Robert Half Finance & Accounting are delighted to be supporting a large, well-established UK organisation with the appointment of a Finance Manager. The business is recognised for its strong operational foundations, progressive leadership, and a culture that genuinely prioritises professional development, collaboration, and continuous improvement. With a focus on doing things the right way, they value people who take ownership, bring new ideas, and contribute to shaping a high-performing finance environment. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced accountant who enjoys financial reporting, project management, complex structures, and contributing to strategic finance initiatives within a supportive and people-focused organisation. The role is a full time, permanent contract based out of their Central Bristol office with excellent transport links, where they work to a hybrid working pattern. The Role Working as part of a high-performing Group Reporting structure, the Finance Manager will lead a small team and play a key role in delivering accurate and timely statutory reporting across a large portfolio of legal entities. You will be responsible for overseeing the planning, project management, and production of legal entity accounts, ensuring that statutory filings, compliance requirements, and internal controls are met to a consistently high standard. Alongside this, you will help shape longer-term initiatives to improve the efficiency and structure of the group's legal entities, partnering closely with internal and external stakeholders. This is a position that sits within the organisation's Group Reporting leadership team-offering genuine influence, visibility, and involvement in setting team culture, priorities, and future direction. What You'll Be Doing Owning the end-to-end planning and project management of circa 350 entity accounts, including around 100 subject to external audit Coordinating internal and external stakeholders, including audit partners, to deliver statutory accounts to an agreed timetable Reviewing, preparing, and finalising legal entity accounts, drawing on wider Group Reporting resources where needed Driving a longer-term entity rationalisation programme-identifying unnecessary entities, simplifying structures, and reducing audit requirements where appropriate Working closely with the company secretariat team to ensure entity structures remain accurate, compliant, and up to date Reviewing and simplifying intercompany trading relationships, eliminating legacy balances, and ensuring recoverability of key intercompany accounts Owning the legal entity adjustment ledger and ensuring accurate posting into the Group result Supporting broader change and transformation initiatives across the finance function, balancing BAU with project activity. Contributing to continuous improvement, leveraging technology to improve controls, efficiency, and accuracy Playing an active role in future finance systems implementation What We're Looking For Professionally qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong technical and statutory reporting experience Proven ability to manage a team and support others' development Experience working with complex group structures and delivering high-quality reporting to tight deadlines Strong IFRS knowledge and experience in audit or group financial statements Excellent Excel skills, with exposure to ERP and consolidation tools beneficial. For more information, please call Paige on 01179 935 445. To apply, please e-mail Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.