Senior Manager

Walker Hamill; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Allowance

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Walker Hamill is representing a FTSE 100 client in London for a Senior Manager, Head Office Reporting. This permanent, hybrid role focuses on redesigning Head Office finance processes, implementing a new ERP system, and establishing robust planning, reporting and governance across the corporate cost base.

You will deliver strategic financial insight, improve cost transparency and controls, and partner with senior stakeholders to drive decision-making through high-quality analysis.

Qualifications

• The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong FP&A and cost management skills.
• Able to translate complex financial data into clear commercial insights.
• Demonstrated credibility to influence senior stakeholders across the business.
• Experience leading and developing teams is essential.
• Advanced Excel skills and excellent communication abilities are required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the redesign of Head Office finance processes and governance.
• Oversee the implementation of a new ERP system.
• Establish best-in-class financial planning, reporting and governance across the cost base.
• Provide strategic financial insight to support decision making.
• Drive cost transparency, controls and process automation.
• Lead a small team and build a scalable finance function.

Skills

FP&A

Cost management

Advanced Excel

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

ERP system implementation

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manager, Head Office Reporting

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London/Hybrid

Salary Guide: c. £85,000 + Travel Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

REF: JD54078

Our client is a FTSE 100 company, having rapidly risen through the FTSE 250 in recent years. The Group has a robust business model, a clear strategy, an exceptional leadership team and an exciting growth trajectory. An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded finance leader to join a high-performing, international business in a newly created role at the centre of a significant finance transformation programme.

Description

Working closely with the Executive team and senior functional leaders, you will lead the redesign of Head Office finance processes, implement a new ERP system, and establish best-in-class financial planning, reporting and governance across the corporate cost base. You will provide strategic financial insight, improve cost transparency and controls, and support better decision-making through high-quality analysis and business partnering. Alongside leading a small team, you will drive process improvement, standardisation and automation, helping to build a scalable finance function capable of supporting continued growth.

Skills

The successful candidate for this Senior Manager, Head Office Reporting role will be a qualified accountant combining strong technical finance expertise with a proven track record of finance transformation and systems implementation. You will bring excellent FP&A and cost management skills, the ability to translate complex financial information into clear commercial insight, and the credibility to influence senior stakeholders across the business. Previous experience of leading and developing teams, together with advanced Excel skills and excellent communication abilities, are essential.

This is a rare opportunity to shape a newly created role with significant visibility, influence and long-term career potential within a successful and ambitious international organisation.