Finance Manager

About ABP:

We’re the UK's largest ports operator with a network of 21 ports around Britain. We handle around one quarter of the UK's seaborne trade and contribute £7.5 billion to our economy every year.

It’s a story we’re proud of but it doesn’t end there. We’re transforming our business and embracing the future.

Our company has a wide range of roles across the UK. We value diversity, support talent, promote internal growth, and prioritise safety.

The Role: Finance Manager - Location: Hull

The purpose:

Lead and manage Management Accounting activities in ABP's regions. Ensure effective and high-performing accounting processes in ABP's Finance Shared Services team in PBS. Focus on timely reporting, accurate financial information, and process standardisation.

The ideal candidate should be a qualified accountant with leadership experience, responsible for managing a team and providing financial information to internal collaborators for informed business decisions. Excellent communication skills required, working closely with regional finance heads and business partners.

Accountabilities:

• Lead, motivate, develop, and support the management accountants and assistant management accountants.
• Produce timely, relevant, and accurate revenue and capital management accounts.
• Compile and review accurate cash flow forecasting and manage bank account reconciliations to improve the working capital management.
• Process timely transactional postings to ensure accuracy of general ledger.
• Produce timely, relevant, and accurate statutorily required half-year and full-year financial accounts.
• Responsible for the retention of documents and making available to internal and external audit as and when required.
• Ensure timeliness and accuracy of management accounts, financial accounts, and reconciliations.
• Manage resource allocation flexibly across the team to ensure efficient / effective resource utilisation.
• Set objectives for team members to work towards delivering and meeting performance critical metrics.
• Identify improvement opportunities and work as a team to standardise processes across the wider team and reduce duplication of effort or non-value add activities.
• Collaborate closely with the Finance Lead to find continuous Improvement opportunities and assist with other Finance-related tasks.

Essential:

• Qualified accountant CIMA, ACCA, or ACA
• Leading, motivating and managing a team.
• Process improvements.

About You:

Good communication (verbal and written) and inter-personal skills, ability to drive and lead change initiatives. Skills in planning and organising, decision making, negotiation and time management, decision making, negotiation and time management. Analytical and problem-solving skills, proficient in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to forge strong working relationships with a diverse set of colleagues. Good working knowledge of using SAP or equivalent Financial Application package. Driven by process improvements and leading departmental change, strong customer service ethos.

Ideally, a background of working in a shared service centre within the port industry.

Additional Information:

When joining ABP you will find an environment that is both welcoming and challenging. We reward our employees well and offer a generous remuneration package, employer pension, private health insurance and a range of other benefits.

Please note that ABP undertake random screening for substance abuse and operate a zero-tolerance policy. A medical will be required before starting this position also.

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their background, to foster a diverse and inclusive work environment.