Senior Financial Reporting Manager Opportunity
- Recruiter
- Grafton Banks Finance Ltd
- Location
-
East Sussex
East SussexEast Sussex
- Salary
- £60k - 85k per year + great benefits, pension & option to work from home 2 days
- Posted
- 16 Jul 2019
- Closes
- 24 Jul 2019
- Ref
- J2301
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Category
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
I’m working with a growing financial services group employing 3000 people, who seek an exceptional Senior Financial Reporting Manager with potential to work from home up to 2 days per week.
The role will manage the finance team of 4 accountants who are responsible for all external financial reporting and technical accounting of the parent company and UK subsidiaries, including the Annual Report & Accounts, interim report, quarterly trading updates and management of the audit process.
The role will manage the finance team of 4 accountants who are responsible for all external financial reporting and technical accounting of the parent company and UK subsidiaries, including the Annual Report & Accounts, interim report, quarterly trading updates and management of the audit process.
- Overall supervision and management of technical accounting projects for the Group, including leading working group for implementation of IFRS 17
- Preparation and review of technical accounting memos and discussion papers for Finance Leadership Team, Ex-Co members and Audit Committee on new accounting standards, transactions, proposals and other ad-hoc queries from the business
- Development, maintenance and improvement of Group accounting policies
- Lead process to prepare the Group’s Annual Report in accordance with IFRS, Listing rules and FRC guidance
- Own preparation of the CFO statement, Business Review and Consolidated and Parent Company Financial Statements
- Preparation of the year end statutory accounts for all UK subsidiaries
- Assess and take actions following investigations into internal accounting and external reporting implications of new and amended standards
- Maintenance of finance relationship with internal and external audit, including responsibility for enacting suggested changes where appropriate
- Maintenance of Risk and Control Matrices and responsibility for regular reviews of Group team controls and processes;
- Ability to proactively manage and prioritise the teams workload to meet the needs of the customer, the business and our regulatory requirements
- Manage direct reports, ensuring adequate and appropriate resources are available for the completion of key tasks
- Development of the skills, capabilities and business awareness of team members, including encouraging cross team communication and working with the subsidiary teams, and arranging or providing appropriate up-skilling through training or cross training.
- You will be a Qualified Accountant, ideally ACA or ACCA
- Your background will show extensive production and/or audit of Financial Statements and consolidated financial reports
- You will have strong technical knowledge of IFRS and prior experience of public style equity and debt reporting, as well as work experience in the financial services sector.
- You must have managed staff previously, and possess good project management skills.
- You may come straight from Practice with strong technical skills