Technoogy Finance Manager

Title: Technology Finance Manager

Location: Dunstable LU5

Hybrid working 3 days a week in the office

If you enjoy combining commercial finance with Technology and want to influence significant investment decisions, this is an opportunity to make a real impact. As a Technology Finance Business Partner, you’ll work alongside Senior Technology stakeholders, turning complex activity into clear financial insight and helping ensure investment delivers value. You’ll provide challenge and guidance on budgets, forecasts and financial risks, while leading key reporting, project prioritisation and also accounting and audit process. The role combines commercial business partnering with strong financial control, with responsibility spanning planning and forecasting, project and investment governance, accounting, reporting and audit.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with Technology teams, providing commercial challenge, financial insight and guidance to support investment decisions and business cases.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting, ensuring accurate and timely financial information across Technology cost centres and projects.
• Manage financial governance across Capex, Revex and Opex, including depreciation, capitalisation and balance sheet integrity.
• Lead key Technology finance processes, including central reporting, project prioritisation, R&D tax claim, identifying risks, opportunities and cost efficiencies.
• Build strong relationships across Technology, Finance and Procurement, driving improvements to financial controls, processes and reporting while supporting the wider Technology Finance team.

What you’ll need to bring

• A CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualification, with strong management accounting and month-end reporting experience.
• Strong business partnering skills at Senior Level, with the confidence to challenge and influence non-finance stakeholders and support effective decision-making.
• Strong knowledge of capitalisation, depreciation and asset accounting, including accounting for intangible assets.
• Proven experience in project accounting within a large organisation, ideally supporting multiple projects and significant investment.
• Excellent Excel, analytical and communication skills, with strong attention to detail, a proactive approach and a good understanding of financial controls, risk management and compliance.