Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Life. Unlimited. At Smith+Naphew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. This role is at the centre of Group Finance and offers real exposure to complex accounting challenges in a global business.

• Operate within the Group Financial Reporting team, supporting central consolidation and delivering high‑quality external reporting across a global organisation.
• Work across UK and US listed reporting requirements, contributing to external reporting outputs including regulatory filings such as Form
  20‑F.
• Take ownership of complex accounting areas including acquisition accounting, impairment assessments, and statutory profit adjustments, ensuring alignment with IFRS and Group policies.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional stakeholders such as Treasury, Tax and other finance teams, particularly during peak reporting periods such as half‑year and year‑end.
• Work with external auditors, supporting audits and ensuring strong governance and compliance within a SOX‑controlled environment.
• Translate complex accounting topics into clear and practical insights, writing technical accounting papers and communicating effectively with non‑finance stakeholders and senior leaders.

• Strong technical accounting expertise, including IFRS, group reporting and consolidation in a multinational environment.
• Experience working in a SOX‑controlled environment and managing complex accounting topics, including authoring technical accounting papers.
• Approximately 7 to 10years of relevant experience, including a mandatory Big4 audit background and ideally industry experience within a large multinational or FTSE‑scale organisation.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and present clearly to senior stakeholders and work effectively with external auditors.

• Generous annual bonus and pension schemes, Share‑As‑You‑Earn share options.
• Hybrid working model (for most professional roles).
• Private health and dental plans, healthcare cash plans, income protection, life assurance and more.
• Flexible vacation and time off, paid holidays and paid volunteering hours.
• Discounts on gyms and fitness clubs, salary‑sacrifice bicycle and car schemes, and many other employee discounts.
• Hands‑on, team‑customised training and mentorship.