Finance Manager – Contractor
Centre for Information Resilience
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Own and coordinate the monthly and quarterly closing cycle in partnership with Accounting and regional FP&A teams, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment.
- Serve as the central point of contact for close-related deliverables – tracking submissions, monitoring dependencies, resolving issues, and ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
- Perform in-depth variance analysis on P&L, balance sheet, and working capital, highlighting risks, opportunities, and key drivers of performance.
- Prepare, consolidate, and deliver accurate reporting packages and dashboards for senior leadership, ensuring results are presented with clear insights and forward-looking commentary.
- Proactively identify discrepancies or data integrity issues and work with stakeholders to resolve them before reporting deadlines.
- Drive the preparation of monthly business review materials, including development of management bridges and insightful storytelling that connects financial performance to operational outcomes.
- Provide analytical support for business performance reviews, productivity tracking, and segment initiatives.
- Support forecasting and planning cycles by consolidating inputs, validating assumptions, and preparing scenario analyses as needed.
- Lead and participate in process improvements and standardization initiatives, with a strong focus on automation, digitization, and adoption of best practices in reporting.
- Contribute to ad hoc financial analysis and strategic projects, adding value beyond reporting through data-driven insights and recommendations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration.
- 5 years of experience in FP&A, Controlling, or Accounting (global or manufacturing environment a plus).
- Strong financial analysis and reporting skills; high attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to connect numbers to business drivers.
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with financial systems (SAP, OneStream) preferred.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and priorities on tight deadlines.
- Experience with data visualization and storytelling techniques to translate data into actionable insights is highly desirable.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise messages for senior audiences.
- Experience in a global, matrixed organization and comfort navigating ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities within financial reporting and planning.
- Knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, and scenario modeling methodologies is an advantage.
- Self-starter with intellectual curiosity, problem-solving skills, and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Exposure to or interest in emerging technologies in Finance (automation, AI, predictive analytics) is a plus.
