Description
We are seeking an experienced and technically excellent Head of Group Reporting to join our team on a permanent basis. As a senior role at the heart of our external reporting and financial control framework, you will require deep IFRS expertise and the confidence to navigate complex and judgemental accounting areas.
Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of producing the Group's IFRS annual and half-yearly listed financial statements and annual report.
- Lead the year-end and half-year external audit and review processes end-to-end, keeping key stakeholders informed and preparing and presenting Audit Committee papers.
- Oversee the production and filing of subsidiary statutory accounts across our UK and international entities.
- Own the Group's cash flow forecasting process, providing insight and analysis on liquidity, capital allocation, and capital structure to support CFO and Board decision-making, working closely with treasury on execution.
- Act as the Group's primary technical accounting authority, researching and forming well-reasoned positions on complex and judgemental areas, implementing new standards, and presenting conclusions to senior management, the Audit Committee, auditors, and advisors.
- Take the lead on one-off projects, partnering with teams across the business, while contributing to monthly reporting, annual budgeting, and ownership of specific balance sheet, cash flow, and working capital areas.
- Build and support strong external relationships, including with auditors, loan providers, and banking partners, and work closely with legal and CoSec to ensure reporting requirements are met on time.
- Lead Finance's contribution to the Group's material controls framework under Provision 29, maintain and develop the Group's accounting policies, including for acquisitions and legal structure changes, and guide reporting systems and process change to protect the integrity of our control environment.
Requirements:
- Qualified accountant with significant post-qualification experience, including meaningful time spent in industry within a listed business, and a consistent record of delivering to deadline.
- Extensive IFRS expertise and a strong technical accounting grounding, confident researching and forming defensible positions on complex areas such as multi-currency consolidations, share-based payments, EPS, impairment, revenue recognition, leases, and business combinations.
- Experience researching and implementing new accounting or reporting standards.
- Analytical and thorough when reviewing financial information, quick to spot errors in accounting treatment or anomalies that don't add up.
- Proven people management experience, with a track record of leading, motivating, and developing high-performing teams across multiple disciplines.
- Excellent project manager, organised in your own workload while confident delegating and developing others, equally comfortable working independently or as part of a team.
- Ambitious and driven, energised by a fast-paced environment, always ready to get involved in team projects and try new things.
Benefits:
- £100K – £120K salary
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus
- Private healthcare and dental insurance
- Generous work-from-abroad policy
- 2-for-1 share purchase plans
- EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions
- Extra festive time off
- Excellent family-friendly benefits