A public-sector organisation responsible for long-term waste management is temporarily reinforcing its finance team to maintain continuity while internal staff are seconded to an ERP upgrade. The role sits in the budgeting and controlling area and involves hands-on budget management, comptabilité analytique and producing financial reporting and dashboards in the existing ERP and Excel-based tools.
The mission
The finance team manages annual budgets, forecasts and five-year financial plans for several internal programmes. The current technical landscape includes an ERP platform being upgraded, Excel-driven analysis for operational units, and a need to keep investment tracking and budget controls stable during the transition. This role matters because it preserves reporting quality and budgetary control for programme owners while the permanent team participates in the ERP rollout.
You will operate as the day-to-day point of contact for the budgeting cell when regular staff are seconded. Typical responsibilities include coordinating the annual budget and forecast cycles, maintaining coherence between planning documents and the financial systems, and following up investment projects with project managers. You will work closely with finance colleagues, project owners and the ERP project team to ensure figures and controls remain consistent during the upgrade.
Your responsibilities
- Own the accuracy and timeliness of budgets and forecasts for assigned programmes, ensuring figures are entered and reconciled in the ERP and reflected in Excel-based reporting.
- Coordinate the budgeting cell in the absence of permanent staff, providing clear guidance to budget holders and resolving open items.
- Produce management reports and performance dashboards that explain variances and drive corrective actions with programme managers.
- Track investments for assigned projects, maintain investment records in the financial system and summarise spend-to-date versus plan.
- Implement and maintain budgetary controls and basic internal control processes, including purchase order checks and master data validation.
- Support month-end and year-end financial reporting activities related to cost allocation and comptabilité analytique.
Your profile
Essential skills
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in finance, business control, corporate finance or audits, with practical comptabilité analytique experience.
- Proven capability in budget management and producing financial reporting for management teams.
- Practical ERP experience, ideally exposure to an ERP upgrade or implementation project, with the ability to enter and reconcile budgets in the system.
- Strong Excel skills, including structured models, pivot tables and clear presentation of analysis.
- Clear coordination and communication skills, able to work with budget holders and project leads to close open financial items.
Education
- Master degree in economics, commercial engineering, finance or equivalent professional experience.