Group Finance Manager

As Group Finance Manager, you will report directly to the Group FC, with a primary focus on delivering high quality financial and management reporting and ensuring the finance function operates in a robust control environment. The role will oversee the business partnering and reporting on central and corporate overhead costs, ensuring accurate and timely reporting, and supporting departmental directors in financial decision making.

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Description

• The role will lead the Group reporting for weekly and monthly management reporting, Monthly Board and lender reporting and lead the annual statutory accounts process for the Group, including liaison and management of the external audit.
• Producing accurate weekly reporting for the Group, ensuring key differences are understood. Integrate weekly and monthly reporting processes, ensuring consistency in reporting and efficiency in finance processes.
• Deliver improvements and efficiency in the month end close process, seeking to deliver a cadence in all reporting.
• Production of the monthly investor and lender reporting packs, ensuring all reporting is accurate and consistent with finalised management accounts whilst meeting deadlines in accordance with our reporting requirements.
• Ensure accuracy of accounting and reporting for central overhead, depots and other shared corporate costs. Drive increased cost ownership and enhance budgeting, monthly reporting and review processes.
• Production of consolidated financial statements
• Ownership for financial accounting policies, ensuring policies are fit for purpose and effectively communicated and implemented.
• Ensure a robust financial control environment including balance sheet ownership through high quality reconciliation and control.
• Leading on a variety of projects and play an active role in finance transformation projects
• Leading and developing a team of 5 direct reports and a wider team of over 10.

Profile

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with PQE industry experience
• Experience in delivering or managing external audits essential
• Ability to produce high quality work under pressure and to deadlines, with an attention to detail
• A drive to improve processes and deliver continuous improvement
• Ability to communicate and build effective working relationships at all levels both internally and externally
• Flexible and creative approach to problem solving and decision making
• Developing and leading high performing teams
• Strong MS Excel capability

Job Offer

A competitive salary and benefits package as well as the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment which will offer ample of opportunity for progression as the business continues to grow both organically and through acquisition.