Main Responsibilities

• Ownership of month end including supplementary schedules for the Group entity.
• Consolidation of management accounts & flash management accounts, including supplementary schedules, and providing sufficient challenge to the regional finance teams in their delivery against budget.
• Develop and maintain strong & effective working relationships with both the Group and Regional finance teams acting as a finance business partner to the regions to ensure knowledge sharing and consistent practice across the Group.
• Assist in the preparation of the consolidated profit forecast & 5-year business plan.
• Assist in financial modelling to support business decisions.
• Consolidation of the weekly commercial pack.
• Consolidation of short- and long-term cashflow forecasts ensuring the Group has sufficient liquidity. Preparing drawdown requests, as and when required.
• Assist in the submission of the monthly financial packs to the bank and reporting on covenants.
• Develop and maintain necessary controls, policies and procedures to ensure an effective and efficient financial management environment within the Group.
• Assist with the year-end Group consolidation and production of the consolidated Annual Report under IFRS accounting standards.
• Assisting the Group finance team with ad-hoc technical analysis in relation to new accounting standards.
• Assist in all statutory deadlines including the annual audit, corporation tax, VAT etc.
• Assist in the preparation of the Board Pack.
• Preparation of the monthly payroll data and liaising with the payroll advisors.
• Project work including implementing/ enhancing IT systems, IFRS transition etc.
• Assist the Group Financial Controller on HR & Governance and IT matters.
• Ad-hoc duties as required.

Key Requirements

• Newly ACA qualified although an ACA finalist may be considered.
• Strong technical knowledge.
• Strong academic background.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Driven, hardworking and ambitious.
• Excellent communication skills.