Finance Manager, Acquisition Onboarding

JR United Kingdom; Bedford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Insurance Broker seeks a dynamic Finance Manager in Bedford to enhance their financial integration processes. This pivotal role requires a qualified accountant with expertise in group reporting and financial transformations. Join a team committed to ambitious growth and contribute to critical systems integration efforts with exciting professional challenges.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in group reporting or financial transformation.
• Experience integrating new entities into finance systems.
• Proactive communication and relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and standardise onboarding for new acquisitions.
• Collaborate with finance teams for alignment.
• Support implementation and testing of OneStream.

Skills

Financial transformation

Group reporting

Attention to detail

Cross-functional relationship management

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

OneStream

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31.05.2025

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15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Edenbrook is delighted to be partnering with a market-leading Insurance Broker in the search for a dynamic Finance Manager. This is a pivotal role that blends traditional management reporting with exciting transformation work—most notably, the onboarding of new acquisitions and the evolution of the Group’s consolidation systems (OneStream).

As the business continues its ambitious growth and acquisition strategy, this position will play a crucial part in shaping how newly acquired businesses are integrated into the Group’s financial framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and standardise the onboarding process for new acquisitions into the Group’s consolidation and reporting framework.
• Collaborate with divisional finance teams to align data, processes, and controls.
• Partner with Finance Systems, Group Accounting, and External Reporting teams to ensure smooth integration of newly acquired entities.
• Develop and maintain onboarding tools, templates, and guidance to ensure a consistent approach across the Group.
• Support the implementation and testing of OneStream, coordinating activity across Group Finance.
• Provide backfill support within the management reporting team to help drive transformation capacity.
• Contribute to efforts to reduce reporting timeframes and enhance the quality of reporting outputs.
• Assist in developing and strengthening first-line internal controls, supporting wider SOX readiness and remediation initiatives.

What We're Looking For:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with strong post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrable experience working in group reporting, financial transformation, or within a complex consolidation environment.
• Experience onboarding or integrating new entities or acquisitions into group finance systems is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of finance systems and data flows—experience with OneStream or similar consolidation tools is a plus.
• Proactive communicator, capable of managing cross-functional relationships with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset.