Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Our client, an impressive growing company with offices in North London are looking to source a Senior Financial Reporting Manager to join their team.
Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, this is a key role managing and preparing the accounting and reporting activities of the Group, with particular emphasis on quarter end reporting to the Board and Executive Management. This role is responsible for managing and developing two qualified accountants who will report directly to the Senior Financial Reporting Manager.

Key Responsibilities:
-Managing the month and quarter end accounting close and review of the Group's consolidated monthly and quarterly management accountants
-Review of month end balance sheet reconciliations and journals, and liaison with other members of the finance team to ensure deadlines are achieved;
-Assisting the revenue accountant with reviewing customer contracts to ensure compliance with the Group's revenue recognition accounting policies under IFRS 15;
-Take the lead on technical accounting matters that might impact the Group such as leases, acquisitions and share based payment charges;
-Assistance with the preparation of the Annual Report and a key contact during the annual external audit;
-Working with our internal systems team, including the systems accountant, to ensure that the reporting system provides accurate and reliable outputs, while continually looking for system improvements and process efficiencies;
-Producing all internal financial reports for the senior management team, dealing with variance analysis queries and other ad-hoc requirements as part of our regular reporting cycle;
-Working with teams outside of the finance function to understand the impact of commercial and system enhancements on the finance team and provide key input into those decision making processes;
-Managing the training and development of two team members including the revenue accountant;
-Liaising closely with the financial planning and analysis team in areas such as expenditure control and budget reporting;
-Ad hoc tasks and projects, which typically have a commercial focus and exposure to Senior Management.

This role would suit an ACA qualified accountant, ideally trained in a top 10 accountancy practice. Strong technical knowledge will be critical in this role and experience with IFRS 15 would be advantageous. Our client will be looking for a proven project manager who will be able to lead on various projects, and advanced Excel skills will be a must.

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