Financial Reporting Manager

Hays; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading market Insurance Group in Manchester is seeking an interim Financial Reporting Manager. The role involves managing statutory accounts preparation, audit support, and financial reporting processes while leading a team of six. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified accountant with strong managerial and financial reporting experience, available for a six-month interim position with hybrid working options.

Benefits

Generous daily rate

Hybrid flexible working

Qualifications

• Preparation and review of Statutory Accounts.
• Experience dealing with auditors.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation of year-end statutory accounts and VAT returns.
• Manage a team to support audit requests.
• Communicate applicable accounting standards under IFRS & UK GAAP.

Skills

Financial reporting

Team leadership

IT literacy

Process improvement

Education

Fully qualified accountant

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Peoplesoft

Job description

An interim Financial Reporting Manager role for a market-leading Insurance Group in Manchester.

Your new company
A market-leading Insurance Group in Manchester.

Your new role
An interim Financial Reporting Manager role, reporting to the Head of Financial Reporting and overseeing a small team.
You will be responsible for: Ensuring year-end statutory accounts and VAT returns, including supporting documentation, are prepared and completed to professional standards and to the relevant timetable. Managing the team to support the Head of with all audit requests. Improving processes to reduce wastage and applying appropriate controls materiality to financial processes, including process mapping & documenting. You will lead, manage, motivate, and support a team of 6 individuals. Regularly review and update of financial statutory reporting and controls including, process mapping &maintenance of the risk register. Produce and review Balance Sheet and cashflow summaries and commentary for functional and central costs. Ensure regular Balance Sheet reconciliations, to support and robustly challenge to ensure an appropriate risk based approach. You will communicate and cascade appropriate accounting standards under IFRS & UK GAAP and internal policies for other teams within finance. You will also work alongside the FP&A Manager and Business Partner teams to meet Cost Ownership deliverables in a timely and organised fashion.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be a fully qualified accountant with strong financial reporting experience in large companies. This will include the preparation and review of Statutory Accounts and supporting information and dealing with auditors. You will be solution-orientated, flexible and pragmatic and able to work under significant pressure and intensity. You will be a confident people manager with team leadership skills. Highly IT literate, you will have previous experience of large ERP systems, such as Oracle, SAP or Peoplesoft. Available at short notice, you will be happy to commit to an interim role for six months.

What you'll get in return
A varied and rewarding role, for a high-calibre business. A generous daily rate and Hybrid flexible working from office and home.

What you need to do now
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