Job description
Axon Moore are looking for an experienced Group Financial Reporting Manager for a hugely successful professional services business in Manchester city centre for a 6 to 12 month FTC. As Group Financial Reporting Manager you will be responsible for:
Duties:
Duties:
- Management of shared services management accounts function
- Ownership of IFRS16 accounting and Management Incentive Plan
- Support ad hoc finance requests from business units and head office departments including Data and Assurance
- Line manager responsibilities for Group Accountant and Management Accountant (Shared Services)
- Management of the year end audit process, coordinating all aspects of the audit and being the key contact with auditors
- Ownership of preparation and review of statutory accounts
- Ownership and maintenance of Group accounting policies and procedures
- Understand, in depth, the Group accounting policies and methodology applied under both FRS 102 and IFRS. Lead the technical guidance and challenge to business units as required
- Provide accounting advice and write accounting papers for one-off transactions
- Implement new accounting standards and communicating this to the business units as well as senior management
- Management of tax accounting in conjunction with external advisors
- Preparation of annual transfer pricing calculations
- Coordination, review and submission of corporation tax, WHT and Employment tax returns in conjunction with external preparers and advisors
- Preparation of the SAO process and annual filing
- Point person for dealing with tax queries across the group and liaison with tax advisors and tax authorities as required
- Adherence to deadlines for monthly Group reporting; quality of technical accounting support; accuracy and timeliness of tax submissions
- Degree. ACA qualified.
- 5+ years’ experience in a fast-paced and changing environment
- Experience preparing consolidated statutory accounts
- Experience in a group reporting role advantageous
- Excellent analytical and data manipulation skills
- Proactive and inquisitive mindset
- Confident communicator
- Hybrid working, minimum 2 days in the Manchester office
