Finance Manager

Job Introduction

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join our Sodexo Healthcare team on a permanent basis, based on site at Central Manchester University Hospital you will be responsible for the day to day finances of the contract, supporting commercial decision making, financial performance and identification and negotiation of contract variations.

Working closely with the Commercial Financial Controller you’ll be providing financial advice to operational management on site and hold responsibility for budget and the delivery of other initiatives that will drive financial performance within the contract.

Ideally you will be a qualified accountant and it would be great if you had experience of PFI contracts or Healthcare, but we would still love to hear from you if you don’t quite tick all the boxes set below.

Role Responsibility

• Supporting the Operational Managers and commercial finance controller in all significant decision making.
• Complete the annual budgeting and quarterly forecast process with the senior site managers. Challenging and supporting this process as appropriate.
• Work with senior site management to deliver accurate monthly accounts to reflect all activity within the account.
• Review and analyse site performance and provide commentary prior to declaration of financial results
• Take an active role in supporting and leading in client meetings (e.g.  Monthly co-operation partner reviews of WIP, Debt and account queries and client debt reviews).
• Delivering a strong management review and control process with the senior site management team.
• Maintain a robust forecasting process, identifying issues and opportunities, working with the Commercial Finance Controller to ensure that the senior site managers have action plans in place to address them.
• Ensure financial control environment is properly implemented within hard services, especially around purchase order raising and goods receipting, stock management and cost control.
• Work with the Commercial Finance Controller and operational teams to analyse performance trends, risks and opportunities and to determine how best the insight from this work can be turned into real performance improvements in the business.
• Providing financial advice to operational management, assisting in driving performance through commercially sound decision making and analysis.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Experience of providing financial support to complex service contracts
• Strong communicator with the confidence to challenge, influence and support at all levels
• Ability to work under pressure and ensure that deadlines are met
• Excellent commercial acumen with strong technical skills to deliver relevant, accurate analysis to facilitate decision making
• The ability to combine strategic and analytical perspectives with a pragmatic approach. 
• The ability to keep focus on day-to-day performance whilst simultaneously pursuing longer-term opportunities
• Experience of financial modelling.

Desirable:

• Qualified accountant
• Knowledge of healthcare business and agenda for change

Package Description

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store. Plus bonus incentive

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.