Senior Financial Reporting Manager

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

# Senior Financial Reporting ManagerAccounting / Finance,Financial ReportingNovember 10, 2026Contract### Job Description* Contract* South East* Posted 11 hours ago* £60,000 per annumWebsite**CV-Library**Location: Ashford, Kent (Hybrid Working Available)Contract: Fixed-Term Contract, 6 MonthsSalary: Up to £60,000 per annumStart Date: ASAPSellick Partnership are currently recruiting for a Senior Financial Reporting Accountant to join a well-established not-for-profit healthcare organisation on a 6-month fixed-term basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced finance professional to play a key role in supporting a major budgeting cycle, enhancing financial reporting processes, and assisting with the implementation of a new finance system. The role offers hybrid working and the opportunity to make an immediate impact within a busy finance team.Reporting into the Deputy Chief Finance Officer, you will provide hands-on support across budgeting, financial planning, management reporting and finance process improvement. The successful candidate will combine strong Finance Business Partnering capabilities with advanced Excel expertise to drive efficiencies, improve reporting and support key strategic projects.### Key Responsibilities* Support and enhance the organisation's budgeting and financial planning processes.* Work closely with stakeholders across the business to provide financial insight and challenge budget assumptions.* Produce and develop monthly management information and financial reports for senior leadership teams.* Create and maintain financial models, dashboards and automated reporting tools.* Utilise advanced Excel skills to analyse large datasets and improve reporting efficiency.* Support the implementation and set-up of a new finance system, helping to streamline finance processes.* Develop and improve budget templates, forecasting models and reporting frameworks.* Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes through automation and standardisation.* Support financial performance monitoring and provide meaningful analysis to aid decision-making.* Document processes and ensure a robust handover of improvements implemented during the contract.* The Ideal Candidate* Will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with:* Previous experience in a Finance Business Partnering, Financial Planning, Reporting or Management Accounting role.* Extensive experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes.* Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, Power Query, Power Pivot, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS and reporting automation.* Strong analytical and technical accounting skills.* Experience improving finance processes and implementing efficiencies.* The ability to communicate financial information effectively to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.* Experience supporting finance transformation projects or finance system implementations would be highly desirable.### Benefits* Hybrid working arrangement.* Opportunity to contribute to a significant budgeting and finance transformation programme.* Exposure to finance system implementation activity.* Collaborative and supportive working environment.Immediate start available. If you are an experienced finance professional looking for your next contract opportunity and have the budgeting, business partnering and advanced Excel expertise required to hit the ground running, we would love to hear from you.Apply now or contact Rebecca Dawson at Sellick Partnership for a confidential discussion.Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website