Manager, Financial Reporting

Alvarez & Marsal; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in the UK is hiring a Manager Financial Reporting to join the EMEA Finance Team in Manchester. You will lead month-end close, prepare statutory and management accounts, and ensure intercompany reconciliation and VAT compliance.

The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with 5–8 years PQE, strong Excel skills, and experience in professional services or multi-site businesses. You will partner with auditors and external advisors while mentoring junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACCA/ACA and 5–8 years PQE in professional services.
• Experience with local GAAP/IFRS and VAT in EMEA; multi-site exposure.
• Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, pivots) and familiarity with SAP is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Oversee monthly close under GAAP and ensure timely journals.
• Prepare management accounts, reconciliations, and intercompany invoices.
• Coordinate VAT returns and statutory filings across UK and EMEA.
• Support audit processes and maintain strong external relationships.
• Mentor junior staff and promote robust internal controls.
• Collaborate with tax colleagues and external advisors.
• Drive process improvements and maintain accuracy across entities.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Team player

Deadline-driven

Attention to detail

Education

ACCA/ACA

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

SAP

Job description

Description

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with entrepreneurial, action- and results-oriented professionals. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and helping them reach their potential. A&M is different by design: we give people ownership and impact from day one, fuel development through real opportunity, and provide direct access to leaders who invest in our growth. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact clients and shape our industry. Guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity, our collaborative, globally minded environment is why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

The EMEA Finance Team supports offices across Europe and the Middle East as part of the shared service function. The Financial Reporting team forms part of the overall EMEA Finance team and is responsible for all financial accounting, reporting and compliance requirements for the EMEA entities including but not limited to month end close, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations and statutory and compliance filings (VAT, Financial Statements, and so on). The role includes forming collaborative partnerships with stakeholders including but not limited to external advisors, auditors and A&M colleagues

How you will contribute

This role is ideal for an ambitious audit trained, qualified accountant with 5 to 8 years PQE, ideally in a professional services industry or similar. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, world-leading consultancy organization. Our high performers are rewarded with career development in a fun, people focused environment.

Joining an established EMEA Finance Team in [London] [Manchester], the Manager Financial Reporting reports to the Senior Manager Financial Accounting

The Responsibilities Month end - GAAP

• Completing monthly close to global deadlines including preparation and posting of month- end journals
• Preparation / review of monthly management accounts reconciliations and variance analysis, including timely resolution of differences
• Preparation / review and settlement of intercompany invoices

Monthly local statutory accounts, fiscal and compliance

• Take responsibility for the preparation of various UK and non-UK financial statements and statutory accounts as required. Entities in the EMEA Group include a combination of LLPs, Limited and Holding companies
• Support EMEA Group audit and financial statements preparation and reporting to ensure timely completion and filing
• Partner with colleagues to ensure consistency of process, approach and accounting treatments are adopted across all entities as appropriate
• On a monthly basis review and reconcile local GAAP / management accounts, understand differences and where appropriate adjust GAAP and/or local books as required
• Lead the preparation and review of VAT return (s) and support on VAT compliance matters as required
• Build strong external relationships with the wider A&M business, also external advisors, including auditors and local accountants

Other

• Support the preparation of other fiscal returns e.g. Corporation Tax, PSA, Statistical Returns etc
• Support and partner with the wider Finance Team; Accounts Payable, Billing, Treasury and Payroll and other functional areas
• Partner with tax colleagues to ensure CIT returns, withholding tax and transfer pricing obligations are met
• Manage external outsource accountants relationships and agreed deliverables to agreed timelines and quality standards
• Support the implementation and roll out of local country e-invoicing process’ and integration as required
• Assist on ad-hoc projects as required
• Support the development and mentoring of junior team members
• Be a positive brand ambassador for Finance
• Ensuring a robust control environment is operated and maintained

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACCA / ACA desirable) with 5 to 8 years PQE, ideally in a professional services industry or similar
• Previous experience operating in an international multi-site business with exposure to FX transactions
• Experience of overseeing the preparation of local GAAP financial statements (FRS102 and IFRS in particular), in addition to the preparation group financial statements
• Consolidation preparation experience is advantageous
• Experience in VAT preparation, review and submission (EMEA and UK)
• Robust technical knowledge
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel (V-Look ups/Pivots etc)
• Working knowledge of SAP advantageous
• E-invoicing knowledge
• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines, results orientated and “can do” attitude
• A natural team player who builds collaborative, positive relationships with other members of the EMEA Finance team and other business stakeholders to support one another to resolve queries and support the growth and evolution of the organization
• Strong communication skills

Your journey at A&M

At A&M, professional growth is tied directly to performance, not tenure. Our people take on meaningful, hands-on work supported by a performance development process that rewards contribution and fosters a culture of meritocracy. Stretch roles, evolving business needs, and firm growth create ongoing opportunities for ownership and building new skills, while direct access to senior leaders provides mentorship and real-time coaching along the way. We also prioritize your wellbeing through comprehensive benefits and resources. Together, these elements create an environment where high-performing professionals can continue to grow and advance from day one