Group Finance Manager

Ad Idem Consulting; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ad Idem Consulting client, a UK packaging business, seeks a Group Finance Manager to own the group accounts and lead consolidation after a three-way merger.

The role focuses on aligning three sets of policies, charts of accounts and reporting timetables into a single, consistent group view, ensuring timely consolidation for leadership reliance.

Qualifications

• ACA qualified with audit grounding
• Experience in group consolidations and statutory accounts
• Comfortable with post-merger integration and policy alignment

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end consolidation for the group
• Manage intercompany reconciliations and prepare statutory accounts
• Drive post-merger integration and align accounting policies and processes

Skills

ACA qualified

Audit background

Group consolidation

Education

ACA qualification

Job description

Our client, a UK packaging business, is looking for a Group Finance Manager to take ownership of the group accounts.

The business has recently been formed through the merger of three established companies, so alongside the core group reporting (month end and year end consolidation, intercompany reconciliation and the preparation of group statutory accounts) you will play a central part in the post-merger integration. That means aligning three sets of accounting policies, charts of accounts, processes and reporting timetables into a single, consistent group view. Success looks like a clean, timely consolidation the leadership team can rely on, and a finance function that runs on common processes and controls rather than three legacy ways of doing things.

The ideal background is ACA qualified, with a grounding in audit followed by a move into industry and hands on experience of group consolidations. Our client is also open to someone qualified by experience, who has prepared statutory accounts during an audit career without completing the chartered qualification. Exposure to a merger, acquisition, or integration project would be useful. You will need to be comfortable building structure where it doesn’t yet exist.

The role is based near Leeds, approximately 10 minutes by train, with a salary between £65,000 and £80,000 depending on experience.