Finance Manager

Join Xylem in the global mission to #LetsSolveWater! As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employeesoperating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world’s most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Xylem innovates and collaborates with utilities, industrial manufacturers, buildings operators, and communities, to protect and optimize water. Using global reach combined with local know-how, together with customers, Xylem makes our water resources more sustainable, championing those dedicated to making water work every day. Xylem solves water in a variety of markets and provides a wide array of applications spanning the cycle of water. From transport to treatment to test, Xylem offers customers, partners and OEMs a range of options.

Sensus, a Xylem brand, provides remotely-managed products and solutions that deliver the right data at the right time for investor-owned utilities, cooperatives and municipalities. As part of Xylem’s digital portfolio, our smart devices and advanced applications connect with a variety of communication technologies to help customers make timely decisions that optimize electric, gas and water systems.

Sensus is the developer and supplier of FlexNet, the smart meter to smart grid long range radio solution recently selected by the UK government for the GB smart metering communications infrastructure for northern England and Scotland.

The Finance Manager coordinates and administers accounting and reporting activities for the Sensus UK business.

Responsibilities include:

Month End

• Oversee the bookings to the general ledger, accounts receivables, accounts payable and revenue reconciliation
• Prepare more complex monthly journals (accruals, warranty, royalty)
• Balance the books and manage the preparation of income and balance sheet statements
• Reconcile gross margin between SAP financials and profit by product report
• Manage month end closing process and Group reporting including financial statements and additional data such as headcount, orders, product mix
• Prepare quarterly reporting packs to Group

Regulatory Reporting

• Maintain and improve financial processes required to fulfil internal and external reporting requirements
• Provide tax and other reports as required by governmental regulations
• Prepare statutory accounts
• Key contact to external auditors
• Manage the preparation of tax returns
• Review and approve quarterly VAT returns

Other

• Develop finance personnel in Basingstoke and provide ad hoc technical finance assistance to subsidiary entity in Cambridge
• Work closely with other Western Europe finance teams and assist if required
• Review and improve controls for all key finance processes. Update written controls frameworks and narratives for any changes.
• Use office automated systems to input data, generate reports, conduct specialized research projects and respond to inquiries

Skills/Qualifications/Experience 

• Qualified accountant or significant and proven relevant accounting experience (at least 3 years’ experience in a similar role, and have industry experience)
• Able to demonstrate career progression and a willingness to learn and further progress with the Sensus business
• Familiarity in operating various accounting systems, experience in SAP and OneStream an advantage
• Hands-on approach
• Well-developed spreadsheets skills (Excel)
• Team player who works productively and cordially with a wide range of internal and external contacts
• Problem solving and analytical ability
• Motivated self-starter with a can-do attitude and comfortable in fast-paced environment
• Able to work well under pressure, can multi-task and review and change priorities to suit the needs of the business
• Demonstrable  integrity and ethical standards
• Effective listening, communication (verbal and written)
• Possess the willingness to learn, improve and adapt
• Flexibility to meet department operational demands at peak times (e.g. month end)

Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.