Group Reporting Manager

A PE backed leisure and travel business is looking to hire an ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) qualified candidate to join its finance function.

You will take ownership of group wide financial reporting, consolidation, and statutory compliance. This role will lead the group reporting process and assist in coordinating the external audit, ensuring robust financial controls and technical accounting standards across the group. This position operates at a strategic, group wide level.

Main duties include:

• Own and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual group consolidation process.

• Preparation of quarterly management accounts
• Responsible for ensuring the business appropriately adopts new accounting policies, legislation and best practice

• Ensure intercompany balances are reconciled and eliminated accurately.
• Deliver high-quality board and shareholder reporting packs.
• Maintain and enhance group reporting systems and processes.

• Providing technical accounting support across the business

• Lead the year-end statutory accounts preparation process for group entities.
• Act as the primary contact for external auditors.
• Coordinate audit deliverables and ensure timely resolution of queries.
• Manage technical accounting matters and prepare position papers where required.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and financial reporting requirements.

• Prepare group financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards UK GAAP as applicable.

• Own and strengthen group-wide financial controls and policies.
• Actively manage and standardise entity-level reporting to ensure consistency and accuracy
• Take full responsibility for the monthly group close process, including hands on balance sheet reconciliations and review
• Support the implementation and monitoring of internal controls.
• Identify process improvements and efficiencies across the finance function.

• Maintain and improve systems & processes to ensure strong financial control, identify risks and implement internal controls

• Provide technical accounting guidance to finance managers across the group.
• Support strategic initiatives including acquisitions, and system implementations.

You will be ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) qualified with experience in industry in a group reporting and consolidations role.

This is a great chance to work for a growing business in a role with lots of autonomy