Group Financial Accounting Manager in Manchester

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

The Group Financial Accounting Manager leads a team of nineteen, including eight direct reports, located across McBride’s major European locations: UK, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland and Denmark.

• Effectively leading, coaching and developing the Chief Accountants team, ensuring delivery of team objectives while always demonstrating the McBride values (Always committed; working together, aspire to be the best; giving and taking accountability);
• The efficient and effective delivery each month of financial statements into the monthly Group consolidation, driving improvements in the month end close processes, targeting delivery of an earlier reporting close;
• Improving the quality of Balance Sheet reviews by doing monthly risks and opportunities reviews and providing clear visibility of these risks and opportunities to Group Finance Director, FLT and ExCo;
• Preparation of legal entity statutory reporting packs into the Group Annual Report, whilst meeting the requirements of Group reporting under IFRS (including managing complex accounting matters specific to McBride Plc);
• Accurate accounting and reporting of Group provisions, both exceptional and non-exceptional, including preparation of reporting for Audit Committee and the Group Annual Report;
• Leading the team to prepare annual statutory accounts under the specialist relevant local reporting GAAP for each entity;
• Managing the Group audit and local statutory accounts audits for all entities within its scope;
• Ensuring local tax rules are followed in relation to Corporation Tax, VAT, local specialist taxes;
• Monitor, maintain, and continuously support the organization's internal controls framework for key financial and operational processes;
• Work in conjunction with the Group Finance Director on financial aspects of the Group’s UK defined benefit plan;
• Serve as a trusted advisor to other functions and provide integration and project management support for acquisitions/disposals and key Group Finance projects (where appropriate);
• Responsible for integrity of distributable reserves across the entities.

• Communication – communicates at all levels clearly, listens and involves others in direction and goal setting.
• Team Building – builds effective relationships with people at all levels, while motivating and energising others.
• Leadership – provides vision and direction, inspires others to follow. Takes responsibility for involving, enabling and motivating people.
• Commitment to self-development – is not limited by previous experience and engages actively in improvement activities.
• Leading Change – plans for and successfully introduces change leading to improvements.
• Drive and self-motivation – achieves success with others, consistently operates as an example for others.
• Meeting customer needs – understands the importance of identifying and meeting the needs of external and internal customers.
• Building customer focus – works consistently to achieve customer focus and improve service standards within the team.
• Performance focus – uses resources effectively, with a clear focus on critical tasks and the achievement of objectives.
• Decision-making – analyses situations, makes sound judgements and takes appropriate decisions.

• Qualification: Must be a Qualified Accountant (ACA or CIMA)
• Experience: Strong audit background; Extensive experience of financial accounting and reporting within an international listed business; Strong understanding of International Accounting Standards and FRS101; Experience of SAP and Hyperion preferable; People management experience, including experience of managing staff remotely.