Head Of Finance - Shared Service Centre

Role: Head of Finance –SSC

Location: Blackburn, BB1 2FA – Office Based

Contract: Full–Time Hours / Permanent

Salary: GBP65,000+ DOE & Bonus Scheme

What will my role look like?

The Head of Finance –SSC is responsible for leading the SSC Finance Team across both Financial Control and Commercial Finance for the shared service centre business costs, covering departments such as Finance, HR, IT, and centralised operations teams across multiple geographies. Reporting to the Director of Commercial Finance & FP&A, this role is suited to an experienced finance professional that has both strong technical and commercial accounting experience. The role will include developing a new team, rationalising and standardising processes, preparation of monthly management accounts and business partnering with senior business stakeholders.

What would my main responsibilities be?

• Develop and Lead and SSC Finance Team including Management Accounts and Commercial Finance
• Standardise and rationalise processes and ensure they are documented and satisfy the relevant financial control requirements
• Ensure the team prepare monthly managements accounts using the relevant SAP systems and perform associated balance sheet reconciliations. Ensuring cost centre and GL posting accuracy across departments and entities, improving visibility of spend
• Ensure the team prepare P&L visibility to department budget holders and hold regular meetings to discuss variance analysis and financial planning
• Highlight potential cost saving opportunities and work with relevant departments on modelling and business cases to support controlling business costs
• Feed into group consolidation of actuals, budget and forecast
• Deliver the roll out of the purchase order process across departments with associated training, policy and approval matrix
• Support the implementation of SAP and SAC tools as required
• Support the Director of Commercial Finance & FP&A with ad–hoc duties as required

This list is not exhaustive and may be added to or amended from time to time.

Candidate Requirements

• Professional Accounting Qualification (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) or QBE, 5+ years finance experience and experience in a similar role is essential
• Strong business acumen with broad experience across the finance function
• Strong communication and business partnering skills, comfortable communicating to stakeholders across all levels and disciplines
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic, rapidly changing business environment
• Ability to multitask, and meet deadlines on a timely basis
• Self–starter with a continual improvement attitude
• Creativity, flexibility and an entrepreneurial mind–set to the solution of business issues
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem–solving skills
• Strong MS Office skills, Advanced Excel is essential. SAP Experience is desirable

Benefits & Rewards

EG Cares is our benefits & rewards scheme, it's our way of saying thank you to our EG family in recognition of the continued support and commitment you deliver every day.

Competitive Annual Leave – We know our employees work hard so we offer competitive annual leave allowances so you can enjoy well deserved time off work!

Work Anniversary Awards – We appreciate how loyal our employees are and to say thank you we reward colleagues when you hit milestones!

Employee Discounts – You will be entitled to 15% off our food–to–go brands and 10% off our retail stores, not only this our EG Cares platform entitles you to exclusive discounts at a variety of clothing / retail stores, restaurants, cinemas and much more!

Free Parking – We have free onsite parking at our Head Office in Blackburn which is safe and secure with 24hr CCTV!

Waterside Cafe – With the opening of our new head office we are revolutionizing lunch time with a state of the art employee area for colleagues to relax, dine and unwind. In house Chefs will freshly prepare meals from a large menu incorporating a variety of different cuisines which will change daily, and meals will be provided at incredibly low prices!

Employee Assistance Programme – Telephone counselling and confidential support for personal / legal / medical / health and wellbeing issues is now available 24/7 for our employees through our EG Cares Employee Assistance Programme!

Life Assurance –At EG Group, we believe employees can be their best when they feel supported and have benefit plans that give them security and peace of mind!

Learning & Development – We are committed to helping you develop new skills to be the best version of you!

Our People – You will work alongside our amazing employees, have fun and be a part of our family!

Free Eye Test – As a valued EG Employee you will be eligible to receive a free eye examination every two years!

Progression & Career Opportunities – We look to promote and progress our employees within the business and we are very passionate about internal progression! As the business expands it opens new opportunities for growth the opportunities really are endless with Euro Garages

Compassionate Leave – We care about our employees and offer 3 days paid compassionate leave

Who are EG Group?

We are leading global independent fuel station and convenience retail operator with operations at over 5,600 sites across Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, North America and Australia.

The group has enjoyed significant growth, with 2020 revenues exceeding $21bn as well as serving over one billion customers annually. Dedicated to serving the convenience needs of today's busy consumer, whether it is Grocery & Merchandise, Foodservice or Fuel, we have a global network of accessible sites where customers can stop and shop. Through our strong brand partnerships, customers can access various offerings across our network, including brands such as LEON, Cooplands, Starbucks, KFC, Subway, Greggs, SPAR, and Burger King.

Please note, the successful applicant will be subject to a completed DBS check which will be funded by EG Group.