Group Finance Manager

3 weeks ago


Colchester Essex, United Kingdom Apointe Full time

Job Description

Apointe is on the lookout for a Group Finance Manager for our client based in Colchester. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a great team within a rewarding industry. Our client is a private equity backed organisation with an exciting growth trajectory, making this an opportunity not to be missed.

As the Group Finance Manager, we ask you to take responsibility for the delivery of statutory reporting and taxation obligations and support the broader finance team with financial accounting and reporting activities. This role has one direct report (Financial Accountant).

Key responsibilities

Ownership of statutory reporting obligations

  • Ensure that all statutory deadlines are met across all reporting obligations (statutory accounts, VAT filings and payments, corporation tax filings and payments)
  • Review of statutory accounts and tax filings to ensure compliance with relevant legislation
  • Managing the external audit process
  • Managing the relationship with external tax advisors
  • Proactively working with legal entity Directors to ensure they are equipped with the information needed to execute their responsibilities for external reporting

Oversight of the integrity of financial reporting

  • Review and approval of key financial journals (prepared by the Financial Accountant)
  • Ownership of key financial reporting controls (including balance sheet reviews, journal reviews)
  • Preparation of accounting memos for key areas of judgement (including going concern, impairment review, revenue recognition etc)
  • Preparation of accounting entries for high risk / judgemental areas
  • Oversight of the consolidation process (multi-currency) and working with FP&A to deliver board reporting
  • Ownership of the chart of accounts, period close process and integrity of underlying accounting records in the open Accounts finance system

Supporting the wider business

  • Providing line management, coaching and career development support to the Financial Accountant
  • Providing technical updates to the rest of the finance team
  • Assisting the Head of Finance and CFO with ad-hoc cross-functional projects as required
  • Managing the delivery of monthly management accounts for overseas subsidiaries
  • Supporting the finance team with queries on financial accounting matters

Skills & Competencies

  • Ability to take a problem or issue and construct an appropriate response, including necessary research
  • Works well under pressure, delivering to tight deadlines
  • Communicates clearly and effectively, with both internal and external stakeholders at varying levels of the seniority across the business.
  • Comfortable with key principles of VAT and corporation tax

Qualifications & experience

  • ACA or ACCA qualified
  • Experience within a top 10 audit practice
  • A high level of proficiency with MS Excel
  • Experience with financial accounting packages is desirable, but not essential
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