Financial Reporting Manager

Oxford Instruments; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in materials analysis is seeking a Financial Reporting Manager in High Wycombe. This role involves responsibility for financial reporting, team management, and business partnership, working closely with stakeholders to enhance decision-making and drive change. Ideal candidates will be fully qualified and experienced in a complex international business environment, offering an excellent opportunity to shape the finance function.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private health and dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Pension plan

Share incentive plan

Career development and support

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience as a management accountant or similar in international business.
• Experienced in budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation.
• Strong people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all business reporting and managing a team of 6.
• Produce monthly consolidated accounts and provide revenue analysis.
• Support R&D processes and engage in continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Education

Fully qualified (AAT, CIMA, ACCA)

Job description

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Materials Analysis is an Oxford Instruments Business Unit that manages our Electron Microscopy and Mechanical Microscopy products, Atomic Force Microscopes, Raman Microscopes and Benchtop NMR Products. We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that also includes Andor Technology, NanoScience, Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

We are seeking a Financial Reporting Manager to join our Finance Team in High Wycombe. In this newly created role, you will be responsible for providing meaningful financial information and advice to Business managers and partnering with the business; responsible for all business reporting and managing a team of 6. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who demonstrates a keen ability to build relationships with stakeholders, has a curious mindset and builds trust through understanding. The reporting manager will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team and will play a key part in shaping the High Wycombe office.

Location :

We are based in High Wycombe (Cressex) and have hybrid working, which is 3 days in the office, with 2 days at home. Our working week is 37 hours, with flexible working hours and 12:30 Friday finishes.

Working at Oxford Instruments Materials Analysis - What’s in it for you?

• Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 12 weeks more
• Employee Assistance Programme; including 24/7 telephone support, access to counselling, financial and debt management and access to trained legal advisors
• Private health insurance, dental insurance and life assurance

Money & lifestyle –

• MyDiscounts; save money with a number of leading retailers
• Car salary exchange scheme: sacrifice part of your salary in exchange for a fully serviced, comprehensive insured electric or hybrid vehicle
• TechScheme and CycleScheme: Purchase a bike and/or Tech or home goods from Currys/IKEA and spread the cost over 12 months.
• Pension; all employees are eligible to join the Group Pension Plan administered by AVIVA.
• Share incentive plan: Invest in your future and share in the success of the company by joining the share incentive plan.

Development –

• Encouragement and support to achieve professional and or academic qualifications to support your development and growth
• Defined career paths and regular reviews

This role would be ideal for you if…

• You are fully qualified (AAT, CIMA, ACCA etc)
• You have experience of success as a management accountant (or similar role) in a complex, international business.
• You are experienced in consolidation, budgeting and forecasting.
• You thrive at ensuring that technical developments and other activities are clearly linkedto commercial and other financial outcomes and explains this requirement to their people.
• You are a people manager with the ability to set clear expectations for the team and that cultivates an open culture.

Responsibilities:

The Financial Reporting Manager role is broad, with scope to get involved in a variety of tasks, such as people management, business reporting and support, which are outlined as follows

Reporting:

Responsible for all Materials Analysis business reporting:

• Produce monthly consolidated MA accounts in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Review the local factory ledgers with the finance team on a monthly basis before consolidation
• Active & regular review of the financial accounts for the overseas subsidiaries (located in USA, High Wycombe, France, Germany, Sweden , Korea and China). Work with the finance teams to ensure the data reported is accurate and agreed
• Revenue and margin analysis reports based on product/region/segment on a monthly basis and ad hoc reports/analysis as required by the business
• Weekly orders/sales analysis
• Support overseas offices as required
• Produce monthly Visual Management KPI data for Senior Leadership Team across all factories and the MA Exec team
• Monthly balance sheet review across all sites and quarterly reviews with General Managers/Finance Business Partners
• Business Partnering with departments in High Wycomb

Budgeting and Planning

Liaising and supporting the MA International Finance Manager with the annual budget:

• Orders
• Revenue & COGS Budget
• P&L, Balance Sheet, Capex and Cashflow
• Foreign Currency Budget
• Support the SLT to develop the 3 year Strategy on an annual basi

People Management

• Create a supporting and open culture within the finance team ensuring that ideas are listened to and improvements made to improve efficiency
• Build a highly effective team, who take ownership to drive change
• Support the members of the finance team in their ongoing career developmen

Support

• Actively support R&D process working closely with project managers and business managers on project/product investment evaluations
• Actively encourage and engage in Continuous improvement activities both in the finance team and in the broader business
• Support other regular and one-off business decisions using appropriate techniques (e.g., sensitivity analysis, investment evaluation techniques, etc.)
• Proactively provide regular and ad hoc financial information, analysis and advice on business issues to managers.
• Coach and support managers within the business in financially based analysis and decision making
• Maintain effective working relationships with budget holding managers within the business.
• Support the team with the annual year end financial audit
• Member of the High Wycombe SLT

Next steps:

If you’d like to learn more before applying, or have any questions please contact [e-mail] . Applicants will be reviewed as quickly as possible, with successful applicants being invited to a Teams call to learn more about the role. Our interviews will consist of a psychometric test, and a 2 stage process, which will be held on-site at our office.

Equal opportunities and reasonable adjustments:

Oxford Instruments is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Oxford Instruments is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. Please get in touch if you require any reasonable adjustments within the interview process.