Job Description

As Group Consolidation Manager you will be responsible for:

• Preparation of the consolidation for monthly, forecast and annual budget Group result, maintaining strong financial discipline in the process
• Producing insight and commentary for monthly consolidated financial reporting to be circulated to the Group executive and Board of Directors in line with the Group’s reporting timeframes
• Attending the monthly finance business unit meetings to review financial performance including profit and cashflow performance against targets
• Providing leadership and direction to the business unit finance teams across the Group on the consolidation and reporting process to ensure accurately and timely reporting in line with timeframes
• Managing the external audit engagements of the consolidation to ensure that the Group audit is successfully completed
• Researching technical accounting issues to provide advice and guidance on the appropriate accounting treatment, which ensure that the Group’s financial position is maximised and aligned to the financial objectives
• Assist the Group Financial Controller in driving improvements to internal control process across the Group to ensure integrity in the financial reporting process
• Responsible for the maintenance and governance of the Group chart of accounts and driving enhancements to the chart to support more robust analysis and reporting from the consolidated system (SAP BPC)
• Maintain and development the Groups accounting policies and guidance notes ensuring appropriate application across the Group entities
• Responsible for reviewing capital expenditure request against costs capitalisation rules

 

You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing c. 11,500 colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites we supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.

The Group Consolidation Manager is a key role in the financial control team, leading the preparation of internal financial reporting of budgeted, forecasted and actual Group results, which accurately reflects the performance of the group.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You should be a trained Chartered Accountant, ideally of degree calibre, with 3 to 5 years post qualification experience and have strong IFRS knowledge. You should also be an intermediate-advanced user of Excel. As you would expect, you should have strong analytical skills with the ability to research, understand and resolve a wide range of finance issues.  Also essential is your ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, managing multiple priorities, with a determination to achieve specific goals. You will liaise with people from different divisions and organisations, so a strong leadership presence and ability to communicate effectively is essential.