As the Head of Financial Accounting and Reporting, you will play a pivotal role in leading the financial accounts team. Your primary responsibilities will include managing technical and central accounting areas such as provisions, insurance, pensions, property, intercompany.

You will ensure that all reconciliations are fully reconciled, documented, evidenced, and approved. Additionally, you will identify and follow up on high-risk areas through detailed balance sheet reviews. Your leadership skills will be crucial in providing solutions for technical accounting scenarios for the commercial finance team.

• Manage the Financial Accounts team covering technical and central accounting areas
• Ensure all reconciliations are fully reconciled, documented, evidenced, and approved
• Identify and follow up on high and inherent risk areas through detailed balance sheet reviews
• Provide solutions for technical accounting scenarios for commercial finance team
• Lead the month-end close process, coordinating with senior finance representatives
• Support forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning process around central costs, balance sheet and cash flow accounting
• Maintain responsibility for Fixed Asset function including reporting, processing, compliance with Group approvals and capex spend monitoring
• Act as key point of contact for half year, year end and statutory external audit

The ideal candidate for the Head of Financial Accounting and Reporting role is a qualified finance professional with a blend of practice and industry experience preferably from a “Big 4” background. You should have experience in interpreting IFRS and implementing new standards. Experience of working within a shared services or large Finance organisation is essential. You should possess strong people management skills with an ability to develop team members. Your excellent interpersonal skills will enable you to communicate and influence senior stakeholders effectively.

• Qualified Finance professional with a blend of practice and industry experience with “Big 4” background
• Experience in interpreting IFRS and implementing new standards
• Experience of working within a shared services or large Finance organisation
• Strong people management skills with an ability to develop team members
• Ability to communicate and influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• High numeric and analytical skills