and in compliance with company accounting policies
- To support the Senior Finance Manager and senior management team, being a business partner to provide critical support as part of the decision making processes including tactical planning and decisions, importantly providing an impartial conscience acting with integrity
- Working closely with business and other finance colleagues to ensure clarification and understanding of business performance & consistent application of accounting policies and procedures
- Ensure relevant accurate management information is produced and provided to the senior management team and regional finance team
- Ensuring accuracy and integrity of the regional accounting records, assets and liabilities
- Providing support through reviews of the monthly region trading performance, KPIs, performance measures with variance analysis and benchmarking as required
- To support insight, challenge and support in tracking hard delivery of our Optimise programme benefits and capital investment delivery across the business
- Provide analysis and deliver insight that links financial reports to business drivers
- Support improving the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on business performance
- Support robust and accurate forecasts and budgets through review and challenge
- Provide effective support to the Commercial and Operations Directors, as well as the broader regional senior management team
- Build partnerships and credible, lasting relationships with all senior managers and their teams and provide financial support to commercial decision making
- Support the presentation of financial performance, full year forecasts and budget variances including understanding financial opportunities and risk
- Provide key support enabling a drive in partnership through Business Partnering. To help the Senior Management Team to deliver business financial objectives
- Improve and develop safety awareness within the finance teams
- Ad hoc projects as needed
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Finalist or Qualified CIMA ACCA or ACA accountant desirable, either formally or through experience
- Demonstrable finance background with strong management accounting, business partnering skills & stakeholder management experience
- Computer literate, with SAP / BW / Power BI / Anaplan skills an advantage
- Ability to work in a challenging matrix environment
- Good management, organisational and communication skills
- Ability to identify, support & influence, process changes and business improvements
- An open mindset and the ability to challenge when necessary.
- Ability to travel between operational sites as and when required, to support business requirements.
Salary: Competitive
Location: Chester Le Street, County Durham, England
Job Reference: tarmac/TP/111/5627
