Senior Finance Manager – Accounting & Operations

Leonardo; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global industrial group is seeking a Senior Finance Manager for its HQ in Reading, UK. The role involves managing financial accounting processes, owning financial reporting controls, and serving as a key contact for finance and auditors. Candidates should have significant operational finance experience and strong technical knowledge of IFRS and statutory requirements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience and knowledge of operational Finance processes.
• Sufficient technical knowledge of IFRS and statutory requirements.
• Previous experience within accounting or audit practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage all financial accounting processes.
• Own key controls over the financial reporting cycle.
• Prepare and review statutory accounts for legal entities.
• Act as point of contact for Finance function and auditors.

Skills

Operational Finance processes knowledge

Technical knowledge of IFRS

Excellent communication

Collaboration

Relationship-building

Job description

Job Description (ENG)

Leonardo is a global industrial group, among the main global players in Aerospace, Defence and Security that realises multi-domain technological capabilities in Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cyber Security and Space. With over 60,000 employees worldwide, the company has a solid industrial presence in Italy, the UK, Poland and the US. It also operates in 150 countries through subsidiaries, joint ventures and investments. A key player in major international strategic programmes, it is a technological and industrial partner of governments, defence administrations, institutions and companies.

Within the GCAP Joint Venture, in the Financial Operations team, we are looking for a Senior Finance Manager for GCAP HQ in Reading (UK).

Responsibilities:

• Manage all financial accounting processes, including month-end close, consolidation, and reporting activities;
• Own key controls over the financial reporting cycle such as reviewing journals and Balance Sheet reconciliations;
• Prepare and / or review statutory accounts for the relevant legal entities within their remit, and ensure consistency in the application of accounting standards and financial processes across all jurisdictions;
• Review and / or produce papers documenting significant accounting judgements. Review and / or prepare the journal entries for the one-time transactions and those supporting materials when required;
• Act as primary day-to-day point of contact for the rest of the Finance function and for statutory auditors as technical accounting subject matter expert;
• Manages consolidation processes across entities and inter‑company accounting.

Seniority: Senior.

Hard skills:

• Significant experience and knowledge of operational Finance processes, best practice, and performance at scale;
• Sufficient technical knowledge of IFRS, FRC guidance, as well as statutory requirements applicable to the companies in UK, Italy and Japan;
• Previous experience within accounting or audit practice.

Soft skills:

• Excellent communication;
• Collaboration;
• Relationship‑building skills;
• Ability to interact with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders of all seniorities and understand their key requirements.

Job Description (ITA)

Leonardo è un gruppo industriale internazionale, tra le principali realtà mondiali nell’Aerospazio, Difesa e Sicurezza che realizza capacità tecnologiche multidominio in ambito Elicotteri, Velivoli, Aerostrutture, Elettronica, Cyber Security e Spazio. Con oltre 60.000 dipendenti nel mondo, l’azienda ha una solida presenza industriale in Italia, Regno Unito, Polonia, Stati Uniti, e opera in 150 paesi anche attraverso aziende controllate, joint venture e partecipazioni. Protagonista dei principali programmi strategici a livello globale, è partner tecnologico e industriale di Governi, Amministrazioni della Difesa, Istituzioni e imprese.

All’interno della joint venture GCAP, nell’area Financial Operations, stiamo cercando un / una Senior Finance Manager da inserire nell’HQ a Reading (UK).

Responsabilità:

• Gestire tutti i processi contabili finanziari, inclusi la chiusura di fine mese, la consolidazione e le attività di reporting;
• Assumere il controllo delle principali attività del ciclo di rendicontazione finanziaria, come la revisione delle scritture contabili e le riconciliazioni del bilancio;
• Preparare e / o revisionare i bilanci statutari delle entità legali di competenza, assicurando coerenza nell’applicazione degli standard contabili e dei processi finanziari in tutte le giurisdizioni;
• Revisionare e / o produrre documentazione che illustri giudizi contabili significativi. Revisionare e / o preparare le scritture contabili per operazioni una tantum e i relativi materiali di supporto, quando richiesto;
• Agire come punto di contatto primario quotidiano per il resto della funzione Finanza e per i revisori legali come esperto tecnico di materia contabile;
• Gestire i processi di consolidamento tra entità e la contabilità intercompany.

Seniority: Senior.

Competenze tecniche:

• Significativa esperienza e conoscenza dei processi operativi finanziari, delle best practice e della gestione delle performance su larga scala;
• Conoscenza tecnica sufficiente degli IFRS, delle linee guida FRC, nonché dei requisiti statutari applicabili alle società in UK, Italia e Giappone;
• Precedente esperienza in ambito contabile o in studi di revisione.

Competenze comportamentali:

• Eccellenti capacità comunicative;
• Collaborazione;
• Abilità nel costruire relazioni;
• Capacità di interagire con un’ampia gamma di stakeholder interni ed esterni di ogni livello gerarchico, comprendendo le loro esigenze chiave.

Competenze linguistiche: Eccellente conoscenza dell’inglese, sia scritto che parlato (livello C1).