Senior Finance Manager, Financial Reporting

Location:

Eaton Estate Office, Chester, Cheshire (with occasional travel to London)

Contract:

Permanent, Full-Time, Hybrid Working

At Grosvenor, we take a long-term approach to creating value for future generations. Our purpose is to deliver lasting commercial, social and environmental benefit through responsible stewardship, investment and management of our assets. As part of our continued success, we're looking for an experienced and commercially astute Senior Finance Manager – Financial Reporting to join our Finance team based in Chester.

Working in a busy finance department, reporting to the Financial Controller, Financial Reporting, the main areas of responsibility include:
Financial reporting and control Working closely with the Financial Controller, Financial Reporting on financial modelling and analysis Coaching and providing day to day support and guidance to team including continuous development

Financial reporting and control
Overall responsibility for a number of Family Office Trusts and companies ensuring that reporting deadlines are met at all times
Lead on preparation of quarterly management accounts, including establishing timetables, reviewing management accounts and preparation of main reporting pack
Lead on annual year-end accounts preparation and review, including audited and non-audited accounts
Establishing and agreeing timetables with London based Finance Team and auditors.
Preparation of Audit Committee papers (2 meetings a year)
Lead on annual budget preparation including producing timetables, reviewing budgets and preparation of main reporting pack
Lead on preparation of Annual Finance Review
Preparation of quarterly Family Office stressed cash flow for inclusion in quarterly liquidity report
Preparation of quarterly Liquidity Report, including liaising with other Finance teams across the organisation
Preparation and review of monthly cash flows and make decisions on future cash flow requirements
Preparation and review 24 month rolling cash flows to assess liquidity requirements and make decisions on investments
Provide assistance to tax department in preparation of annual tax returns as required
Liaison with legal advisors and investment teams.
Provision of information as required.

The Financial Controller retains overall responsibility for this area, with this role working collaboratively to support the following:
Updating the long-range financial model to support operational and strategic decision making, making changes to reflect changes in strategy, structure and relevant legislation, ensuring an audit trail is maintained
Maintaining base assumptions and data within the model, liaising closely with providers of key information across the organisation to ensure regularly updated
Test, challenge and critically analyse the outputs from the model as base assumptions and inputs are changed
Incorporate sensitivity analysis and scenarios reporting on the impact on cash flow, asset values, returns and funding requirements
Participation in strategic discussions and decision making
Prepare reports that are clear, concise and complete with insightful and key messages highlighted
Adopting best practice when building / maintaining new or existing financial models in Excels

Assist the Financial Controller with projects as required. Tasks include:
Leading on projects from development of initial scope, production of clear project plans to implementation, managing the project team effectively.
Communicating effectively throughout the project with the Financial Controller and other key stakeholders reporting on progress through clear, informative reports.
Assessing project outcomes and ensuring that any new processes…