Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
M Group Rail & Aviation - We deliver a variety of enhancement and infrastructure projects across all routes, both overground and underground.
With over 40 years’ experience, we’re a trusted partner with the expertise to get the work done.
This role will be within our Finance Team. Based in one of our offices (Heathrow or Beaconsfield) (1- 2 days per week).
What will you be doing?
- Coach, develop and line-manage a small team.
- Review, appraise and continuously improve financial processes and procedures.
- Oversee and ensure compliance with established financial processes and procedures.
- Assist with, review, and oversee key month-end processes, including the preparation of monthly management packs.
- Lead and / or assist with balance sheet reviews, ensuring reconciliations are completed on time and to a high standard.
- Attend flash calls and monthly business unit meetings as finance representative.
- Provide accurate monthly cost analysis and reporting, including reconciliation of costs, revenue, and subcontractor accruals.
- Turning data into insight (performance summaries, presentations) and make recommendations to improve business outcomes.
- Support divisional commercial leads with CVR reporting, understanding and insight.
- Partner / support forward view process and forecasts with robust review and challenge.
- Analyse contract/project risks, preparing regular reports and seeking to mitigate identified risks wherever possible.
- Maintain control and visibility over all contract/project costs to protect margins and ensure optimal performance.
- Prepare for audits and manage responses to audit requests, ensuring the business is compliant and audit ready.
What you’ll bring
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical mindset with robust cost control and risk management ability.
- Continuous improvement mindset, enjoys designing and implementing process improvement.
- Strong problem solver, enjoys and is able to diagnose root causes and find solutions to overcome them.
- Business performance mindset, enjoys and is skilled at combining finance expertise with interpersonal skills to improve business outcomes.
- Critical / Independent thinker.
- Strong excel user.
- Experience of managing a team.
- Experience within a contracting, construction, or project-based environment desirable but not essential.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and outside of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s retail discounts
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity or paternity leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Online GP Service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car/allowance and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Private health care for you and your family
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!