Group Finance Manager

Role & Responsibilities

Month-end & Controls

• Own the month-end close for a portfolio of key entities, ensuring accurate and timely delivery in line with Group deadlines, working closely with the finance shared service team as the primary point of contact to review outputs, resolve issues and unblock queries.
• Get hands-on where needed during month-end, directly owning postings and tasks that require closer oversight or sit outside the shared service team's scope.
• Own balance sheet integrity across your entities, reviewing reconciliations and ensuring provisions, accruals and intercompany recharges are accurately maintained.
• Ensure SoX controls are completed, reviewed and evidenced in line with Group requirements, identifying and addressing control weaknesses.

Reporting & Analysis

• Work closely with the Finance Business Partner to feed into budgeting, forecasting and management reporting cycles, providing reliable actuals, supporting assumptions and contributing commentary.
• Develop a strong understanding of the commercial and operational drivers across your entities, supporting ad-hoc analysis where needed.
• Support external audit requirements as needed, preparing schedules and responding to queries.
• Build strong working relationships with operational stakeholders to ensure financial accuracy and provide insight where needed.

Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Oversee and approve day-to-day finance operations across your entities, including payment runs, VAT and tax reporting, and other routine deliverables.
• Identify and implement process improvements across finance, focusing on data quality, efficiency and reducing manual effort.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the finance function, including shaping processes and reporting following D365 implementation.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Experience in an international or multi-entity business with month-end close and balance sheet ownership, or an audit background with the drive to transition into a hands-on finance role.
• Proven ability to take ownership, solve problems and drive tasks to completion.
• Pragmatic and commercially aware, able to bring context and understanding of the business into the numbers.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, including SoX or similar frameworks.
• Experience working with shared services or offshore finance functions.
• Experience with D365 or ERP implementations, with an interest in using technology to improve finance processes and reduce manual effort.