Finance Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Southern Water team as we embark on a strategic partnership to deliver ambitious projects. The Finance Manager will lead the financial management and reporting arrangements for Kier's Southern Water framework activities, working closely with Project Directors, Commercial Managers, Finance and Delivery teams. You'll provide financial leadership across budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, month-end reporting, cost governance, audit support and financial compliance. This role offers the opportunity to shape financial governance within a long-term framework environment, helping to embed strong financial controls and reporting discipline.

As a Finance Manager, you'll be working within the Southern Water team, supporting them in delivering ambitious infrastructure projects. Your day to day will include:

Leading the preparation of monthly project financial reports, including forecasts, cost reports, cashflow updates and budget variance analysis

Providing financial leadership and challenge to project teams, supporting robust decision-making across cost control and commercial reporting

Overseeing project accounting records, ensuring accurate and timely recording of income, expenditure, commitments and accruals

Managing month-end close activities, including journals, accruals, reconciliations and reporting packs

Supporting applications for payment, client billing, invoice management and purchase order controls

This role of Finance Manager is great for you if:

You're a qualified accountant with a recognised professional qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent

You have demonstrable experience in finance management and project accounting within construction, infrastructure, engineering or another project-led environment

You have a strong understanding of project financial controls, cost reporting, forecasting, budgeting and month-end processes

You're an advanced Excel user and confident using finance, ERP, cost management or reporting systems

You're a strong communicator who can engage confidently with project teams, commercial colleagues and senior leadership

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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