An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Interim Senior Group Financial Reporting Manager to join our Clients Finance team on a contract basis. The role holder will provide role coverage for key member of the Group Finance team and will work closely with the Group Director of Financial Control and Reporting. The successful individual will need to be and experienced and competent Finance professional able to provide a good level of consolidation accounting expertise, as well as help the team to continue to improve the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of all external reporting done by the finance team, in addition to month end reporting across the Group and into the Board.
What will you be doing?
Preparation of the Group quarterly press release for bond holders including liaising with contributing stakeholders, the director of FP&A, CFO and board members and verification of all the numbers and statements in the two announcement documents
Project management and production of the annual Group financial statements, including timetable management, liaising across business functions for input into the front end, liaising with finance team for note production and verification of data and statements
Key point of contact with the auditors, managing the prepared by client request process
Review of Group overarching journals and controls
Managing the month-end and quarterly timetables for quality, timely and effectiveness of month end reporting from the UK and global platforms through to hand over to FP&A
Managing and developing a team of two.
Reporting to the audit and risk committee on the year end planning process, and progress
Managing the external auditor management letter points across the Group, including comment receipt and timing
Dealing with ad-hoc queries from other finance team members across the Group
Improving the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of month end reporting into the business and controls and processes at the Group reporting team level where areas of improvement are identified
Required skills and experience:
Educated to degree level
ACA/ACCA qualified
Experience of IFRS cross currency consolidations
Experience of managing colleagues
Proficient in MS Excel and MS Word
Knowledge of financial reporting systems such as Cognos and Anaplan
Excellent planning, organisation and time management skills
Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
Good relationship builder and stakeholder management skills
Strong analytical experience and good ability to understand and problem solve issues, following them through to resolution
Proven team player and an autonomous worker
Background in banking/other FS
