Head of Financial Reporting

Partner Financial are currently working with a leading Consumer business who are highly acquisitive and have the strategy in place to ensure they achieve their target. With a culture of best in class, they offer the expertise and capabilities to ensure their customers build a brand that is a true reflection of their values. With a portfolio of innovative products and services, they are able to provide a truly bespoke service to a global client base.

The business is a genuine leader within their sector and has a strong international brand name. They are aligned with several high-growth markets and offer a range of truly innovative services used by diverse range of end customers.

Following recent organisational and leadership changes, the business are now seeking a technically strong, Top-tier Trained, qualified accountant to lead on all group reporting and policy activities for the business. A key leadership role, this person will manage a high-calibre team and work cross functionally through a variety of day-to-day duties alongside key projects - systems, processes, M&A etc.

Key Responsibilities for the role:

• Managing and developing the Group Reporting team and ensuring they have clear deliverables, feedback and incentives;
• Leading the preparation and consolidation of group results, ensuring adherence to IFRS, for internal and external stakeholder presentations;
• Acting as a key technical accounting and policy advisor to the Group Financial Controller, Regional Finance teams and producing relevant accounting papers;
• Successfully advising and managing several projects including M&A accounting issues and structuring, business combinations and various other complexities in the corporate transactions space;
• Managing the relationship with the external auditors and obtaining relevant advice around judgment-based accounting principles;
• Continual review and improvement of group accounting policies and supporting analysis of impacts where required, especially with incoming new standards (IFRS 16);
• Manage the preparation of the Groups Consolidated Financial statements (half and full year) adding to the Annual report where required;
• Coordinating the completion of statutory accounts for all individuals group entities ensuring timely completion and accuracy.

The Ideal candidate for this role will be an energetic and outgoing ACA/CA chartered accountant from a Big 4 practice. This individual will have gained significant experience in delivering technically challenging (IFRS) Audits at Manager level or above, with subsequent industry experience in Group Financial Reporting and Consolidations in a large (ideally listed) business.

Excellent attention to detail and ability to lead and motivate a team are key to this role being a success, with the new appointee being able to successfully build relationships with team members and C-level executives and instil a collaborative and team focused working culture.

Interested candidates should send their CV to Lilian Lazcano who will be contacting candidates with the closest match to the client's selection criteria within ten days of application to arrange an initial meeting. If you have not heard from me within these timescales, thank you for your interest but please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.