Short Description

Role Overview

The Finance Manager will support the FP&A function in strengthening financial data quality, management reporting and dashboard capabilities.

The role will act as the Finance functional owner for financial data used in management dashboards, working closely with Finance Partners, Research Units and Technology teams.

The successful candidate will be responsible for validating and reconciling financial data, defining reporting requirements and business rules, supporting dashboard design and conducting testing to ensure that information presented to Management and Research Units is accurate, consistent and meaningful.

Long Description

Key Responsibilities

Financial Data Validation & Reconciliation:
• Validate and reconcile financial data used for management reporting and dashboards against SAP S/4HANA and other source systems.
• Perform checks on Budget, Actual Expenditure, Forecast, Commitments and Utilisation Rate to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Investigate data discrepancies and work with Finance, Research Units and Technology teams to resolve data issues.
• Establish and maintain validation checks and reconciliation controls for recurring reporting processes.
• Support the definition and maintenance of consistent financial data definitions and reporting logic.

Dashboard Requirements & Functional Design:
• Translate Finance and organisation requirements into clear functional specifications.
• Define dashboard KPIs, calculations, reporting hierarchies, filters, drill-down requirements and organisation rules.
• Support the design of dashboard layouts and visualisations to ensure financial information is presented clearly and intuitively.
• Review dashboard prototypes and provide Finance functional input throughout the development process.
• Ensure consistent presentation and interpretation of financial information across dashboards and management reports.

Management Reporting & Analysis:
• Support recurring management reporting and financial analysis.
• Analyse Budget versus Actual, Forecast movements, expenditure trends and utilisation rates.
• Identify significant variances and data trends requiring further investigation.
• Support FP&A in providing clear and reliable financial information to Management and Business Units.
• Assist in improving and standardising existing management reports and reporting processes.

Data Governance & Documentation:
• Maintain documentation of financial definitions, calculation methodologies, reporting hierarchies and business rules.
• Support the establishment of a Finance data dictionary and common reporting definitions.
• Ensure appropriate controls and documentation are maintained for key management reporting data.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting processes and user experience.

Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Accountancy, Finance, Business, Business Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Candidates with approximately 2-4 years of relevant experience in FP&A, management reporting, data analytics or business analysis are welcome.
• Good understanding of fundamental financial concepts including Budget, Actual, Forecast, Differences and Utilisation.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with an ability to identify and investigate data discrepancies.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with financial datasets.
• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA, SAC or other ERP systems would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with Power BI or other business intelligence tools is advantageous.
• Ability to translate organisation and Finance requirements into clear functional requirements for technical teams.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Structured, methodical and comfortable working across Finance, Research and Technology teams.
• Strong interest in financial data, management reporting and analytics.