Senior Group Finance Manager

About Law Debenture

Law Debenture is an Investment Trust supported by a wholly owned professional services business. Law Deb is an unusual and exciting proposition; on a day–to-day basis we are nimble, ambitious and small enough to know everyone by name, whilst also benefiting from the profile and credibility of a listed business. This is thanks to our 137-year-old FTSE
250 investment trust and our fast-growing independent professional services business of over 300 colleagues across 6 business lines.

At Law Deb, doing work that has a positive impact is important to us. We need the very best people to be the custodians of our business for the next stage of our proud history and growth. We’re ambitious to innovate, collaborate and push forward in providing peace of mind and excellence for our clients and each other.

We’re on a journey to shape a culture we’re all proud to be part of. One where everyone feels trusted, supported and empowered to own their success. Working at Law Deb, you will have access to our enviable network of clients and innovative projects, as well as brilliant colleagues to learn from and collaborate with.

The Senior Group Finance Manager is a hands‑on role within the Group Finance team, responsible for both the management and statutory reporting of Law Debenture Plc and its’ subsidiaries. Working closely with members of the Group and IPS Finance teams and the Finance Systems Manager, this role is central to producing accurate and insightful group and IPS level reporting, managing the consolidation process, PLC reporting and ensuring the group’s reporting framework is robust, scalable and fit for purpose as the business grows

• Prepare group management accounts including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and variance commentary.
• Support the preparation of Board and ELT reporting, including producing MI packs, narrative analysis and ensuring data accuracy across all group reporting outputs.
• Part of the team responsible for the preparation of the Annual Report & Accounts and Half Year Report, including coordinating inputs from across the group and managing the drafting timetable.
• Produce the group’s ONS statistical returns.

• Run the monthly group consolidation process, including collection and review of submissions from the IPS Finance teams and preparation of consolidated trial balances.
• Manage intercompany reconciliation and elimination processes, resolving mismatches on a timely basis.
• Maintain the inter-group management recharge framework, including monthly calculations and reconciliation to subsidiary records.
• Support the Group Finance Director on IPS valuation and group dividend accounting.

• Support the Group Finance Director in running the annual group budget process, co‑ordinating submissions from IPS Finance, Investment Trust Finance and SSC and consolidating these into a group view.
• Build and maintain the group budget and forecast consolidation models, ensuring they are accurate, well‑documented and capable of producing outputs at the speed and level of detail required by senior stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly budget‑vs‑actual and forecast‑vs‑actual variance analysis at group and entity level, providing clear commentary on key drivers for inclusion in Board and ExCo packs.
• Maintain and update rolling group forecasts in line with the Group Finance Director’s direction, incorporating revised assumptions from the business in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain standardised budget and forecast templates for use by the IPS Finance and Investment Trust Finance teams, ensuring consistency and ease of consolidation.
• Support the Group Finance Director in preparing budget and forecast outputs for presentation to the Board and Audit & Risk Committee.

• Act as the day‑to‑day owner of the group’s reporting hierarchy, maintaining entity structures, cost centre hierarchies and chart of accounts mappings across financial systems and consolidation workbooks.
• Ensure that any changes to the reporting hierarchy — including new entities,…