Background
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Purpose of Role
Supporting the Senior Finance Manager, this role will business partner with the EMEA region with ownership of the EMEA financials. Key responsibilities include; month-end, budget, monthly forecasting, quarterly customer payment reviews and AP/AR processes.
Principal Accountabilities
- Ownership of the EMEA P&L and Balance Sheet for both reporting and strategic cycles (budget and monthly reforecasting).
- Completion of month-end processes, leading monthly finance reviews with key stakeholders, delivering timely and accurate financial information with commentary that demonstrates and comprehensive understanding of revenue performance, cost drivers and variance analysis.
- Coordinate and prepare annual budget and monthly reforecast submissions, identifying and risks and opportunities to the forecast.
- Administration of quarterly payment cycles to McLaren retailer network
- Ownership of monthly credit note and invoice preparation to Customer accounts.
- Ownership of monthly payment run review and submission for Customer accounts.
- Preparation and distribution of weekly cash files, detailing Debtor aging profile
- Preparing supporting business cases for EMEA Sales & Marketing activities, and tracking/reviewing performance post event
- Business partnering the EMEA regional team, building relationships cross-functionally and acting as the first point of contact for all financial matters within the region.
- Ensure EMEA Departmental budgetary & cash control processes are in place and followed, challenging spend where necessary.
- Support the Credit Control Manager with EMEA Retailer cash management, trade finance limits and supporting with any statement of account or payment queries.
- Identify and implement process, reporting and analysis improvements in all areas of role.
- Other ad-hoc business requirements as required by the SFM.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
- Advanced Excel skills required to interrogate and manage large volumes of complex data.
- Experience of accounting systems, preference for SAP experience
- Confident with offering constructive challenges to senior managers.
- Ability to not only understand and be comfortable with the detail but also to summarise key aspects for management consumption.
- Demonstrate a continuous improvement approach to work by identifying areas for process improvements and implementing robust solutions.
Personal Attributes
- Pro-active, passionate, and ambitious individual
- Confident in engaging with varied levels of stakeholders, both internal & external to McLaren
- Quick learner
- Team player
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work with operational (non-financial) colleagues.
- Persistence and drive to get the job done.
- Ability to work independently and under pressure to manage conflicting priorities and tight deadlines.
- Flexible approach to working and collaborating.