Group Financial Reporting Manager

Imagination Technologies Limited; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Imagination Technologies Limited is seeking a senior financial reporting professional to partner with the CFO and Group Financial Controller. You will lead IFRS/UK reporting for a multi-entity, multi-currency group and manage a small team of qualified accountants.

You will own the group financial statements, drive policy development, and optimise NetSuite and Workiva workflows to deliver timely, audit-ready disclosures.

Qualifications

• Post-qualified experience in financial reporting roles including technical accounting and systems experience.
• Experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency group environment.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and its application in a group context.
• Experience optimising NetSuite to enhance financial reporting and internal controls.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and its application in a group environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review financial statements and disclosures under UK/IFRS requirements.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting and respond to changes in standards.
• Lead assessment and implementation of new accounting standards.
• Own group financial statement preparation from NetSuite to Workiva.
• Oversee revenue, leases, intercompany eliminations and FX translation accounting.
• Account for revenue, leases, intercompany eliminations, and FX translations.
• Liaise with external auditors and provide supporting analysis.
• Develop and maintain accounting policies and internal guidance.

Skills

Financial reporting

IFRS expertise

Multi-entity accounting

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Accounting policy development

Auditing collaboration

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

NetSuite

Workiva

Advanced Revenue Management (ARM) module

Job description

The role

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-paced global company where you’ll leverage your financial reporting knowledge expertise and systems knowledge, while driving forward exciting strategic projects. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller and working closely with the CFO, this role partners with senior stakeholders across the business to explain the impact of accounting for customer contracts, leases, and other complex transactions. The role will have 2 direct reports that are experienced qualified accountants.

You will be responsible for:
Financial Reporting

• Preparing and reviewing the financial statements and disclosures in accordance with the UK and IFRS reporting requirements
• Ensuring the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of financial reporting
• Keeping abreast of changes in UK and IFRS reporting requirements.
• Leading the assessment and implementation of new and amended accounting standards.
• Owning and manage the group financial statement preparation from NetSuite to Workiva
• Optimising and maintaining the chart of accounts, cost centres, and custom fields in NetSuite.

Technical Accounting

• Accounting for revenue, leases, intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translation.
• Working with commercial and operational teams to ensure technical considerations are factored into business decisions.
• Liaising with external auditors on key accounting issues and provide supporting analysis.
• Developing and maintaining accounting policies, memoranda, and internal guidance manuals.

Revenue Accounting

• Managing the Advanced Revenue Management (ARM) module in NetSuite
• Owning and developing IFRS 15 compliant revenue recognition policies
• Overseeing the financial accountant that owns the licence, support & maintenance, and royalty revenue accounting and billing
• Ensuring correct treatment of revenue-related balance sheet accounts
• Partnering with Sales and Legal on deal structuring providing input from a revenue recognition perspective
• Managing the month-end close process within NetSuite
• Leading projects to optimise NetSuite workflows, reporting, and consolidation
• Designing and implementing scalable month end close processes
• Helping to deliver training and knowledge-sharing on NetSuite and related tools across the finance team
• NetSuite experience with implementations or optimisations beneficial

About you

Committed to making your customers, stakeholders and colleagues successful, you’re an excellent communicator, listener and collaborator who builds trusted partnerships by delivering what you say, when you say. You’re curious, solutions orientated and a world-class problem solver who constantly seeks opportunities to innovate and achieve the best possible outcome to the highest imaginable standard.

You’ll have:

• A curious and solutions-oriented nature, with a strong problem-solving mindset and a focus on continuous improvement
• Proven post qualified experience in financial reporting roles, including technical accounting and financial systems experience.
• Experience working in a multi-entity, multi-currency group environment.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and its application in a group environment.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to present complex information clearly.
• Big 4 or top tier accounting firm background strongly preferred
• Proven track record of producing high-quality deliverables with thorough documentation supporting audit-ready deliverables.
• Experience optimising NetSuite to enhance financial reporting, financial operations, and internal controls.

Who we are

Imagination is a UK-based company that creates silicon and software IP designed to give its customers an edge in competitive global technology markets. Its GPU and AI technologies enable outstanding power, performance, and area (PPA), fast time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership. Products based on Imagination IP are used by billions of people across the globe in their smartphones, cars, homes, and workplaces.

We need your skills to help us continue to deliver technology that will impress the industry and our customers alike, ensuring that people everywhere can enjoy smarter and faster tech than ever before.

So come join us if you're wanting that something more

Bring your talent, curiosity and expertise and we’ll help you do the rest. You’ll be part of one of the world’s most exciting companies who are one of the leaders in semiconductor IP solutions.

As a part of our team, you can help us transform, innovate, and inspire the lives of millions through our technology.