Senior Manager Financial Control

This role is responsible for leading the Group consolidation and external financial reporting process, ensuring reporting is accurate, timely and supported by a robust control environment. You'll play a key role in strengthening the culture of review and challenge within Financial Control, while identifying opportunities to improve processes, enhance reporting quality and drive greater efficiency across the function.

• Lead the monthly group consolidation process and oversight of the preparation and posting of consolidation journals, ensuring completeness, accuracy and timely delivery.
• Lead on the preparation and production of the group’s annual report, interim report and quarterly interim management statements, and to work with various stakeholders to provide content for related presentations.
• Prepare the monthly Group and subsidiary balance sheet and Income Statement as part of the Financial Control sign-off process.
• Preparation of various Deferred Tax schedules before handover to the tax team.
• Own and maintain the finance relationship with the group reporting software provider.
• Manage and develop the consolidation team.
• To build a strong working relationship with stakeholders within and external to the Financial Control function.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and strengthen the control environment.
• Lead on ad hoc projects.

• Strong experience in financial reporting and consolidation within a complex organisation.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to demanding deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to engage and challenge senior management.
• Experience of managing reporting processes through a structured project-management approach.
• Demonstrable commitment to continuous improvement and process enhancement.

• Listed company reporting experience.

• Production of high-quality Group annual report and accounts, interims and IMS in line with deadlines.
• Accurate and timely production of monthly group consolidation.
• Strong control environment with minimal post-close adjustments and audit exceptions.
• Continuous improvements of both individuals in the team and process.