Finance Reporting Manager

Technical accounting lead on all new accounting standards / complex areas of accounting

• Review and collate monthly and quarterly analytics to the US Reporting team to support the monthly close of the books and group financial statement filings
• Review and collate monthly reporting packs and audit schedules
• Review Statutory Financial Statements for the 7 legal entities administered from the UK offices to ensure compliance with accounting standards
• Manage the annual submission of Financial Statements, liaising with auditors, legal and other stakeholders as necessary
• Manage and review other regulatory returns
• Manage the quarterly tax accruals and annual corporation tax filing process, liaising with external tax advisors and the US based tax team as necessary
• Partner with the Management Accounting Manager to manage the workload of the GL Team to support deliverables
• Liaison for external auditors and corporation tax advisors, timetabling and providing data to ensure deadlines are met, and actively seek to reduce timelines
• Manage the annual PSA tax filing process (and international equivalents, i.e. Australian FBT)
• Coordinate with internal audit, external audit, and internal control queries and process implementation as needed

• Develop processes that are scalable to cater for growth, including expansion into new countries
• Continual development of internal reporting including accuracy and standard reporting for management reporting to more insight into the business

• Provide ad hoc financial analysis support as the need arises

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

• Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent,
• PQE required
• A highly motivated accounting manager
• Experience with Hyperion Financial Management highly desirable.
• Experience with Oracle General Ledger highly desirable.

• Desire to learn
• Experience of IFRS & US GAAP essential
• Experience of production and/or review of statutory financial statements essential

• Experience of reporting to a Private Equity parent desirable.
• Outstanding communication and relationship building skills
• The ability to work effectively with people in a high-growth, fast paced environment and drive results
• A passion for customer service with contagious enthusiasm and energy
• Attention to quality of work
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as an effective team member, along with the ability to apply logical thinking and a good reasoning ability
• Good organisational skills
• Excel advanced experience required as a minimum.
• Self-starter, motivated to provide the highest possible level of responsiveness and performance as part of a team