Stephen Gully

Finance Manager @Santander UK

Milton Keynes, GB

Supporting the Chief Information Office as a Finance Manager and includes Management Accounting as well as Business Partnering to the CIO teams for their third party contracts. Role includes- All aspects of month-end management including transaction reconciliation, management of prepayments, calculation of accruals, monthly results analysis, investigation of anomalies, producing commentaries and holding monthly meetings with cost owners - Production and communication of a budget plan to collect requirements and cost driver information- Working with stakeholders at all levels and in many areas of the bank, inside and outside of Finance, and acting as a SME for Finance matters- Management of monthly forecasts - Collation and production of a year-end timetable for the team incorporating inputs from multiple teams in order to meet the company year-end deadlines - Experience in managing multiple and conflicting deadlines, discussing and agreeing these with management when required- Understanding the low level of detail as well as looking at trends when looking at the high level, and then communicating this to stakeholders- Evaluation and challenge of savings- Continually looking at smarter ways of working