Head of External Reporting

Rentokil Initial; Crawley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Crawley seeks a candidate for a technical finance leadership role. This position involves ensuring compliance with accounting standards, managing financial reporting, and overseeing the Treasury team. The candidate will play a vital role in ESG reporting and lead the Group Financial Reporting team.

Responsibilities

• Overall project management of financial statements production.
• Managing the external audit process and stakeholder relationships.
• Providing thought leadership on technical accounting judgments.

Job description

The candidate will provide technical finance leadership for the Group, working closely with stakeholders from FP&A, Tax, Treasury front office, Investor Relations, Communications, and Legal teams. The role is responsible for ensuring compliance with technical accounting standards and Group accounting policies while considering the commercial realities of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Overall project management of the production of the financial statements sections of the Interim Results, Preliminary Announcement, Annual Report and Accounts, and Form 20-F filed with the SEC.
2. Managing the external audit process and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
3. Providing thought leadership on key technical accounting judgments and ensuring the development and integrity of the Group accounting policies, in compliance with IFRS and other relevant legislation.
4. Playing a key role in ESG reporting.
5. Overseeing the back-office Treasury team.
6. Ensuring that the ‘Group’ SOX controls are effectively designed and operated.
7. Managing and developing the Group Financial Reporting team (5 direct/indirect reports) and the back-office Treasury team.