FBDS Finance Manager

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Job description

A career in Finance, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You'll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud.

About the Team

PwC's internal finance team provides a centralised range of finance services across our business to drive sustainable profitable growth. They play a vital role contributing to; budget-setting, stewardship of the firm's assets, managing financial risks, driving profitability and business development. Our Finance team provides insightful management information to the business - while managing important supplier relationships and educating all our staff on the effective use of internal financial systems.

Internal Finance currently has an opportunity for a Manager to join the Functions Business Decision Support (FBDS) team. FBDS provides decision-support services to the central functions, which have a combined cost base of £0.5bn and include Real Estate and Facilities Management, IT, Human Capital People teams, Sales and Marketing Team, Risk and Quality, Finance and UK based Global Functions.

About the Role

As a Manager within the FBDS Team you will be responsible for financial management of one or more of the functional areas and will provide finance decision-support to the leadership team for the function. This role reports directly to the Finance Leader for the Function.

Key responsibilities

• Preparation of value-added financial analysis and commentary for your function, including explanations for major variances.

• Budgeting and forecasting, including 1) Planning i.e. scheduling, client communications, determining key assumptions, 2) Reviewing and challenging submissions, 3) Assisting in the preparation of budget packs for presentation to Functional and Internal Finance leadership.

• A commitment to creating efficiencies through the use of technology (e.g. Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI)

• Providing financial guidance, accounting support and regular and ad hoc management information to Functional and Internal Finance leadership

• Development of and ensuring compliance with financial and operating procedures

• Ability to be proactive in identifying, flagging and resolving potential issues or problems..

• The ability to initiate and manage change in an area which is constantly evolving to higher levels of efficiency.

• The ability to prepare and interpret financial information, isolate the core messages and communicate them effectively to both finance and non-finance specialists.

• Flexibility to move between different functional areas and to take on project roles when the need arises.

• Project accounting & reporting support to strategic projects.

• Ad hoc financial accounting advice, as required.

• Financial modelling and scenario planning.

The role provides an opportunity to gain commercial insight into firmwide support costs and a shared service business model.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Qualified Accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA

• Experience (basic level upwards) of using a SAP finance system

• A clear personal pride for delivering high quality services to clients, including the ability to consistently manage their expectations and anticipate their needs

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and influencing skills. 'Presence' and authority with the ability and confidence to challenge management where necessary and to work alongside management in a business partnering capacity

• Strong interpersonal, people management and team working skills, including presentation skills

• Strong accounting and analytical skills and commercial awareness.

Desirable

• Experience working within a large organisation

• Power BI or Tableau dashboard building skills

• Financial modelling and scenario planning experience.

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