The Finance Manager is responsible for managing the financial performance of two regions, providing strategic financial support to business stakeholders, and driving informed decision-making through budgeting, forecasting, business case development, and financial analysis. The role requires strong stakeholder management, commercial acumen, and the ability to influence senior leadership while ensuring compliance and governance standards are maintained.
About the Role:
Financial Management & Business Partnering
- Manage and oversee the financial performance of two business regions, ensuring achievement of financial objectives and targets.
- Partner with regional and functional stakeholders to provide financial insights and support strategic decision-making.
- Monitor key financial metrics and identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning
- Lead the annual budgeting process and periodic forecasting exercises for assigned regions.
- Analyse variances between actual results, budgets, and forecasts, providing actionable recommendations.
- Support long-term financial planning and resource allocation initiatives.
Business Cases & Strategic Support
- Develop robust business cases for investments, projects, and strategic initiatives.
- Perform financial modelling, scenario analysis, and risk assessments to support decision-making.
- Collaborate with leadership teams in evaluating growth opportunities and strategic priorities.
Financial Analysis & Month-End Close
- Drive month-end close activities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
- Conduct detailed month-close analysis, including flexing and variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
- Provide meaningful commentary and recommendations to stakeholders on financial performance.
Stakeholder Management & Negotiation
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- Exposure to strategic planning, vendor management, and executive stakeholder engagement.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modelling, and presentation tools.
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What’s in it For You?
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
- Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
- Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
- Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
About Us
Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
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