Finance Project Manager

Job Purpose:

• Ensure all financial elements of the SRN programme are well run and successfully tracked and delivered on time to our Grant obligations

Accountabilities

• Build positive working relationships with key stakeholders within BDUK and the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).
• Development and management of SRN project finances to ensure related tasks and milestone deliverables are completed on time, within budget and to the Grant obligations
• Represent the company's finance at monthly meetings with BDUK finance manager and company delivery team.
• Deputise for the FD as Chair of the SRN finance board
• Build strong relationships with the SRN finance leads within each MNO to ensure accurate and timely delivery of financial information.
• Ensure effective communication on all elements of the SRN project; such that there is the ability to facilitate timely and accurate financial forecasts across shareholders/government interfaces.
• Provide regular formal reporting on project finance progress, both internally within the company & externally to MNO's/Government.
• Manage financial forecasting & profiling within the programme via the management of a formal financial change control process across all MNOs.
• Ensure that correct governance processes are followed as per agreed formats, challenging all parties if there is a deviation from an agreed position.
• Within financial claims processes, ensure an efficient & compliant submission format is followed, and manage the process with the SRN Project Manager & Project Co-Ordinator to ensure that all required evidence is provided in a timely & accurate manner.
• Act as gatekeeper to claims for the MNOs, to ensure no missed or inaccurate claims to UK Government. Deal with BDUK claims & any queries that are raised.
• Manage overall financial delivery profile from MNOs to align with MNO delivery plans & ensure no misalignment.
• Ensure MNO finance & delivery teams are aligned at all times.
• Ensure financial risks or issues are captured within the main risk & issue log, ensuring ownership & resolution of finance related activities with stakeholders.
• Where failures are identified, co-ordinate MNO RCA (root cause analysis) & PIR (post incident) reporting of these issues, ensuring all aspects of failures are captured & formally logged, allowing easy transition into formal Board
  reporting (via Delivery or Operations boards).

Additional Responsibilties:

• Monitor compliance against SRN Asset Register for SRN project.
• Support the Cost Threshold process & ensure alignment across financial forecasting/profiling
• Act as the interface with MNO finance leads & Government finance lead, driving continuous alignment & optimal solutions for stakeholders.
• Ensure financial process documents are kept up to date & approved by all parties.
• Ensure straightforward compliance to allow easy commercial reporting back into DCMS on Grant Aid requirements.
• Utilise the financial level agreements within the SRN Schedules, including their review to ensure fit for purpose & that MNOs deliver against those.
• Manage the schedule and production of all financial deliverables for the required reporting to the SRN Delivery Board along with relevant distribution and appropriate filing.
• Create and manage monthly financial profile report, as laid out in the SRN Schedules
• Work collaboratively with the ISMS committee to maintain the ISO27001 certification and to maintain ISMS standards ongoing following certification.

Essential Knowledge Skills & Experience

• Proven experience of project finance management techniques,methodologies and processes.
• Preferably experience & knowledge of telecoms deployment processes
• End to end knowledge of telecoms financial management activities & risks associated with every milestone
• Outstanding collaboration and partnership capabilities - internal and external.
• Ability to engage & influence at all levels of the business and maintain positive customer relationships
• Proven time management skills
• Proactive and self-motivated approach to delivery of tasks
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to simultaneously manage multiple work streams whilst achieving results through others
• Ability to respond effectively to ever changing business needs
• Strong skill set in coaching others with a focus on planning,organising and project management best practice.

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