Global Head of External Reporting

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you.

Group Head of External Reporting
London, UK

Description

Reporting to the Deputy Head of FP&A in London, this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced finance professional to lead a niche high calibre 3 person team to drive the Group’s management reporting suite for 3 sets of stakeholders
1) The Board - Monthly Management Results;
2) Private Equity Shareholders – Equity Reporting;
3) Lenders – Lender reporting to debt covenants.

Although the group has a good reporting foundation, emphasis of this role is to lead the improved governance and control over reporting, improve the messaging and timeliness of delivery to our stakeholders, and to provide a more co-herent response to queries by centralising responses to all sets of state holders.

Excellent communication skills are required as reviews are held with the c-suite within the organisation (CEO and Founder, CFO, COO, etc). The role will collaborate with the Group Head of FP&A, and with colleagues within FP&A (e.g. business partners), across functions (e.g. M&A team) and across the broader business (e.g. regional and country heads and finance leads).

An excellent knowledge of financials, accounting, analytics and attention to detail is key.

Job specification

Produce Monthly Results including:

• Prepare the monthly board results deck, leveraging Office Connect and inputs from various stakeholders (e.g. business partners)
• Own and maintain all proforma results reporting, including obtaining a good understanding of all upcoming acquisitions.
• Produce the monthly capital structure and liquidity reporting, leveraging inputs from Group Treasury
• Oversee the production of the monthly segment results and produce the executive summary over the results
• Oversee the Group’s monthly synergy reporting and prepare synergy metrics
• Prepare quarterly lender decks including commentary, and provide answers to questions from…