External Reporting Lead

A successful services business is seeking an External Reporting Lead to join the team in the Chesterfield area for a fixed term contract.

Your Role

• Leading the groups half-year and year-end financial statements production, ensuring accuracy and time efficiency are prioritised, as well as signing off any relating work for subsidiaries.
• Taking ownership of the groups accounting manuals, technical accounting papers and policies, ensuring they are updated with any developments or revisions and making sure the business is adhering to best practice reporting, updating the policies where needed to push this.
• Effectively managing internal and external stakeholders, including auditors and board members with regard to financial information and processes, particularly acting as a key point of contact for external auditors.
• Providing insightful input for the annual reports and for papers relating to the Audit & Risk Committee and board.
• Proactively seeking solutions to improve efficiency across the business to streamline financial reporting processes and the audit process.
• Taking responsibility as the groups key point of contact for technical accounting queries and advice, providing insight into new accounting standards and providing your sign off for any related technical accounting matters.
• Managing the financial statement processes for subsidiary entities.

You MUST Have

• Must be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Extensive post-qualified experience in a relevant financial and external reporting role.
• Strong and practical knowledge of IFRS and other key accounting standards is essential.
• Proven experience in managing audit processes end-to-end in a lead capacity.
• Experience within a Top 4 or other well-known audit/accounting practices is highly desirable but not essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Must demonstrate strong stakeholder management and engagement abilities.

Your Opportunity

As a house-hold name, this business has seen strong and consistent success for the last few decades and as such, this is a fantastic time to join the team. Reporting into the Financial Controller and working cohesively as part of the External Reporting Team, this position will be vital in shaping the ongoing reporting processes for the business, with the position holder taking ownership of the accounting policies and technical standards. You'll be acting as a key point of contact for many of the internal and external parties involved in the end-to-end process and as such this will be a fantastic opportunity to develop interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.

The successful candidate will have a competitive renumeration pay, depending on experience, alongside a strong peripheral package including bonus potential, a generous car allowance and plenty of other incentives. The role supports hybrid working, with three days a week expected in the office, allowing you to strike an effective balance between work and life. In addition to an attractive package, you’ll gain unparalleled experience within a nationally respected business.

If this career-defining role is of interest to you, please don’t hesitate to reach out to: Joshua Whitton - Recruitment Partner.