Financial Reporting Manager

TN United Kingdom; Scotland; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Financial Reporting Manager to enhance their Accounts team in Taunton. This role involves preparing and analyzing financial data to support strategic decision-making for future growth and stability. The ideal candidate will be ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, with experience in group reporting and a strong grasp of financial regulations. This opportunity offers a collaborative environment where your contributions will significantly impact the organization’s success. Join a purpose-led team committed to inclusivity and professional development, and take your career to the next level.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Health and wellbeing benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Parental leave

Support for professional qualifications

Paid time off for volunteering

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA with experience in financial reporting.
• Strong analytical and communication skills for client interactions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze financial information for strategic decisions.
• Produce accurate management accounts and financial reports.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and assist with audits.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Statutory Accounts

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Intercompany Charges Understanding

Commercial Acumen

Education

ACA Qualification

ACCA Qualification

CIMA Qualification

Tools

Advanced Excel

Management Information Systems

Job description

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Salary: Starting from £50,000.00 (depending on experience)

Working hours: 35

Duration: Permanent

About the role

Lloyd & Whyte, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Financial Reporting Manager to join our Accounts team in their Taunton office.

The team is looking for someone experienced in group reporting and statutory accounts to provide support in preparing, developing and analyzing financial information to allow the organization to make well-informed decisions for future stability, profitability, and growth in support of the business strategy.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organization.

Key responsibilities

• Achieve individual targets and key performance indicators as set and agreed
• Maintain and follow financial policies and management information systems
• Promote, develop, and enable our values and culture within the team, including qualification, product, and technical knowledge with relevant competency levels achieved and maintained
• Produce accurate and timely management accounts and financial reports
• Assist with ensuring effective and robust management of the Company's finances
• Assist with Budget and forecasting
• Highlight improvements in financial processes and systems
• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations
• Work collaboratively with all colleagues to deliver an exceptional client experience
• Assist with statutory audit, providing external auditors with necessary documentation and support
• Work within a regulated environment, understanding and supporting the wider team with implementing and maintaining policies to meet FCA client money requirements
• Work collaboratively with all business areas producing comprehensive financial information to guide effective policy making and financial strategizing
• Assist with ad hoc financial reporting to a variety of stakeholders

Knowledge, skills and experience

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Previous experience within a similar role/regulated environment
• Confident and capable in communicating, presenting, networking, managing relationships and providing an excellent client experience
• Understand intercompany charges across the wider group
• Understand modern management information systems
• Intellectual with strong commercial acumen and technical accountancy knowledge
• IT literate with advanced Excel knowledge and highly analytical
• Able to commute to our Taunton office multiple times per week (Full time during initial training/probation).

What we offer

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, company cash plan, income protection, and life assurance
• Enhanced sick pay and parental leave
• Support and funding toward study and professional qualifications
• Paid time off for volunteering

Lloyd & Whyte offer a range of specialist insurance services to a variety of clients. Our specialisms range from niche scheme insurance for Healthcare professionals to expert insurance for commercial motor vehicles and professional broker-to-broker insurance services. We also have a wide range of personal insurance services that cover homeowners from standard houses through to thatch & listed character properties and high-value homes. The Lloyd & Whyte Group is split into five different client divisions which include multiple companies and brands.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs, and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.