Hays Senior Finance are working with a growing and innovative business near Ellesmere Port who are recruiting a newly created Finance Manager role. The business has c100 working in the UK and they provide services and solutions to some of the largest and most complex businesses in the UK. The UK business forms part of a global operation and finance is centralised elsewhere. The Finance Manager role in the UK is a stand-alone position with dual reporting to both the UK management team and also the centralised finance function. As a true Financial Business Partner, you will lead the provision of appropriate cost reporting and support the development of new systems and processes across the company to ensure effective cost collection and invoicing. The company has multiple ongoing projects and various business lines. You will need to track and report on all of these. Duties will include: Update of financial forecasts, estimates to complete and estimate at completion with input from Project Team Support Project Managers and Commercial Managers with commercial topicsChallenge financial performance of the project, comparing to budget Control sales order and invoicing processSecure SAP workflow with support of Group FinanceTranslate sales orders into project budget Set up financial reporting in line with group guidelinesMonthly closure to Group Finance regarding projectsProvide project PandL in line with guidelines set by Group FinanceMargin and GAP analysisMonitor bought in ..... full job details .....