Head of Financial Reporting (FTC) - Croydon, England, United Kingdom

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Job purpose:

The Senior Management Accountant is a leading role in the Group finance function, manging the delivery of robust and timely management and statutory information and driving tax reporting and compliance. The candidate will take ownership of financial information in NetSuite, managing one direct report and partnering with colleagues across Financial Operations and FP&A to ensure high-standards and a strong process and control environment – the ability to identify and drive improvements to add efficiency and improve insight is vital to the role. The candidate will be responsible for management of group and local audits, and for tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and so the ability to balance competing deadlines and to plan effectively is a must. The role is an 18 month Fixed Term Contract to cover a maternity leave.

How you will contribute at Janes:

• Managing one direct report and two shared reports, setting standards and providing career enhancement through delegation of work and training/upskilling.
• Driving the monthly management reporting cycle to ensure information is accurate and deadlines are met. Seeking efficiencies to streamline process through delegation and training or automation. Ensuring detailed balance sheet reconciliations prepared by team, primarily through Vena reporting system (no prior system experience necessary but commitment to training a must).
• Managing the statutory reporting requirements/audits of the group and its subsidiaries, including overseas entities, under IFRS/UKGAAP/local GAAP.
• Working with external tax advisors on corporation tax / VAT compliance worldwide, and managing implications of tax changes across the group.
• Leading Balance Sheet and Cashflow budgeting and forecasting.
• Identifying and implementing improvements in processes, ensuring robust financial controls are in place and applied across the group.
• Managing Group environmental reporting requirements / other ad hoc reporting requirements.
• Providing technical accounting support to Finance leaders and the wider business as required.

The ideal skills and experience for this role are:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
• Organised, methodical and able to deliver under strict deadlines while effectively prioritizing conflicting tasks
• Experience of managing audits and preparing financial statements under IFRS / UKGAAP
• Strong communicator with confidence to challenge existing structures and lead process improvement; ambitious to deliver best-in-class financial reporting
• 27 days of annual leave
• Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)
• Private medical insurance– Vitality
• Maternity (100% of basic salary for the first 26 weeks followed by Statutory Maternity Pay)
• Paternity (100% of basic salary for 6 weeks)
• Life cover
• Access to Linkedin Learning
• Access to an on-site gym

Life at Janes

We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.

Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.

Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications

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