Role Summary
After a period of strong growth, a highly acquisitive and profitable Accountancy Services group is looking to develop its Finance Team with a newly created role for a Group Management Accountant. The role will be responsible for the production and analysis of the Group's financial and management information. The role will provide the Group CFO, Board, shareholders, banks, funders and senior management with accurate, timely and commercially relevant financial reporting and commercial analysis.
This role is the outward facing production side of the wider Finance department and will require a strong track record in management reporting to board level along with excellent presentational, production and analysis capability. The successful candidate will be responsible for of the Group's monthly reporting cycle, its consolidation, management accounts, Board reporting, KPI reporting, cash flow reporting, forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis, together with the preparation of financial information required by the Group's banking and ownership partners.
They will be expected to have an excellent grasp and a keen interest in the underlying performance of each business, its identifying trends and exceptions, and provide management with clear insights into the financial position and performance of the Group. The role will work closely with the Group CFO, as well as the Group’s Financial Controller, and the subsidiary’s’ management teams.
Key Responsibilities
Production and development of Group Management Reporting content - Taking already approved period closed actuals and producing monthly management informational content for the Group and its subsidiaries.
Board Reporting / Board Pack - Take primary responsibility for preparing the financial content of the monthly/quarterly Board reporting pack. The role will be expected to turn detailed financial information into concise, commercially understandable Board-level information. There will be cross over into Operational reporting also.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning - Manage and coordinate the Group's budgeting and forecasting processes.
Cash Flow & Treasury Reporting - Manage the Group's cash flow model and supply reporting and forecasting.
KPI & Performance Reporting- Develop, maintain and report the Group's financial and operational KPI framework.
Parent Company Reporting Pack - Take responsibility for preparing the first draft of the parent company's financial reporting pack for review/approval of the CFO.
Bank & Funder Reporting - Production of quarterly financial information banking requirements.
Ad Hoc / Strategic Responsibilities - Support the CFO and Board with matters including acquisition analysis, financial due diligence and further stakeholder presentations.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate must be or have:
- A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Strong management accounting knowledge.
- Experience in developing and producing Group management accounts and MI packs.
- Experience consolidating multiple companies.
- Strong Excel, AI and financial modelling skills.
- Experience with budgeting and forecasting.
- Strong cash flow forecasting skills.
- Experience producing Board-level financial information.
- Strong understanding of balance sheets and working capital.
- Experience analysing actual performance against budget and forecast.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to meet tight reporting deadlines.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
- Commercial understanding and the ability to challenge underlying assumptions.
- Experience working with banks and institutional funders.
- Experience with Xero.
- Experience developing financial models.
- Industry experience in professional services is desired but not essential
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will be:
Commercial – understands what the numbers mean for the underlying business.
Inquisitive – able to ask the right questions, in the right way, at the right time and for the right reasons.
Analytical – able to identify trends, anomalies and emerging risks.
Accurate – takes ownership of the integrity of financial information.
Organised – capable of managing multiple reporting deadlines across eight subsidiaries.
Proactive – identifying issues rather than waiting for them to be identified by the CFO.
Practical – able to get into the detail when required without losing sight of the overall Group position.
Communicative – able to explain financial information clearly to the Board, management, banks and funders.
Commercially aware – understands that financial reporting is intended to support decision-making, not simply record historical transactions.
Discreet and trustworthy – comfortable handling confidential financial, shareholder, funding and strategic information.