Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Posted 6 days ago by Adecco

£39 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Crewe, Cheshire

Summary: The Finance Manager role at Bentley Motors in Crewe involves overseeing the Intercompany and R&D Overheads budgets within a prestigious global brand. The position requires collaboration with VW Group stakeholders and aims to enhance strategic financial operations in a hybrid working environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with accounting principles and engaging with leadership teams to influence business decisions. This contract role is set to last until the end of 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Controlling the total Bentley Intercompany budget, ensuring transparency of information and inputs into budgets, forecasts, and business forums.
  • Controlling the Bentley R&D Overheads budget.
  • Coordinating the budget and planning process for intercompany & R&D overhead expenditures.
  • Managing and controlling business-wide efficiency or improvement programmes, providing guidance and transparency of output.
  • Being the main point of contact for all intercompany related matters within VW Group, especially around platform and module cost allocations, and transfer pricing.
  • Being the main point of contact for intercompany budget reporting and planning matters to AUDI Group.
  • Providing guidance to ensure adherence to accounting principles and compliance with internal and external audits, and all intercompany guidelines.
  • Engaging with Bentley and VW Group leadership teams to influence business decisions, manage risk, and highlight conflicts.

Key Skills:

  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA or ICAS) with 3+ years PQE.
  • Experience operating within ambiguous environments, building and establishing processes.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Able to challenge and influence effectively.
  • Experience engaging with and presenting to stakeholders up to Board level.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience producing comprehensive analysis to support decision making, including identifying risks and opportunities.
  • Experience working in a commercial business.

Salary (Rate): £38.87 per hour

City: Crewe

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Finance

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Role: Finance Manager

Location: Crewe (Hybrid 3 days on site)

Contract Length: Contract Until 31/12/2026

Pay Rate: £38.87 per hour PAYE

Are you a qualified finance professional looking to make an impact within a prestigious global brand? In collaboration with Adecco, Bentley Motors-one of the most iconic names in the automotive industry-is seeking an Intercompany & Overheads Finance Manager to join their Finance team in Crewe on a contract until the end of 2026. This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of high-value budgets, collaborate with VW Group stakeholders, and contribute to strategic financial operations in a hybrid working environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Controlling the total Bentley Intercompany budget, working closely with internal Bentley and external VW group colleagues, ensuring transparency of information and inputs into budgets, forecasts and business forums
  • Controlling the Bentley R&D Overheads budget
  • Coordinating the budget and planning process for intercompany & R&D overhead expenditures in total
  • Managing and controlling any respective business wide efficiency or improvement programmes, providing guidance and transparency of output
  • Being the main point of contact for all intercompany related matters within VW Group, especially around platform and module cost allocations, and transfer pricing
  • Being the main point of contact for intercompany budget reporting and planning matters to AUDI Group
  • Being recognised as an SME, providing guidance to ensure accounting principles have been adhered to and ensuring company compliance with internal and external audits, and all intercompany guidelines
  • Engaging with Bentley and VW Group leadership teams to influence business decisions, manage risk and highlight conflicts

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA or ICAS) with 3+ years PQE.
  • Experience operating within ambiguous environments, building and establishing processes
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Able to challenge and influence effectively
  • Experience engaging with and presenting to stakeholders up to Board level
  • Strong analytical skills and experience producing comprehensive analysis to support decision making, including identifying risks and opportunities
  • Experience working in a commercial business

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours, your application has not been successful on this occasion. However, we may retain your details for future suitable opportunities.

Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.