Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Our client is looking for an experienced and qualified accountant to play a pivotal role in shaping the financial success of one of the world's leading conservation organisations.

Senior Financial Reporting Manager
Location: Head Office, Regents Park, London NW1 - Hybrid
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £70,000 per annum

Purpose of the Role

This is a visible, high-profile position that offers the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders, providing strategic insight and driving excellence across this conservation charity's financial and commercial reporting.

As Senior Reporting Manager, you will lead a small, high-performing team and take responsibility for the organisation's business and commercial reporting, including monthly performance reporting, budgeting, forecasting, KPIs and business planning, as well as financial reporting on cash, reserves and the balance sheet. You will also support the year-end process and preparation of the Annual Report, while contributing expert financial analysis and modelling to inform decision-making across the organisation's four businesses.

This is a hybrid role, typically based 2-3 days per week at the charity's iconic Regent's Park headquarters. It's an exciting opportunity for a strategic finance leader who thrives in a mission-driven environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Financial & Commercial Reporting: Lead the organisation's financial and commercial reporting, including month-end close, business planning, budgeting, forecasting, KPI development and performance insights, ensuring timely, high-quality analysis and clear reporting that supports strategic decision-making. Which includes the development of finance reports, through systems such as Power BI.
• Financial Accounting: Oversee the organisation's financial accounting and statutory reporting, including consolidated cashflow, balance sheet and reserves management, VAT and Gift Aid returns, and year-end audit preparation, ensuring robust ledger integrity, accurate reconciliations and successful sign-off of the Annual Report and Financial Statements.
• Leadership and Business Partnering: Lead and develop the business partnering team while working directly with senior stakeholders across the organisation, providing strategic insights and hands-on support to drive performance, growth, and alignment across all four business units, including dedicated focus on the Fundraising and People Directorates.

About You

• Qualified accountant (either ACCA, ACA or CIMA) with proven experience leading a business partner function.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and experience of PowerPoint.
• Proven finance business partnering experience working within a large complex organisation.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in business performance whilst maintaining positive relationships.
• Experience of managing a small team, with a successful track record of providing direction, support and coaching.
• Ability to provide insight from financial and non-financial data.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, being able to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders balancing support and challenge.

About the Employer

This organisation is an international conservation charity. Through their unrivalled animal experts in their two zoos, the work of their pioneering scientists, their dedicated conservationists, their purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Their vision is a world where wildlife thrives and they're working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, they are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

What do they offer?

They are proud of their approach to employee benefits. Their benefits include:

• Their vision and purpose - you'll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help them to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct
• Pension scheme - they offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension
• Flexible working - talk to them about your flexible working requirements and they will do everything they can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
• Holidays - 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays
• Wellbeing - access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to their 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance - eligible employees will be enrolled in their life assurance scheme from their first day
• Complimentary tickets - annual allocation of Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
• Cycle2Work - their cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
• Season ticket loan - they offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work
• Family friendly policies - they offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages

This employer strongly encourages applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. They are committed to ensuring that teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. The organisation has active equality networks for staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by their strategic EDI Steering Group.

This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including the candidate's right to work in the UK.

Closing Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
N.B: The right is reserved to close this advertisement early - or extend the advertising date - until a suitable candidate has been found.

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