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Your New Job Title: Mandarin speaking Commercial Finance Manager (with sponsorship)

The Skills You'll Need: Mandarin speaking, ACCA Qualified, Manufacturing Business.

Your New Salary: up to £45k, depending on experience

Office based in Lincoln

Perm

Start: ASAP

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• are fluent in Mandarin
• have finance related working experience in manufacturing industry
• are happy to work in Lincoln 5 days a week

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

What You'll be Doing:

• Managing and co-ordinating the analysis of the specific business' targets, budget and strategic plan and variances to the plan.
• Building strong rapport with the Departmental Heads and become a key member of the financial decision-making process.
• Providing financial insight to the different business functions to maintain transparency over the planning and variance reporting.
• In conjunction with the rest of the team, take responsibility for the budget and strategic plan.
• Provide performance updates to stakeholders and key partners, connecting insights into business strategy and influencing decisions and outcomes.
• Identify opportunities and take ownership to improve processes in relevant areas, especially around absorption and standard costing.
• Driving development of new financial systems, processes, and automation
• Preparation of regular and insightful management reporting
• Assisting with internal and external audit
• Supporting Senior Management on ad hoc projects, especially those required from Parent Company
• Supporting on any other periodic reports especially those required by the Parent Company
• Liaise the Parent Company in China as and when required.
• Fulfil additional ad hoc duties as requested to meet the needs of the business.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Experience of working with people from a wide range of different cultures.
• Experience in a Manufacturing Business
• Ability to speak fluent Mandarin.
• Strong technical and analytical skills
• Able to manipulate and interpret data to understand business performance and solve business problems
• Innovative, able to identify and implement increased levels of automation and solutions for reporting and analysis
• Able to think critically and consider multiple perspectives.
• Manage operational risk by building strong processes and quality control routines.
• Demonstrate strong financial project management skills;
• Effectively manage time and follows through on commitments.
• ACCA qualified.
• A Degree or similar qualification in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting;

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.

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