Financial Reporting Manager

Healthcare 21 UK

Basingstoke

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 95,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Healthcare 21 UK is seeking a Financial Reporting Manager to lead accurate, timely financial reporting across the group. You will own the month-end close, group reporting, and balance-sheet integrity, working closely with the Financial Controller to deliver reliable reports and drive improvements.

You will mentor two finance professionals, strengthen controls, and partner with senior managers to enhance budgeting and forecasting. Travel to UK sites may be required.

Qualifications

Fully qualified accountant with post-qualification experience.
Experience in financial reporting, management accounting or group reporting.
Proven month-end close and board reporting experience.
Strong Excel skills with data analysis and pivot tables.
Experience with ERP systems SAP and Cognos is advantageous.

Responsibilities

Own month-end close timetable and management accounts.
Provide board packs and variance analysis.
Maintain balance-sheet reconciliations and intercompany accounting.
Lead VAT/Tax returns and fixed-asset registers.
Mentor a small finance team and liaise with stakeholders.
Support internal audit and compliance.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Post-qualified experience

Excel advanced

SAP

Cognos

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multi-entity reporting

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Fully qualified accountant

Tools

SAP

Cognos

Job description

Who we are?

Job Location: Basingstoke Healthcare 21 is a sales, marketing, and technical services company. Our purpose is to improve people’s lives by being a leading and value adding player in Life Science. We are a high growth company that aims to be the partner of choice for our global healthcare suppliers; deliver on our promises to our customers across hospitals and the wider community; and promote ownership within our employees to be the best at everything they do.

We are a values-based company who recognise and reward employees that embrace our values of passion, innovation, transparency, and simplicity. We are respectful of others and do not accept discrimination in any form. We believe it is our differences that are essential in forming our effective and creative teams and it has made us the sustainable business that we are today.

The long-term success of our sustainable business is based on our teamwork, integrity, and the ability of our people to take ownership of their role. It is our responsibility to provide you with an exciting, innovative environment that is respectful, fulfilling and rewarding.

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Job snapshot

The Financial Reporting Manager will lead the delivery of accurate, timely and insight-led financial reporting across Healthcare 21 UK Group. The role will own the month-end reporting cycle, management accounts, group reporting submissions, balance-sheet integrity, statutory reporting support and reporting controls.

The Financial Reporting Manager would work closely with the Financial Controller to deliver reliable month-end and Group reporting, while escalating material reporting risks, control issues and audit matters as appropriate. They will strengthen financial controls, improve reporting processes and systems, and translate financial performance into clear actions for non-finance colleagues.

Key Responsibilities & Competencies

Financial reporting and month-end

Own and manage the month-end close timetable, reporting checklist and delivery of monthly management accounts.
Produce high-quality management accounts, board and stakeholder reporting packs, including meaningful variance analysis against budget, forecast, prior month and prior year.
Ensure reporting is reconciled to source systems and supported by a clear audit trail.
Review significant movements, investigate anomalies and present concise commentary, risks and recommended actions.
Prepare and submit monthly Group/PLC reporting accurately and on time.
Maintain clear reporting calendars, control checklists and process documentation.

Financial control and balance-sheet ownership

Own the balance-sheet control framework, ensuring all material accounts are reconciled, reviewed, evidenced and resolved promptly.
Oversee intercompany accounting, reconciliations and confirmation of balances across Group entities.
Lead revenue, margin, stock, accrual, prepayment, fixed-asset, VAT and other key financial control reviews.
Ensure manual journals are complete, appropriately supported, accurately coded and independently reviewed.
Preparation and submission of the VAT returns and maintenance of the fixed-asset register.

Planning, commercial insight and business partnering

Assist the financial reporting elements of budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting cycles.
Partner with senior managers to improve financial understanding, ownership of budgets and decision-making.

Audit, statutory reporting and compliance

Assist with the year-end audit process, including audit planning, preparation of schedules, coordination of information requests and liaison with external auditors.
Maintain a strong control environment and contribute to internal-control testing, risk assessment and remediation activity.
Ensure finance processes are appropriately documented, consistently applied and continually improved.

Management/Leadership

Manage, mentor and develop a team of two finance professionals, ensuring high performance, continuous development, effective workload prioritisation and the delivery of accurate, timely financial reporting.
Act as the finance lead on technical accounting matters, providing expert guidance and leadership to the wider finance function and supporting business stakeholders in the interpretation and application of accounting standards, policies and financial reporting requirements.
Travel to other UK sites on an ad-hoc basis.

Key Requirements

Fully qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
At least 2 years’ post-qualified experiencein a financial reporting, management accounting, financial control or group reporting role.
Strong experience delivering month-end close, management accounts, board reporting and financial analysis.
Proven ownership of balance-sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting and financial controls.
Strong Excel capability, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, data analysis and report-model development.
Experience using an ERP system and financial-reporting tools; SAP and Cognos experience would be advantageous.
Strong technical accounting knowledge, with the judgement to identify and resolve reporting issues.
Ability to challenge constructively, explain financial results clearly and influence operational decision-making.
A continuous-improvement mindset and confidence to take ownership of processes.
Experience in prioritising workload and working in a pressurised environment.
Ability and drive to take full ownership over area of responsibility
Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent communication skills
Enthusiastic and driven to succeed.
Adaptable and flexible approach to the role
Desirable - Experience of reporting within a multi-entity or international Group environment.
Desirable - Experience in a Big 4 audit background
Desirable - Experience with Group/PLC reporting packs.