Group Consolidation Manager

Following the appointment of a Group Chief Financial Officer ahead of its 2022 Initial Public Offering (IPO), our client is hiring a Group Consolidations Manager. As Group Consolidations Manager, you will be responsible for the production of Group consolidated accounts, management reports whilst developing and improving internal systems.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver Group consolidation reports for half year and year-end financial reporting purposes.
• Consolidation of multi-currency entities.
• Review and challenge business unit half year and year-end financial submissions.
• Produce Group monthly flash results, management accounts, forecasts and budgets.
• Partner with the CFO, Finance Director and different business units to understand the consolidated financials and provide insightful and accurate analysis
• Manage the Group month end process
• Support FP&A and the wider Finance teams i.e., helping to develop models and templates to load financial and non-financial data for reported actual, forecast, budgeted and projected data.
• Liaise with IT / Systems to ensure processes are robust and streamlined; utilising automation as much as possible.
• Proactively managing the relationship with the Auditors.

Skills and Experience

• Technically capable qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA, or equivalent) with proven Group consolidation experience in a plc environment (preferred).
• Strong technical IFRS experience.
• Excellent communication skills, confident presenting to senior internal and external stakeholders, providing technical and commercial support, comfortable challenging senior leaders of the business.
• Strong controls mindset and background and an ability to identify and commercially assess risk.