Associate Director - Finance

Role Summary

The associate director of finance role will provide support to several European sub-regions to grow, management of end-end financials and key finance processes (management accounts, reporting, cashflow, budgeting and forecasting processes) aswell as supporting the integration of PJM businesses into Turner & Townsend.

They will be a strong team player with a substantial ability to provide commercial finance and business partnering support.

Responsibilities

• Key business partner of sub-regional/country MDs to drive the business forward
• Review of financial performance with suggestions to improve performance of key financial and non-financial metrics, i.e. profit, utilisation, WIP, project margin.
• Management of team responsible for monthly management accounts together with supporting financial analysis, commentary and job profitability.
• Provide commercial finance support and rate card information for bid signoffs.
• Maintaining and updating the internal control framework to ensure integrity of financial reporting process.
• Own the monthly forecast process to ensure an accurate representation of future revenue and profit expectations are shown by cost centre.
• Support the budget process end to end including meeting all deadlines set by group.
• Own the monthly cashflow process to ensure an accurate representation of future cashflows and balances
• Support establishment and financial management of new locations
• Support integration of PJM businesses into Turner & Townsend

Working on ad-hoc projects including new systems implementations, business acquisitions, cross border projects etc.

Line management responsibilities of direct reports

• Work across Europe Finance team to support whole team priorities and provide appropriate guidance and support as necessary.
• Focus on continuous improvement and identifying opportunities for process efficiencies and simplification.
• SOX control responsibilities are to be adhered to where applicable
• Support wider Finance with approval of supplier and payroll payments and other ad-hoc requests and admin as required.
• Key Stakeholders
• RMD, sub-regional leads, country MDs and cost centre leads
• Europe Finance
• Group Finance

Requirements

Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

• Ability to partner with Operations/delivery to expand and grow businesses while providing financial management / oversight
• Strong excel and MS office applications experience.
• Confident individual with good interpersonal skills and ability to work with people at all levels.
• Accuracy and high-level attention to detail
• Experience working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
• Substantial understanding of multi-currency environment, accounting principles and processes

Benefits

• Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.
• We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
• If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.
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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

• Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
• Twitter
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

About the Company

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.