At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial reporting and tackle complex accounting challenges in a global business.
- Company: Smith+Nephew, a tech innovator focused on enhancing lives.
- Benefits: Generous bonuses, flexible work, health plans, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Join a community committed to inclusion, growth, and work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while collaborating with senior leaders and diverse teams.
- Qualifications: 7-10 years of finance experience, including Big 4 audit background.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 £ per year.
At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. If you are looking for a high visibility role at the centre of Group Finance, this is an exceptional opportunity. As a Senior Financial Reporting Manager, you will work across complex UK and US listed reporting requirements, partnering with senior stakeholders and contributing to how financial performance is communicated at the highest levels of the organisation.
This role offers real exposure, technical depth and variety, making it ideal for someone who thrives on complex accounting challenges and wants to make a meaningful impact in a global business. You will operate within the Group Financial Reporting team, supporting the central consolidation function and delivering high quality external reporting across a global organisation.
Your role will involve working across UK and US listed reporting requirements, contributing to external reporting outputs including regulatory filings such as Form 20-F. You will take ownership of complex accounting areas including acquisition accounting, impairment assessments and statutory profit adjustments, ensuring alignment with IFRS and Group policies.
You will collaborate closely with cross functional stakeholders including Treasury, Tax and other finance teams, particularly during peak reporting periods such as half year and year end. You will also work with external auditors, supporting audits and ensuring strong governance and compliance within a SOX controlled environment.
A key part of this role is translating complex accounting topics into clear and practical insights. You will write technical accounting papers, apply sound judgement and communicate effectively with non-finance stakeholders and senior leaders.
This is a highly visible and varied position, offering exposure to VP and SVP stakeholders and involvement in ongoing transactions, acquisitions and restructurings. This role requires a strong technical foundation combined with the ability to operate confidently in a large, complex organisation.
- Strong technical accounting expertise, including IFRS, group reporting and consolidation in a multinational environment.
- Experience working in a SOX controlled environment and managing complex accounting topics, including writing technical accounting papers.
- Around 7 to 10 years of relevant experience, including mandatory Big 4 audit background, ideally completed by industry experience within a large multinational or FTSE scale organisation.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and present clearly to senior stakeholders and work effectively with external auditors.
Inclusion and Belonging: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Inclusion and Belonging. Learn more about our Employee Inclusion Groups on our website.
Future: Generous annual bonus and pension schemes, Save As You Earn share options. Work/Life Balance: Flexible vacation and time off, paid holidays and paid volunteering hours, so we can give back to our communities! Private health and dental plans, healthcare cash plans, income protection, life assurance and much more.
Hybrid Working Model (for most professional roles). Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship. Discounts on gyms and fitness clubs, salary sacrifice bicycle and car schemes and many other employee discounts.
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Summary Location: UK - Watford Type: Full time
Senior Finance Reporting Manager (Permanent) in Northampton employer: Smith & Nephew
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