Finance Manager

Rolls-Royce; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology company is seeking a Finance Manager for Reporting and Consolidation in Bristol/Hybrid. This role involves ensuring financial integrity, leading reporting processes, and developing a finance team. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong leadership and communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working opportunities.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Competitive salary

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in auditing, reporting, and statutory compliance.
• Experience managing and developing teams.
• Ability to drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead actuals and quarterly statutory reporting processes.
• Manage external audit cycles.
• Mentor and guide the Finance Analyst team.

Skills

Technical expertise

Strong leadership skills

Effective communication

Education

Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Job description

Overview

Finance Manager – Reporting and Consolidation – Full-time, Bristol/Hybrid

When you join as a Finance Manager in Reporting and Consolidation, you will play a critical role in ensuring financial integrity across Rolls-Royce Defence UK&I. This is a high-impact position where you’ll lead statutory and actuals reporting, manage external audit cycles, and oversee compliance processes. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, auditors, and Finance Analysts, making this an excellent opportunity to influence and strengthen financial governance across the business.

What we offer

Rolls-Royce offers development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Hybrid working is available with attendance required on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

As Finance Manager, you’ll play a central role in ensuring accurate, compliant, and insightful financial reporting across Defence UK&I. You’ll be hands-on with statutory reporting and audit cycles, while also supporting and developing the Finance Analyst team and driving improvements in our financial controls. With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Lead the actuals and quarterly statutory reporting processes, aligning with Group and Sector requirements.
• Manage external audit cycles, acting as the key contact for auditors and internal stakeholders.
• Oversee FX postings and statutory compliance, providing clear analysis and commentary.
• Mentor and guide the Finance Analyst team, ensuring consistency and best practice.
• Enhance financial controls, tools, and processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Who we’re looking for

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

We’re seeking a finance professional who brings both technical expertise and strong leadership skills. You’ll thrive in a role where accuracy, compliance, and clear communication are key, and you’ll be confident in guiding a team while influencing stakeholders across the business. To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Be a fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
• Demonstrate proven experience in auditing, reporting, and statutory compliance.
• Communicate effectively and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Drive process improvements and contribute to wider finance projects.
• Have experience managing and developing teams.

Equality and inclusion

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Security clearance

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business an individual has to hold a BPSS clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for BPSS if you do not currently already have this in place.