VP Finance – Head Office

Job Description

Vice President Finance – Enabling Functions and Indirect Procurement

Fulltime

Derby/London/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a VP Finance – Head Office to join the Central Finance team, based in Derby.

As VP Finance – Head Office, you will support the SVP Enabling Functions and business partner and support the Indirect Procurement management team and the Enabling Function teams (HR, Finance, General Counsel, Strategy, Communications and Government Relations). The role will ensure we continue to drive a cost-conscious mindset and will play a leading role in securing savings globally in line with our Winning Together workstreams to preserve and create shareholder value.

With a strong commitment to cost transparency, we work in partnership with the Divisions to deliver efficient, effective market leading services which bring real value to the Group.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

• An integral part of the Central Finance leadership team providing strategic direction, insightful information and advice and options to drive business performance.
• A business partner and ensure a good understanding of our financial numbers and issues exists at all levels of management.
• Supporting the Indirect Procurement team to drive cost savings through price reduction, challenging demand increases, or via further optimisation or strategic purchasing make/buy choices.
• Providing cost transparency to the Divisions of own operating costs and Indirect Purchases and working alongside Divisional Leaders to identify further cost optimization/choices.
• Ensuring financial management of the functions to ensure we deliver our financial commitments and meet/beat budgets, and multi-year forecasts are translated into deliverable and owned plans; pro-actively work to ensure optimal performance and achievement of business targets and strategy.
• Managing reporting, forecasting and statutory requirements for the Head Office Enabling Functions with the help of the regional Finance Managers.
• Collaborate with the Divisions to consolidate functional cost reporting where possible to give credible insight to Leadership.
• Interpreting performance trends, supporting the generation of improvement plans and providing solutions to senior management on financial issues.
• Providing ad hoc reports, assessments or presentations as required.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• A Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACMA, ACCA) with extensive PQE.
• Well organised and competent in understanding issues and getting to the heart of a problem fast.
• Ability to prioritise and work under minimal supervision.
• Able to work effectively globally, sensitive to language and cultural differences, develop relationships and influence people to drive outcomes.
• A personable, driven, effective communicator who can work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and SME’s.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen with a track record of delivering cost reduction.
• A proactive and self-driven team player, resilient and results driven.
• Good hands-on knowledge of key Rolls-Royce systems, including SAP, HFM/VBM, Coupa.
• Good MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

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