Head of Group Reporting Permanent NEW

Head of Group Reporting

Highly acquisitive Consumer facing business

C£100,000 + bonus and benefits

Central London / Hybrid

This acquisitive, highly profitable and entrepreneurial Consumer facing group has expanded from £600m in revenue to £1bn+ over the past 4 years. Through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, this impressively dynamic organisation continues to expand across multiple international geographies, maturing and professionalising at a rapid rate.

Following a recent restructure, the new position of Head of Group Reporting has been created.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the role includes:

• Leading and coaching a team of 4 qualified group accountants
• Owning the delivery of the monthly, quarterly and annual statutory consolidate numbers
• Taking the lead in the ongoing development of the new Oracle FCCs consolidation system
• Acting as Group lead on technical accounting matters, ensuring compliance with all IFRS accounting standards and providing technical expertise on complex accounting issues across the Group
• Managing the preparation of the monthly management accounts
• Managing the reporting of financial and covenant information to financiers
• Managing the relationships with the external auditors, leading the planning and management of the Group statutory audit process
• Supporting the production of Board papers and writing of Audit Committee papers
• Managing the preparation of the Head Office entities local statutory financial statements
• Being the Centre of Excellence for all Accounting matters and delivery of high quality external reporting (Annual Report’s and any ad hoc reporting as required)
• Drafting and documenting group accounting policies and monitor compliance with them
• Interpreting, providing guidance and applying accounting standards (IFRS and UK GAAP) to complex transactions impacting the Group and its subsidiaries
• Researching and analysing accounting pronouncements, regulatory updates and emerging issues to assess their impact on the organisation and upon the Group’s reporting requirements
• Responsibility for calculating Group consolidation journals relating to key transactions including acquisition accounting, disposal accounting, IFRS 16 and IFRS 9.
• Owning the group accounting policies document, ensuring it is kept up to date, and monitoring compliance with this across the Group
• Partnering the FP&A team on the technical accounting for budgeting and forecasting purposes
• Continuing the build out and management of the Group Reporting team
• Managing the Group risk register
• Supporting the Group Financial Controller on ad hoc projects as required

Required Candidate Profile:

• Practice trained Chartered Accountant, having already made the move into industry
• Experience of managing a multi-currency consolidation process
• In-depth technical accounting knowledge, specifically IFRS (ideally 3, 9, 15,16)
• Has led and coached a team
• High degree of experience in using, and developing the use of consolidation software
• Proven ability in building strong relationships across the business
• Demonstrably comfortable within a hands-on, fast paced every changing environment

This is a fantastic, highly visible role with the opportunity to have a significant impact across this fast paced, ever changing and highly profitable Group.