Group Finance Manager - Reporting & Control - Castleford/Hybrid

Axon Moore; Castleford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A PE-backed financial group based in Castleford is seeking a Group Finance Manager to oversee financial reporting, compliance, and audit processes. The role requires a qualified Accountant with significant experience in financial control and knowledge of IFRS standards. This position offers hybrid working and additional benefits including a car allowance and a 10% bonus.

Benefits

Hybrid working (3-4 days on site)

10% Bonus

Car Allowance

On site parking

Qualifications

• Fully qualified Accountant with 3+ years PQE.
• Strong experience in financial accounting and control.
• Knowledge of IFRS 9, IFRS 15, and IFRS 16.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial close process across the Group.
• Prepare consolidated group accounts under IFRS.
• Manage the annual audit process with external auditors.

Skills

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Financial control expertise

Knowledge of IFRS standards

Experience in group accounting

Job description

Overview

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Group Finance Manager to join a PE backed, fast paced, high growth and acquisitive group with HQ based in Castleford. This is a senior finance role reporting to the Group Finance Director, offering exposure to Executive and Senior Leaders in the business, as well as external advisers and external audit team. The role will be responsible for delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting for the Group, ensuring strong governance, technical compliance and operational efficiency across all financial control activities. The role will take the lead on all financial accounting matters, including the preparation of statutory accounts under FRS 101/FRS 102 for a range of subsidiaries, preparation of robust consolidated group accounts under IFRS, and day to day management of the external audit. The role will also ensure strong controls and processes around period end close and group reporting, including monthly consolidated management accounts and balance sheet integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead on driving a timely, accurate and compliant period end and year-end financial close process across the Group
• Preparation of monthly group consolidation
• Ensure timely resolution on intercompany discrepancies and manage the Group intercompany reconciliation process
• Ensure legal entity to management accounts is fully reconciled
• Oversee capex and disposals reporting as well as fixed asset accounting, including lease accounting (IFRS16)
• Implementation of centralised accounting policies, controls and checks to ensure robust and accurate accounting and manage updates to accounting policies where appropriate
• Lead on balance sheet compliance, ensuring completion of reconciliations and periodic review
• Provide technical accounting support to the wider finance team and operational business units
• Business lead on all technical accounting matters for the group, including bad debt provisioning (IFRS9), revenue recognition (IFRS15) and lease accounting (IFRS16)
• Responsibility for leading the annual audit process and key contact for external auditors
• Preparation of consolidated group accounts under IFRS and lead on production of subsidiary statutory accounts under FRS101/FRS102
• Oversight of tax reporting processes and compliance, working with external providers
• Group-wide planning of annual stock counts as well as ensuring ongoing processes and controls in place regarding accounting for inventory
• Support the finance integration of acquisitions, including accounting treatment, reporting structure, and control processes
• Work closely with the FP&A and Treasury functions to ensure alignment between operational performance, planning, and statutory reporting

The successful candidate will

• Be a fully qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with 3+ years PQE (ideally)
• Be practice trained and/or with strong experience working in a financial accounting role with a clear track record in financial control or group reporting
• Have strong knowledge of accounting standards (including IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16) and their appropriate application
• Have experience of group accounting and/or working in a centralised finance team of a large multi-entity group (Advantageous)

What's on offer

• Hybrid working (3-4 days on site)
• 10% Bonus
• Car Allowance
• On site parking