Financial Reporting Manager - 12 Months

National Grid plc; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Financial Reporting Manager, where you will play a key role in delivering high-quality statutory reporting for UK operations. This exciting opportunity involves preparing annual accounts, managing audit relationships, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. With a hybrid working model, you will enjoy flexibility while contributing to a team that values innovation and excellence. The organization is committed to supporting its employees and fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, making it an ideal environment for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Up to 15% Annual Bonus

28 days annual leave

Generous contributory pension scheme

Financial support for professional memberships

Life Insurance 10 x base salary

Family care benefits

Health, fitness, and wellbeing apps access

Qualifications

• Expertise in financial reporting and IFRS principles is essential.
• Ability to manage complex financial topics and disclosures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review annual statutory accounts and ensure compliance.
• Oversee Group consolidation process and maintain control environment.

Skills

Financial statement reporting

Technical accounting principles (IFRS)

Transaction and close process management

Governance, risk and controls knowledge

Stakeholder relationship building

Influencing and managing indirectly

Tools

SAP

ICON

Job description

We’re looking for a passionate Financial Reporting Manager – 12 Months to join our Record to Report team. This role is responsible for the delivery of high-quality statutory and group external reporting for the UK operating companies. Your main duties will also include the provision of quality supporting information to facilitate an effective statutory audit process.

This role can be based out of our Strand or Warwick office, and we’d hope to see you at least two days per week but you’re welcome to be in the office more often if that would work best for you. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You'll Do

• Prepare and review annual statutory accounts and other external reporting matters, ensuring compliance with financial deadlines and regulations.
• Serve as the key relationship point for local audit relationships at the Senior Manager and Director level.
• Oversee the Business Unit (BU) input to the Group consolidation process, ensuring high-quality, timely, and consistent monthly reporting.
• Prepare externally reported semi-annual group financial reporting packages and conduct analytical reviews of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow results monthly.
• Maintain an effective control environment for Financial Reporting, including SOx and Non-SOx controls, and ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Support the development of technical training, provide complex accounting input for BU/function-specific needs, and maintain close liaison with other Centres of Expertise to enhance business knowledge and technical acumen.

What You'll Have

• Financial statement reporting and technical accounting principles (IFRS).
• Ability to prepare and articulate complex financial topics and disclosures to the external accounts.
• Accounting and Reporting Pronouncements.
• Transaction and close process management.
• Knowledge of governance, risk and controls and compliance standards.
• Being able to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Influencing and managing indirectly through matrix structures and dotted reporting lines.
• Business Software and Applications (ideally including SAP and ICON).

What You'll Get

Competitive Salary dependent on experience.

Plus:

• Up to 15% Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance).
• 28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days in addition.
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days every year.
• A generous contributory pension scheme - we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions.
• Life Insurance 10 x base salary.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days)
• Access to apps which support health, fitness, and wellbeing.

Further Information

This is a hybrid working role from our Strand or Warwick office with circa 2 days in the office. The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 8th Jan 25, with interviews due to take place w/c 13 Jan 25 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.