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IPS Group
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Birmingham, West Midlands
Expenses Manager- Qualified Accountant
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £50,000 per annum |
Overview
A highly regarded Insurance company has a key new opening to join their finance department in their modern Birmingham office as an Expenses Manager. You will be responsible for the expenses controls and reporting function, ensuring the integrity of the group cost base and supporting the Business Partner Relationship model for all functions and teams. Key Responsibilities: To lead and develop a small team ensuring: Appropriate assignment of responsibilities within the team so to meet overall team objectives Ensure that people are deployed and developed to meet current and future needs Ensure that all employees have the knowledge and the skills necessary to perform effectively in their given roles and responsibilities Ownership, and development, of the risk and control framework in place for the team's responsibilities, including process documentation for all processes owned. Manage the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles Lead the expense (actuals) team to ensure that all periodic closes are efficient and controls are in place Responsible for ensuring that all expense reporting is completed to Expense & MI team management in accordance with pre-approved timetables, including All month end ledger entries Variance analysis (incl. Direct Cost Reports) Expense allocation and trigger process, reclass & deferrals Running analytics process Controls and governance framework Continuously strives to develop expense reporting capabilities for process efficiency, reporting effectiveness & robustness of control framework Manage the monthly, quarterly and annual payroll processes Lead the payroll ledger entry process to ensure that all periodic closes are efficient and controls are in place Responsible for ensuring that all payroll balance sheet reconciliations are completed and detailed to Expense & MI team management on a monthly basis Continuously strives to develop the payroll process efficiency and flow of information between Finance & Talent Management teams Technical Competencies Develop knowledge of the insurance marketing and the accounting policies adopted Ability to review existing models, processes and procedures and implement improvements to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team It is key that you have people management experience combined with the ability to take ownership of the business expenses. You will be involved in setting new processes and managing stakeholder expectations. It is imperative that you are committed to delivering an excellent expense service for the company. To be considered you must be a qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong analytical skills and attention to detail. You must be highly proficient in excel with the ability to work to deadlines. You will be rewarded with a market leading salary and benefits package including train or bus pass, free lunch, leading pension and bonus.