Job Description

Finance Sr. Manager (Farnborough - UK) in GAC Farnborough

Unique Skills:

Clear understanding of GAAP and IFRS. Strong analytical skiils. Excellent communicator and demonstrated leadership. Self motivated and colloborative

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor\'s Degree Business Administration, Finance or related curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Advanced degree may be used to reduce work experience. Increasing financial responsibility required. Previous managerial/leadership experience preferred. Strong knowledge of UK regulatory Working understanding of GAAP.

Position Purpose:

Serve as Financial advisor to the operational business areas and provide business judgment for all decisions with financial implications. Responsible for financial statement and associated regulatory filings. Establish operating policies and procedures that affect departments and subordinate sections and work units. Interpret company-wide policies and procedures. Develop budgets, schedules and performance standards. Maintain appropriate control environment consistent with Sarbanes Oxley reporting requirements.



Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

• Lead and coordinate financial planning, accounting, reporting and budgeting processes for the site, including Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial performance analysis and reporting. Analyze significant variances from planned or forecasted results and provide interpretative comments and recommendations to senior management. Anticipate and identify key variables that predict business performance and recommend process improvements based on data analysis to reduce costs, streamline work processes and improve profitability.
• Administer annual budget development to include underlying assumptions, target setting and development of staffing, revenue/margin, capital, direct and indirect costs and expenses as applicable to assigned business areas to meet business targets.
• Effectively lead strategic projects, recommend strategic solutions to business challenges, play a key role as financial representative on site leadership team. Prepare and implement business cases for expansions, facility relocations, warehousing, relocation and other business initiatives as required.
• Responsible for preparation, review and submission of financial statements and underlying reconciliations for consolidation into Gulfstream financial statements for Luton, London sales office and other regional activities. Ensure accuracy of statements (both P&L and balance sheet) in compliance with UK and GAAP reporting requirements.
• Serve as Gulfstream\'s point of contact for all local regulatory and statutory relationships: banking, tax, HMRC, and others as required. Serve as regional SME for VAT calculations, regulations, returns, etc. Work closely with International Trade Compliance in maintaining appropriate levels for the HMRC Deferment Account as it relates to the import and export of goods. Lead the planning, execution and reporting of the yearly statutory audit. Liaise with Gulfstream Corporate Accounting leaders and outside audit firm with respect to the audit report prepared by the Audit firm for sign-off of yearly financial statements (and adjustments as needed).
• Maintain an environment of continuous process improvement, both in support of operations and with financial processes.

Additional Functions:

• Engage in the typical responsibilities of a leader. Develop and maintain a competent and motivated staff; provide coaching, performance management, training and other development opportunities by establishing goals, reviewing employee performance, and ensuring employee development plans are in place. .
• Develop planning for and manage execution of financial deliverables. .

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of financial statements and financial statement analysis.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, along with the ability to communicate and negotiate with internal and external customers/vendors.

A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer.

Additional Information

Requisition Number: 214618

Posting Type: Internal-External

Department: J2020-Accounting and Finance

Category: Finance

Percentage of Travel: None

Shift: First

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary Grade:L4

Number of Openings: 1

Posting End Date: 09/25/2023

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

Gulfstream does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position, unless the applicant is a currently sponsored Gulfstream employee.

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