Financial & Commercial Reporting Manager

Our client, an international wildlife conservation charity is seeking a senior-level financial and commercial reporting manager to lead their team of finance business partners.

Financial & Commercial Reporting Manager
Location: Head Office (Regents Park), NW1
Department: Finance and procurement
Salary: £62,000 - £68,000
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Workplace type: Hybrid
Business Area: Enabling Functions and Professional Services

Purpose of the role

In this visible, high-profile position, you will work directly with senior stakeholders and be responsible for overseeing all of their business and commercial reporting, including monthly performance reporting, business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and KPIs.

Key responsibilities:

• Promote a strong business partnering culture between finance and all stakeholders, including senior stakeholders and budget holders
• Manage month-end close and the timely preparation of high quality monthly financial reports to support their commercial reporting and analysis
• Deliver timely and meaningful insights into their business and commercial performance to key budget holders and their leadership teams to support strategic decision making
• Lead and manage their forecasting processes by developing robust forecasts in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, ensuring all key inputs are thoroughly reviewed and challenged for accuracy
• Lead their business planning and annual budgeting processes, including preparation of executive presentations and reports for the Executive Committee, Board Finance Committee, and Council, ensuring alignment with their strategic priorities.

About You

They're looking for a strategic finance expert with a proven track record in driving business performance through financial insights and reporting. You must be a qualified accountant, as well as having a blend of the following:

• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking, with the ability to align financial insights with business objectives.
• Proven ability to lead a small team effectively, providing direction, support and coaching
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, balancing support with constructive challenge
• Excellent skills in analysing complex data, offering insights from both financial and non-financial information

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation to be in their office two days per week.

About the organisation

They're an international conservation charity. Through their unrivalled animal experts in their two zoos, the work of their pioneering scientists, their dedicated conservationists, their purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Their vision is a world where wildlife thrives and they're working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, they are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

What do they offer?

They are proud of their approach to employee benefits. Their benefits include:

• Their vision and purpose - you'll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help them to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct
• Pension scheme - they offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension
• Flexible working - talk to them about your flexible working requirements and they will do everything they can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
• Holidays - 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays
• Wellbeing - access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to their 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance - eligible employees will be enrolled in their life assurance scheme from their first day
• Complimentary tickets - annual allocation of Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
• Cycle2Work - their cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
• Season ticket loan - they offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work
• Family friendly policies - they offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages

Closing Date: 24th November 2024
First stage interviews will take place week commencing 2nd December.

NB: They reserve the right to close their advertisement early or extend the advertising date until a suitable candidate has been found.

To Apply and for more information

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They strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. They are committed to ensuring their teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. They have active equality networks for their staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by their strategic EDI Steering Group.

This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including the candidate's right to work in the UK.

No agencies please.