Finance Manager

The Finance Manager serves as a key financial partner to internal stakeholders and clients, ensuring the integrity of financial reporting, contract delivery, and adherence to corporate policies. This role oversees client invoicing, cost allocations, and period-end close activities while driving strategic planning, forecasting, and insightful management reporting. Acting as a bridge between operational teams and leadership, the Finance Manager provides the financial analysis necessary to support decision-making, mitigate risk, and optimize account performance.Key ResponsibilitiesFinancial Governance and OperationsOversee the end-to-end financial transaction process, ensuring accurate client invoicing and vendor purchase order management.Validate intercompany agreements and financial transactions for accuracy and compliance with internal controls.Review and approve client invoices and supplier expenditures in alignment with the Delegation of Authority (DoA).Ensure rigorous adherence to accounting standards, financial controls, and SOX requirements in partnership with the Financial Control team.Financial Planning, Budgeting & ForecastingLead the annual budget development and monthly re-forecasting processes, providing critical oversight and strategic challenge to assumptions.Leverage advanced financial tools (Excel, Power BI, AI-driven applications) to automate reporting and improve forecasting accuracy.Perform complex cost allocations and financial modeling to ensure accurate contract profitability reporting.Reporting & Strategic AnalysisConsolidate contract-level performance data to provide a clear financial narrative at the sub-regional or sector level.Maintain standardized financial and operational KPI reporting to monitor delivery and ROI.Deliver high-level variance analysis, proactively identifying risks, growth opportunities, and performance drivers for senior leadership.Translate complex financial data into actionable insights to inform Regional and Enterprise Sector strategy.Stakeholder Management & LeadershipAct as a trusted advisor to Regional and Enterprise Sector leadership, communicating performance expectations and financial results.Review, challenge, and validate financial assumptions to ensure business activities align with organizational goals.Foster a collaborative environment by building strong working relationships across cross-functional teams.Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying process efficiencies and areas for cost optimization.