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The Finance Manager / Financial Controller is responsible for leading the financial management of the AVEC business, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong financial control, compliance with accounting standards and internal controls, and meaningful financial insight that supports business performance.

Working closely with the Managing Director, Practice Directors and senior stakeholders, this role leads the month-end reporting process, budgeting and forecasting, financial planning and analysis, project financial management and business partnering activities. The role provides timely analysis and recommendations that support informed decision making, improve profitability and ensure financial objectives are achieved.

Key Responsibilities

Financial

• Lead the monthly financial close process, ensuring timely and accurate completion of month-end reporting.
• Maintain strong financial control through timely reconciliations and review of key accounts.
• Monitor financial performance across all AVEC practices and provide insights into key movements.
• Prepare monthly financial commentary, highlighting key trends, risks, opportunities and required actions.
• Present monthly financial results to the Managing director, Practice Directors and senior stakeholders.
• Provide meaningful financial analysis and recommendations to improve business performance.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls and company policies.
• Coordinate internal and external audit requirements.
• Support statutory reporting requirements in conjunction with the Head of Finance.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning

• Lead the annual budgeting process and regular forecasting cycles across the business.
• Partner with operational leaders to develop robust financial plans and forecasts.
• Prepare financial models to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions and business opportunities.
• Deliver detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year performance.
• Monitor revenue, gross margin, operating expenses and EBITDA performance.
• Maintain budgets and forecasts within the finance ERP.

Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted finance partner to the Managing Director, Practice Directors and business leaders.
• Provide financial insight and commercial support to enable informed business decisions.
• Challenge assumptions and support initiatives that improve profitability and operational performance.
• Support pricing decisions, resource planning and business cases through financial analysis.
• Develop strong relationships across the business to understand operational drivers and support strategic objectives.
• Deliver timely, accurate and commercially relevant financial information to internal stakeholders.

Project Financial Management

• Partner with Practice Directors and project managers to monitor financial performance across client engagements.
• Oversee project accounting, job costing and profitability reporting.
• Monitor Time & Materials and Fixed Price projects to ensure accurate revenue recognition and margin performance.
• Review project forecasts, utilisation and recoverability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyse project variances and provide recommendations to improve profitability.

• CA or CPA qualified.
• 8+ years' experience in financial management, commercial finance or financial control.
• Demonstrated experience leading month-end reporting and financial close processes.
• Strong experience managing Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss performance.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling.
• Commercial business partnering experience with senior operational stakeholders.
• Experience within professional services businesses is highly regarded.
• Strong project accounting, job costing and revenue recognition experience.
• Advanced ERP and Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.