Job Title: Senior Finance Manager
Location: Leeds
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 plus 15% bonus
Hours & Model: Permanent, Full Time, Hybrid working - Only two days in the office!

Overview

We are working with our client to find their next Senior Finance Manager. The Finance Function are responsible for the development and implementation of overall financial strategy from day to day controls, accounting policies and procedures to managing relationships with the financial community.

To be successful in this role you will have previous managerial experience and exposure to delivering accurate internal reporting and analysis to internal and external stakeholders. In this role, this will incorporate Group Financial Control, Group Financial Planning and Analysis, Commercial Finance, external Auditors and the wider Accounting Operations team.

Benefits

• 15% Bonus
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• 10% Employer matched pension
• Medical care for you and your family
• Annual salary and performance reviews

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Professional Accountancy qualification (ACA; ACCA etc.) with at least 3 year PQE.
• Management Accounts or Audit experience
• Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS. Experience of working within large corporate structures
• Strong excel skills essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of working in a complex environment, delivering to deadlines
• Financial systems skills beneficial (e.g. Oracle, Hyperion/HFM)

Purpose & Responsibilities of the Role

• Provide accurate monthly and quarterly results to agreed group timescales and in line with agreed group accounting policy
• Improve internal efficiencies through process improvement and collaboration with internal and external teams
• Flexing resource and outputs to meet the changing needs of customers
• To ensure provision of accurate monthly and quarterly reporting, and provide analysis & reconciliation review in line with agreed timescales and group policy
• To ensure appropriate accounting treatment (profit and loss/capex)
• To identify, manage and communicate operational and financial risks and process changes for your area
• To manage internal and external stakeholder relationships that impact your monthly processes
• Involvement and accounting assessment in various business initiatives
• Continual process development and improvement to provide accurate, meaningful and timely information to the business to aid commercial decision making.
• Balance Sheet Reporting: review and present divisional reporting packs for internal stakeholders in line with required deadlines, plus any other ad-hoc reporting as required.
• Control: responsible for SOX control completion and effectiveness, payment approvals, chart of accounts mappings and governance changes for your area, and ownership of audit relationship for your area
• HFM: responsible for complete and accurate HFM reporting including movement code analysis and supplemental reporting for the division
• Statutory Accounts: provide support to Financial Accounts with the production of the Statutory Accounts and associated audit requests from External Audit
• Corporation Tax Compliance: provide support to Group Tax with quarterly tax reporting and information requests to support the annual Corporation Tax Returns.

How to Apply

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail before applying, please call or email me
07538 411102, sarah.perkins@markssattin.com