Job Description
Senior Manager, Group Financial Reporting
We are recruiting on behalf of a very well-known bank (House Hold Name) for a Senior Manager of the Group Financial Reporting Team, As a member of our finance team, you'll collaborate with business partners to provide invaluable insights, analysis, and precision in decision-making.
What You'll Do:
* Lead and oversee the external financial reporting process for the consolidated Group, ensuring high-quality deliverables within tight deadlines.
* Analyze complex areas of external financial reporting, understanding the impact of various transactions on financial statements.
* Establish a robust control environment to ensure accuracy and reliability of consolidated financial information.
* Collaborate with finance, business, accounting policy, and risk experts to address external disclosure requirements and financial reporting challenges.
* Communicate complex financial concepts to senior stakeholders, including the Group Audit Committee.
* Drive in-depth reviews of financial reporting areas and spearhead initiatives for process optimization and automation.
* Act as deputy financial reporting Lead as required, managing senior stakeholders and the Group FR team.
* What You'll Need to Succeed:
o Relevant financial reporting experience with a large financial institution, ideally in a Group capacity.
o Understanding of external disclosure requirements for large organizations, preferably in financial services.
o Familiarity with consolidation and Saracen is advantageous.
o Strong knowledge of IFRSs and awareness of best practices in financial reporting.
o Ability to analyze and solve complex problems and challenge existing procedures.
o Strong communication skills to convey financial issues to management and senior stakeholders effectively.
o Experience managing teams and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
o Experience implementing process optimisation or automation is beneficial.
This role is unable to provide Sponsorship.