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Group Finance Manager

Employer
Marc Daniels
Location
Egham, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 22, 2019

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Job Role
Finance Manager
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
A great opportunity has arisen for a Group Finance Manager to join an international market leading company. This position is working for a PE backed company experiencing rapid change and growth and it is an exciting time to join the business as they look to evolve and grow as an organisation. This role will play a key role in overseeing accurate and timely group financial reporting internationally for the company. The position acts as a business partner and delivers key results to the business.

Responsibilities:
To assist with regular internal monthly reporting for the Group. This will involve reviewing country submissions, resolving issues, writing commentary and explaining movements. The regular reporting requirements include monthly management accounts, Flash accounts, trading performance report, budgets and forecasts. To assist with external reporting including the Group statutory accounts and yearend audit. This may involve preparing statutory disclosures, preparing audit schedules, and checking the accounts. It also involves taking sole responsibility for reporting to our shareholders at the half year and year end. To have strong knowledge of IFRS and be able to support the countries when we need to implement a new standard or when we make an acquisition. Provide advice on the most appropriate accounting for new transactions or events. To support the country finance teams with any accounting queries and help them to understand the group reporting requirements for actuals and budgets. Development will come from working more closely with country finance teams to understand the operational challenges and how these are reflected in the results. To manage the bottom up budget process for the Group. This involves writing the instructions and working with the systems manager to design the reporting pack. Manage the consolidation of the submissions and prepare consolidated reports for senior management. When time allows focus on improving our processes. For example improve reports to make them more automated or clearer, implement new reports to improve controls over the integrity of numbers or perform analysis to better understand the numbers from the countries. Assist with documenting our processes and policies. Respond to ad hoc queries as required. These requests may come from shareholders, regional Finance Directors, country finance teams or other finance teams at the Head Office. To be considered: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience Have worked in a central consolidation team or have strong knowledge of consolidations and Group reporting requirements. Have worked with multiple stakeholders and have a proven track record of building strong relationships (often with people that you've never met face to face). Experience of explaining reports to external auditors and preparing backup schedules. Worked with large scale multinational businesses. Experience of working with and reporting to senior management. Strong understanding of IFRS. Able to apply accounting standards and explain requirements. Numerate and analytical. Strong Excel skills. Operational outlook and able to make links between the commercial situation and the results. Benefits: £8k car allowance Up to 20% bonus Private medical insurance for individual and family Free on-site gym. Fitness classes for a small charge held in lunch hours. 25 days annual holiday with opportunity to buy more days from salary Defined contribution pension scheme which is up to a max of 5% employee matched by up to 10% employer contributions. By applying you will be registered as a candidate with Marc Daniels Specialist Recruitment Limited. Our Privacy Policy is available on our website at http://www.marcdaniels.co.uk/privacy-statement; and explains how we will use your personal data.

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