Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Sellick Partnership; South Willesborough; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Immediate start

Finance transformation project access

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is recruiting a Senior Financial Reporting Accountant for a 6-month fixed-term contract in Ashford, Kent, with hybrid working. The role focuses on budgeting, financial planning and enhanced reporting within a busy finance team.

You will lead financial modelling, automation and system implementation support. The successful candidate will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA-qualified with strong Excel skills and a track record in finance transformation projects.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience in Finance Business Partnering and budgeting/forecasting.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, Power Query, Power Pivot and automation.
• Strong analytical and technical accounting abilities.
• Experience implementing finance processes and system improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support and enhance budgeting and financial planning processes.
• Provide financial insight and challenge budget assumptions with stakeholders.
• Produce and develop monthly management information and financial reports for senior leadership.
• 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 setup of a new finance system and streamline 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 for decision-making.
• Document processes and ensure a robust handover of improvements.

Skills

Finance partnering

Financial planning

Financial reporting

Management accounting

Advanced Excel

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Pivot Tables

Power Query

Power Pivot

XLOOKUP

SUMIFS

Job description

Location: Ashford, Kent (Hybrid Working Available)
Contract: Fixed-Term Contract, 6 Months
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum
Start Date: ASAP

Sellick Partnership is 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.

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