Sopra Steria Hiring for Finance Manager Job at Southampton, England Full Time

The Company:

NHS Shared Business Services is a unique partnership between Sopra Steria and the Department of Health. We provide crucial corporate back office services to NHS organisations.

We are market leaders in corporate service delivery with around 40% of the NHS using one or more of our products. With unrivalled knowledge and experience, we provide high-quality, value-for-money finance, procurement and employment services to the NHS, helping them overcome any challenges they face in the back office.

We work closely with NHS organisations all over the country to replace outdated, time-consuming and error-prone paper processes, with affordable digital systems and more efficient ways of working, and in addition to our core services, we are designing and developing innovative digital technologies and piloting brand new ways of working, which further improve efficiency and quality, and better support the NHS workforce to deliver world-class patient care.

We are passionate about using our expertise to save the NHS time and money and are more relevant today than ever before.

The Day Job:

Are you an Accountant with ambition?

Would you like to be part of a high performing team, passionate about developing your potential?

NHS SBS has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join their team, supporting the Employment Services area. The team supports the business, ensuring not only that decisions are made at the right time but also looking forward, supporting the business in its future direction!

You will be responsible for Revenue generation, financial period closes, variance analysis, various financial analysis, internal costing, budgeting and forecasting and also business partnering with the MD/FD and key operational Partners.

A key part will be working directly with senior partners, such as heads of departments and Directors, providing insightful and useful analysis. You will be analytical, have outstanding attention to detail, be self-driven with the ability to form relationships with senior partners.

This is a phenomenal opportunity in our organisation to develop your career in a unique joint venture, with a track record of developing employees and internal progression backed by the Sopra Steria group.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financially support/business partner MD/FD
• Supporting the business to successfully delivery a multi-million pound transformation program across our services and delivery model
• Monthly close of on a timely, accurate and professional basis (Monthly accounting adjustments/Variance analysis commentary/Forecasting)
• Lead revenue recognition of a key business area and additional charges
• Update key financials P&L of a key business area and operational departments
• Run P&L forecast updates
• Produce cost/benefits analysis of various internal business cases
• Develop and maintain financial models

Required Skills
You need to have:

• 
  Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, CIPFA, etc)
• Be educated to a degree level (Minimum grade required 2.1)
• Previous experience in management accounts (Forecasting/Variance analysis/Performance reporting etc)
• Experience managing multiple partners
• Ability to work quickly and accurately with sophisticated information and present in a clear format
• Experience with Microsoft Office software particularly Excel, Word, Power Point
• Flexible and adaptable to cope with a fast paced environment in a large organisation

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Southampton
Internal Recruiter: Katie
Salary: circa £45,000
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.