Senior Financial Reporting & Budgeting Lead – Hybrid

The CFO HQ; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Immediate start

Finance transformation exposure

Job summary

The CFO HQ is seeking a Senior Financial Reporting Manager in Ashford, Kent, on a 6-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting initiatives, building models and automated dashboards to support decision-making.

Ideal candidates are fully qualified accountants with extensive experience in finance partnering, planning, and reporting, plus advanced Excel skills and a track record of improving finance processes and systems.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with strong budgeting/forecasting experience.
• Experience in finance business partnering and management reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support budgeting and financial planning processes across the organisation.
• Provide financial insight and challenge budget assumptions with stakeholders.
• Produce monthly management information and financial reports for senior leadership.
• Develop financial models, dashboards, and automated reporting tools.
• Support finance system implementation and set-up to streamline processes.
• Improve budget templates and forecasting models; drive reporting standardisation.

Skills

Finance business partnering

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

Pivot Tables

Power Query

Power Pivot

XLOOKUP

SUMIFS

Reporting automation

Job description

The CFO HQ is seeking a Senior Financial Reporting Manager in Ashford, Kent, on a 6-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting initiatives, building models and automated dashboards to support decision-making.

Ideal candidates are fully qualified accountants with extensive experience in finance partnering, planning, and reporting, plus advanced Excel skills and a track record of improving finance processes and systems.