Corporate Development PMO Finance Manager

Company Description

At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity, and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.

We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services, and academic research.

We are home to over 10,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.

In Global Support, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s many business teams. Across tech, finance, legal, corporate development, HR, communications, operations, and many other areas, we work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.

Job Description

The Corporate Development PMO Finance Manager is a key role within the Corporate Development team, delivering tracking and reporting in support of a diverse range of internal and external investments, across all Informa Divisions. Focus will be split between Internal Capital Investment/GAP2 and the M&A/Integration activities:

Capital Investment/GAP2: You will own central performance reporting for approved investments and support operating divisions in development of business cases for new initiatives. Capital Investment will include the tracking and reporting of GAP2 projects, through to completion.

M&A/Integration: the role holder monitors and supports post completion integration and financial performance, to ensure acquisitions perform according to the deal rationale and financial model, including delivery of synergies.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead development of robust, timely tracking and reporting against internal investments and acquisitions.
• Develop monthly dashboards displaying performance of internal investments.
• Maintain and Continuously Improve the Corporate Development M&A register, forming a central repository of completed M&A deals and history of financial performance post completion.
• Maintain and manage a schedule of contingent payments and engage with Treasury for forward visibility.
• Support tracking of M&A integration spend, challenging functions to increase understanding of variances to budget and improve future budget requests.
• Review monthly Capex spend forecasts, reporting centrally on month-on-month movements and variance to budget, and upcoming projects.
• Partner with Divisions to create meaningful, streamlined business cases of consistently high quality for Capital Investment Committee (CIC) review.
• Support the Capital investment process, working closely with back-office functions to ensure processes are aligned and working efficiently.
• Maintain and continuously improve central investment templates and associated processes.
• Coordinate quarterly CIC Council meetings to review internal investment portfolio with senior leadership.
• Support ad-hoc strategy, M&A and Business Planning activities as required.

Qualifications

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Qualified accountant preferred, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Finance processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Experience in a commercially focussed role in a busy finance department.
• Strong MS skillset, especially Excel and PowerPoint (knowledge of formatting, formulas, looks ups and Pivot tables are the minimum requirements).
• High Attention to detail is essential.
• Financial reporting experience is essential
• Data visualisation experience
• Working knowledge of SAP Financial Consolidation and TM1 reporting would be highly desirable but not essential.
• Project management experience, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent beneficial.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work with and support stakeholders in a global divisional environment.
• Able to demonstrate an innovative approach to work with enthusiasm and innovation.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to deliver under pressure and as per strict deadlines.
• Self-starter with proactive nature, and ability to work autonomously under limited supervision.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, complex, and uncertain environment.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, ability to write reports and create PowerPoint presentations in a succinct and direct manner.
• Credibility and professional integrity to work with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation.
• Experience using Power BI would be advantageous.

Additional Information

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at https://lifeat.informa.com/

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely.
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks.
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too.
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms, and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves.
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year.
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover.
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares.
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more.
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes.
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world.

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

Check out some of our Corporate Videos below to find out more about Informa:

• Life at Informa: https://vimeo.com/818874158
• Informa overview: https://vimeo.com/806052607
• Diversity & Inclusion at Informa: https://vimeo.com/786679923
• Colleague networks: https://vimeo.com/786687436
• Walk the World: https://vimeo.com/837933822
• GAP 2: https://vimeo.com/806058954

See how Informa handles your personal data when you apply for a job here: https://www.informa.com/talent/informa-applicant-privacy-notice/