Job Description

The role of Financial Reporting Manager provides an excellent opportunity to develop and demonstrate first class technical capabilities whilst working at the centre of the UK’s largest multi-disciplinary professional services practice, alongside leading accounting specialists. The role also provides the opportunity to strengthen your professional profile by interacting and influencing at senior leadership level, including the CFO, Finance Partner and Audit Committee.

The UK firm’s reporting group comprises circa 60 UK subsidiaries, the Middle East and Channel Islands firms and various joint ventures and associates based in the UK and overseas. Whilst focusing on financial reporting deliverables, statutory reporting and defining the group’s accounting policies, you will have additional opportunities within the team’s other diverse work streams.

The role will primarily focus on leading the following areas of the team’s responsibilities

• Year-end reporting
• Monthly and quarterly reporting
• Other financial reporting deliverables, including banking covenant reporting and other regulatory requirements.
• Accounting policies
• Other areas, such as acquisition accounting and troublesome practice matters.

The team are responsible for the preparation of financial statements of a range of the firm’s UK entities under IFRS, including detailed explanatory memorandums for the entities’ directors and OneFinance leadership. This requires liaising closely with the external auditors and internal specialists from the Tax, Treasury and Company Secretarial teams.

Essential skills and experience

• A relevant qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with experience in financial controls and accounting, either from within business or as an auditor.
• Experience in financial reporting requirements, specifically IFRS and interpretation of new standards
• Experience working with enterprise systems and financial control environments.
• Ability to manage and coach junior team members
• Provide support to colleagues at all levels including training where necessary.
• Good communication skills and the ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to relay complex messages in an understandable manner.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, as well as excellent attention to detail and curiosity to develop understanding and valuable insights.
• Experience in using innovative technical solutions to drive efficiencies and solve problems.
• Experience in understanding the business environment and the interconnectivity of projects, on a local and global level.
• Ability to apply knowledge from previous global experiences and share knowledge and insight.
• Ability to build and sustain strong relationships with colleagues and lead firmwide teams of mixed grades and experience.

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’ and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A relevant qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with experience in financial controls and accounting, either from within business or as an auditor. • Experience in financial reporting requirements, specifically IFRS and interpretation of new standards • Experience working with enterprise systems and financial control environments. • Ability to manage and coach junior team members • Provide support to colleagues at all levels including training where necessary. • Good communication skills and the ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders • Ability to relay complex messages in an understandable manner. • Strong planning and organisational skills, as well as excellent attention to detail and curiosity to develop understanding and valuable insights. • Experience in using innovative technical solutions to drive efficiencies and solve problems. • Experience in understanding the business environment and the interconnectivity of projects, on a local and global level. • Ability to apply knowledge from previous global experiences and share knowledge and insight. • Ability to build and sustain strong relationships with colleagues and lead firmwide teams of mixed grades and experience.