Position: Group Reporting Manager
Reporting to: Group Financial Controller
Contract type: Full time - Permanent
About Cera
Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and repeat prescription services in people’s homes via technology. In under five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly £250m revenues.
Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to 40 hospitals or 1,000 care homes and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastest growing businesses in Europe.
Cera currently holds more than 160+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. Its technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed its recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers.
About the role:
We are actively looking to hire an experienced Group Reporting Manager. This is an exciting and wide-ranging role that will be reporting directly into the Group Financial Controller but will also work closely with the Integration, FP&A, and Accounts Payable teams, currently split between Colchester, London and Hailsham. The role includes:
* Managing and overseeing the Management Accounting, Financial Accounting and Reporting teams.
* Review and oversight of month-end close process and subsequent reporting.
* Review and oversight of all external reporting, including statutory reporting.
* Working with auditors to complete the Group’s statutory audits.
* Working with tax advisors to complete corporation tax returns.
* Working with Integration team to get acquisitions integrated onto NetSuite.
What we’re looking for:
The ideal candidate will be an ambitious Group Financial Accountant or an existing Group Reporting Manager who possesses the following skills and experience:
Essential Technical Expertise
* Consolidated Accounts: Proven experience producing comprehensive consolidated accounts.
* Statutory Reporting: Extensive experience in all aspects of statutory reporting, covering both FRS102 and IFRS standards.
* System Knowledge: Strong proficiency in accounting systems (experience with NetSuite is highly desirable due to integration work).
Financial Tools: Strong Excel skills are critical for financial analysis and reporting.
Leadership & Management Skills
* Team Oversight: Experience managing and overseeing accounting and reporting teams.
* Development: Good team management skills, including proven experience training and mentoring staff members.
* Collaboration: Ability to work effectively as part of a wider finance team while interacting closely with Integration, FP&A, and AP teams.
Key Behavioural Competencies
Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills for internal and external stakeholders (including auditors and tax advisors).
Execution: Excellent attention to detail and the ability to maintain the right attitude and energy to execute tasks effectively.
Organisational Prowess: Good organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly.
Work Ethic: Proven ability to work independently, manage time efficiently, work to tight deadlines, and perform well under pressure.
What we offer:
* Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements
* 25 days holiday + your birthday off as well as bank holidays
* Mobile phone, laptop and remote IT package setup for WFH days
* Company pension scheme
* Training and development for your role and future career development
* Competitive salary, discretionary bonus and long-term employee schemes
* ‘Extras’ discount platform and Employee Assistance Programme
* Refer a Friend scheme
* Service and Recognition awards
Life at Cera:
We champion diversity, inclusion and well-being to create a workplace where you value yourself and feel proud of who you are. We believe in a world where you have the freedom to explore and express yourself without judgement, no matter who you are or where you’re from. Where individuality is a source of confidence, because difference makes the world a better place. People from cultural or gender diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Our team is made up of academics, innovators, start-up accelerators and care experts, all connected by a vision to build a better future for care through the combination of best-in-class carers, empowered by technology.
This role is envisaged as an office role, working with the Colchester Finance Team. Whilst some WFH may be possible, at least initially it wil