Finance Manager
About PXC
We are PXC, the UK’s largest provider of wholesale connectivity. Our vision is to be the UK’s #1 wholesale platform, a one-stop shop provider of connectivity, voice, cloud and security underpinned by the UK’s most robust, secure, resilient and reliable network.
Born from the combination of Virtual1 and Talk Talk’s wholesale services and national network business, we employ 1100 people across our 3 core sites (Salford, London and North Macedonia).Our mission is clear, to be the UK’s best company to work for and best to work with. We believe this success is driven by the power of our employees. We empower our people to become true experts in their field who embody our values every day: we care; we challenge; we commit.
About the Role
Core Accounting supports the business to create, validate and interpret its financial results to understand whether we are on track to meet our strategic objectives. Our understanding of business operations and products are integral to producing relevant financial information.
Working closely with the Finance Business Partnering Teams we interpret budgets and performance trends to measure and report on business performance.We’re accountable for legal entity governance, operation of monthly processes and controls (including balance sheet reconciliations) and managing external audit requirements. Using our expertise as finance professionals, we pride ourselves on an environment of continuous improvement.
This role is important in supporting the Senior Finance Manager in ensuring that the business produce timely, accurate, high quality consolidated financial reporting, analyses and insight by working with the Business Unit Business Partners to allow the Senior Management and executive leaders to understand the current results and story behind the numbers to allow for effective commercial decisions to be made.What you will be working on
- You will be responsible for leading end-to-end monthly financial reporting production processes, providing monthly management accounts, CFO packs and Board Reports that monitor performance against agreed KPI’s
- You will partner with business and finance stakeholders to understand performance and the commercial impacts, to produce effective analysis and challenge
- Highlight the key risks & opportunities to stakeholders based on analysis of results
- Produce high quality financial reports finance business partners, finance leadership team, senior management and the executive leaders
- Implement and review complex accounting standards, driving efficiency and accuracy in the preparation processes
- Implement improvements that address management letter points and internal control weaknesses
- Operate efficient governance and financial control processes that deliver high quality, timely, auditable output
- Manage effective process, workflow and system designs to drive efficiency and a culture of continuous improvement (accuracy, control, automation, simplification, efficiency, collaboration)
- Provide and review underlying financial analysis and support to internal and external auditors
- Operate as the number two to the Senior Finance Manager in the delivery of departmental outputs
- Manage a team of Management Accountants and Assistant Management Accountants
- You will be a fully Qualified Accountant with demonstrated leadership skills
- Good stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Strong analytical and commercial skills
- Strong attention to detail and organisation skills
- Technical accounting knowledge
How we look after our employees
Here are just some of the ways we recognise and reward our colleagues:
- True flexible working and hybrid working options available for staff
- Fantastic, accessible and collaborative office spaces for those days in the office
- 25 days holiday plus your birthday off (you also get the option to buy up to 10 extra days holiday per year your holiday allowance goes up with tenure)
- Free private healthcare for all employees, competitive pension scheme and the opportunity to earn bonus
- Free broadband for all employees plus gifts for major life events such as marriages and birth
- Flexible salary sacrifice scheme including dental, gym, electric car scheme and much more, plus a huge range of shopping and leisure discounts so you can save even more cash
- A range of inclusive employee networks to help integrate employees into life at PXC
At PXC, we know that diversity means success and innovation. We want our workplace to reflect the communities and customer we serve. Being inclusive is part of our DNA; we are all 100% human, and we create a culture where you can truly be yourself.
We’re also not your usual 9-5. We are a dynamic workplace and we want to talk to you about how you like to work.
Job Type: Full-timeAdditional pay:
- Yearly bonus
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- What are your salary expectations?
- How long is your notice period?
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Salford