Group Finance Manager (Financial Reporting)

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group is looking for a Group Finance Manager (Financial Reporting) for a 12-month fixed term contract in Gloucester. The role involves preparing and reviewing financial reports, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. This position offers opportunities for professional development in a purpose-driven company committed to social impact.

Benefits

A competitive salary

Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

Generous annual bonus scheme up to 30%

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Health and wellbeing benefits including private healthcare

Full study support for professional qualifications

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Experience in producing consolidated financial results.
• Ability to meet deadlines and handle competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing and consolidating financial information for IFRS Annual Report.
• Planning and managing year-end reporting cycle.
• Developing and maintaining financial reporting processes.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

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Group Finance Manager (Financial Reporting), Gloucester

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Client:

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group

Location:

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: 12 MonthFixedTerm Contract

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref:203873

About the role

Benefact Group, are looking for a Group Finance Manager (Financial Reporting)to join ourGloucesteroffice on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract basis.

As a Group Finance Manager (Financial Reporting), you will be responsible forproducing and reviewing financial reporting, looking after some of the more judgmental areas of accounting and contribute to the development and improvement of processes.

Joining our rapidly expanding andinnovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career andbecome an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Sourcing, analysing, and consolidating financial information used to prepare the Group’s IFRS Annual Report and Accounts.
• Planning and communicating the Group’s year-end reporting cycle ensuring signing and filing objectives are met.
• Own some of the Group’s key technical accounting areas and the Group’s more judgemental areas of accounting ensuring accounting policy is applied appropriately and treatment is in compliance with relevant accounting standards.
• Develop key internal and external stakeholder relationships. The relationship with external auditors is key and the role will support surprise free statutory and regulatory assurance services.
• Preparation of audit committee, board and other committee papers supporting the Group’s key decision makers and financial reporting governance.
• Develop and maintain the integrity of the Group’s financial reporting processes and key controls.
• Coordinate, develop, update and integrate the Group’s accounting policies ensuring compliance across the Group.
• Gather and share insight into best practice reporting and accounting application.
• Research and resolve technical accounting issues, including the preparation of related papers and supporting the business with technical advice.
• Guidance on the accounting for past and future acquisitions.
• Develop processes to support consistent, error free and timely reporting.
• Identify and implement process improvements within the Group’s financial reporting function.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with an ability to explain complex information effectively and develop good working relationships at all levels both internal and external.
• Understanding of International Reporting Financial Standards, Companies Act and an appreciation of UK GAAP.
• Experience in producing consolidated financial results.
• An ability to meet demanding deadlines, handle competing priorities and adapt to the needs of the business.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 30%
  
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

About us

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 aninclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of usfeels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with arange of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interestsand we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applicationsfrom everyone.

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

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26