Head of Group Reporting

1 week ago


London, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Head of Group Reporting

Highly acquisitive Consumer facing business

C£100,000 + bonus and benefits

Central London / Hybrid

This acquisitive, highly profitable and entrepreneurial Consumer facing group has expanded from £600m in revenue to £1bn+ over the past 4 years. Through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, this impressively dynamic organisation continues to expand across multiple international geographies, maturing and professionalising at a rapid rate.

Following a recent restructure, the new position of Head of Group Reporting has been created.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the role includes:

Leading and coaching a team of 4 qualified group accountants
Owning the delivery of the monthly, quarterly and annual statutory consolidate numbers
Taking the lead in the ongoing development of the new Oracle FCCs consolidation system
Acting as Group lead on technical accounting matters, ensuring compliance with all IFRS accounting standards and providing technical expertise on complex accounting issues across the Group
Managing the preparation of the monthly management accounts
Managing the reporting of financial and covenant information to financiers
Managing the relationships with the external auditors, leading the planning and management of the Group statutory audit process
Supporting the production of Board papers and writing of Audit Committee papers
Managing the preparation of the Head Office entities local statutory financial statements
Being the Centre of Excellence for all Accounting matters and delivery of high quality external reporting (Annual Report's and any ad hoc reporting as required)
Drafting and documenting group accounting policies and monitor compliance with them
Interpreting, providing guidance and applying accounting standards (IFRS and UK GAAP) to complex transactions impacting the Group and its subsidiaries
Researching and analysing accounting pronouncements, regulatory updates and emerging issues to assess their impact on the organisation and upon the Group's reporting requirements
Responsibility for calculating Group consolidation journals relating to key transactions including acquisition accounting, disposal accounting, IFRS 16 and IFRS 9.
Owning the group accounting policies document, ensuring it is kept up to date, and monitoring compliance with this across the Group
Partnering the FP&A team on the technical accounting for budgeting and forecasting purposes
Continuing the build out and management of the Group Reporting team
Managing the Group risk register
Supporting the Group Financial Controller on ad hoc projects as required

Required Candidate Profile:

Practice trained Chartered Accountant, having already made the move into industry
Experience of managing a multi-currency consolidation process
In-depth technical accounting knowledge, specifically IFRS (ideally 3, 9, 15,16)
Has led and coached a team
High degree of experience in using, and developing the use of consolidation software
Proven ability in building strong relationships across the business
Demonstrably comfortable within a hands-on, fast paced every changing environment

This is a fantastic, highly visible role with the opportunity to have a significant impact across this fast paced, ever changing and highly profitable Group



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