Finance Manager

Location: Liverpool

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days onsite / 2 days remote

Contract: 12 months, with potential to extend to 12–18 months

Equivalent Salary: Approximately £77,000 per annum

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager – Financial Accounting & Consolidation to join a global finance function in Liverpool.

This role will lead the Account-to-Report (A2R) team and co-lead the Group Consolidation function, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting across a global portfolio of legal entities.

You will have responsibility across financial accounting, group consolidation, statutory reporting, month-end close, financial controls, audit coordination and finance transformation.

The role will suit a fully qualified finance professional with a strong technical accounting background, proven people-management experience and hands‑on experience with consolidation processes and systems such as HFM/Hyperion.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the Account-to-Report team responsible for financial accounting activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting across a global portfolio of legal entities.
• Oversee month-end, quarter-end, half-year and year-end close activities.
• Review financial information and ensure completeness and accuracy before submission to Group Reporting.
• Provide guidance on technical accounting matters and complex accounting judgements.
• Oversee statutory financial statement preparation, review and filing.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards and local regulatory requirements.

Group Consolidation

• Co-lead the global consolidation activities across the group.
• Oversee group month-end consolidation and ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Work with HFM/Hyperion and core finance systems to support consolidation and reporting.
• Reconcile consolidation results between systems and investigate and resolve variances.
• Support consolidated balance sheet planning and ensure consistency of data across relevant systems.
• Provide insight and guidance on consolidation and financial reporting matters.

Audit & Controls

• Coordinate and support external audit activities.
• Work closely with external auditors and internal finance stakeholders.
• Apply a strong understanding of the audit process to financial reporting and accounting activities.
• Support the preparation of statutory accounts and audit requirements.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment across accounting and consolidation processes.
• Identify and support remediation of control weaknesses and process risks.
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting policies, IFRS requirements and control frameworks.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of accounting professionals.
• Oversee a team structure involving direct and indirect reports.
• Manage performance, objectives, succession planning and development activities.
• Provide guidance to wider accounting teams and support capability development.
• Allocate resources effectively to meet reporting, audit and project deadlines.
• Drive continuous improvement, digital upskilling and adoption of new technologies.

Finance Transformation & Systems

• Support finance transformation and process-improvement initiatives.
• Work with finance systems and consolidation technology, particularly HFM/Hyperion.
• Support system implementation and migration activities.
• Contribute to process standardisation, automation and improvements in financial reporting.
• Work with cross-functional finance teams to improve reporting processes and controls.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key finance partner to Group Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Finance Business Partners and Shared Services.
• Build strong relationships with senior finance stakeholders and external auditors.
• Provide clear and practical insight into accounting, consolidation and reporting matters.
• Drive timely resolution of reporting, audit and compliance issues.

What We're Looking For

• Fully qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent.
• 7+ years' experience across financial accounting, consolidation, statutory reporting and/or audit.
• Strong experience in financial accounting and group consolidation.
• Proven experience managing and leading finance/accounting teams.
• Experience overseeing traditional accounting activities and month-end close.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting and consolidation processes.
• Experience working with complex stakeholder groups.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and project-management skills.
• Experience with HFM / Hyperion or other consolidation systems.
• Previous audit experience, particularly earlier in your career.
• Experience implementing or improving financial processes and controls.
• Experience working with finance transformation or system implementation projects.
• Pharma experience would be advantageous.
• Manufacturing experience would also be relevant.