Finance Manager - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM Infrastructure have an urgent requirement for a Finance Manager to join our team on the Transpennine Route Upgrade West project based at our Huddersfield Office on a 12-month fixed term basis.

The Transpennine Route is a major transport artery for the UK and for the communities and economies across the north of England.
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a multi-billion pound investment programme that will deliver a high performing, reliable railway for passengers with more seats, more trains and faster journeys between Manchester and York via Huddersfield and Leeds.
It runs for 76 miles between Manchester, Leeds, York, Selby and onto Humberside. It’s a hugely popular route and passenger numbers have doubled over the past 25 years. Millions of people that work, study and live alongside the railway depend on it every year.
It is the biggest railway transformation the North has seen since the Victorian era

Your team

BAM operates a flexible working policy

Making Possible

As a Finance Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

Delivery of efficient and effective operational financial management in support of the overall strategy and performance objectives of the Project.
Operate as a key member of the Project or Framework Management Team, and wider finance community.
Provide comprehensive, high quality analysis to aid and support business decision making with focus on the use, rather than preparation, of data.
Ensure that Group and Segment specific financial and commercial procedures and policies are complied with.
Responsible for a large program or multiple programs under a framework.
Build relationships and improve collaboration with program/framework leadership teams & operations and commercial (Commercial assistants & QS) teams. Demonstrating strong understanding of project financial performance and associated key project risks & opportunities.
Develop and maintain reporting to support business decisions and risk mitigation, key areas being P&L, cash and orderbook.
Ensure Management reporting activities are aligned with organization goals and objectives across the sector. Provide accurate and accessible management information for all key stakeholders with a range of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports. Including clients with accurate spend forecasts for budget management purposes.
Providing challenge and support as part of the Senior Leadership during project reviews & monthly and quarterly financial reviews.
Achievement of month-end deadlines demonstrating accurate accounting records and internal controls. Ensure strict adherence to revenue recognition policy and processes throughout
Timely and accurate completion of budgets and forecasts with comprehensive trend and KPI analysis including management of financial risk and opportunity registers.
Co-ordinate project cash flow forecasts with monthly WIP and debt reviews to improve/maintain working capital. Support application for payment and end to end O2C activities. Managing the JV bank account and application processes as appropriate.
Periodic review of internal CTE rates and external sales rates in line with commercial agreements. Exploring cost recovery opportunities through different costing methods.
Work closely with key business partners to create and maintain key financial and scenario based models which support strategic business decisions. e.g. key customer/framework bids. Carry out partner and client risk assessments for the division during the tender stage gate process. Rate Management – periodic review of internal CTE rates and external sales rates in line with commercial agreements. Exploring cost recovery opportunities through different costing methods.
Manage or co-ordinate end to end O2C, P2P and R2R activities within the area to ensure best practice is embedded.

What do you bring to the role?

Qualified ACCA/ACA/CIMA
Experience of finance roles in large complex projects or frameworks.
Very good knowledge of sector related markets and regulatory environment.
Some experience of supporting and influencing alongside management & leadership teams in developing & delivering to strategy & business plans.
Very good understanding of the management systems, policies and processes that underpin a successful large complex enterprise.
Some experience of developing strong internal and external relationships to drive individual and business performance.
Experience of functional roles within large complex projects and programmes
Awareness of the political, business and economic issues affecting customers and the market.
Demonstrates an understanding of pricing, programme & cost management and negotiation, customers' needs around fees, and debt management. Can explain contractual terms to others, understands and acts on KPIs.
Knowledge and evidence of setting a strategic agenda, portfolio & performance analysis and business case and capex analysis. Potentially some M&A experience.
Knowledge and evidence of business planning, cost management (CTC), management reporting, statutory accountability & investment and accounting principles. Excellent knowledge on Accounting guidelines and IFRS & external reporting.
Knowledge and evidence of project budgeting & forecasting & reporting; risk and opp management & cash forecasting (project).
Good awareness of and ability to actively engage with specialist and communicate risk and opportunity around corporate finance, bonds & guarantees, financial logistics, structured finance and Investment tenders.
Good awareness of and ability to actively engage with specialist and communicate risk and opportunity around enterprise risk management, BRF and controls.
Good awareness of and ability to actively engage with specialist and communicate risk and opportunity around tax strategy and filling, accounting, transfer pricing, JV's, indirect and payroll taxes and supply chain tax liabilities.
Good understanding and experience of critical finance transactional operations and underlying control points and best practice.
Interest in and desire to drive wider business to adopt best practice information and digital literacy, digital content creation, problem solving in a data environment, data strategy and planning, data analytics and data visualisation.
Understand information, data and content in a digital environment & can develop and manage decisions and choices that align to an organisations data strategy and business strategy. Can check data from multiple sources, define appropriate metrics and measures and develop analytics in applications. Apply knowledge to existing (and develop new) visualization solutions and dashboards for specific business techniques.

What’s in it for you?

Competitive salary
A wide range of family-friendly policies
Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
8 % matched pension contributions
Private healthcare
Life assurance
26 days holiday
2 wellbeing days
1 volunteering day
Personal and professional development

BAM Infrastructure is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

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

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Zainab Rubbani, Recruiter, BAM Infrastructure, Email: zainab.rubbani@bam.com

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime 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.

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