General Ledger Manager

Role: General Ledger Manager
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Duration: Permanent
Working pattern: Hybrid, 3 days pw in the office, with some travel between offices
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £70,000 to £85,000 pa (DOE) & Bonus, Excellent Benefits incl £7k car allowance

Morson are recruiting for a Financial Services, General Ledger Manager, to join a leading UK & Ireland organisation.

This is a senior finance leadership role responsible for the General Ledger function across the UK&I division. You will oversee financial governance, balance sheet control, financial reporting and the month-end close process, while leading improvements across Financial Services.

You will act as a senior advisor to the Director of Financial Services and play a key role in improving processes, systems and ways of working.

Key Accountabilities of the General Ledger Manager:

• Lead the UK&I General Ledger function and manage a team of approximately 5-12 people.
• Own balance sheet integrity across multiple operating companies.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, certification and financial controls.
• Lead month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Maintain strong financial governance, controls, risk management and compliance.
• Drive standardisation and consistency across General Ledger processes.
• Identify process issues and deliver improvements across the end-to-end finance function.
• Lead automation, analytics and technology improvements.
• Manage resource planning, capacity and team development.
• Support internal and external audit activity.
• Provide senior management with financial trends, analysis and reporting.
• Build strong relationships with finance, operational and external stakeholders.
• Act as a Centre of Excellence for General Ledger processes and systems.

Essential:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Strong Record-to-Report and General Ledger experience.
• Proven month-end close and financial reporting experience.
• Strong balance sheet management experience.
• Experience leading teams and managing resources.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and compliance.
• Proven experience delivering process improvement and automation.
• Strong data, analytical and systems capability.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with in construction, engineering, utilities or another large organisation.

Desirable:

• Experience working with a large ERP system.
• SAP or COINS experience would be advantageous.
• Experience using data and analytics to improve financial reporting and processes.
• Experience leading significant change or transformation programmes.

What’s on

Offer:

• Competitive salary.
• £7k Car allowance.
• £6k Travel Expenses across Rail networks
• 8% matched pension contributions.
• Private healthcare.
• Life assurance.
• 28 days holiday + BH.
• 1 volunteering day.
• Flexible benefits package.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified finance professional with strong General Ledger, financial control and leadership experience to take ownership of a significant UK&I finance function and lead continued improvements across Financial Services.

* Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial telephone interview. If selected from the shortlist, a formal interview process will then begin.