Balance Sheet Manager (6 month Contact)

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Role Summary: The Balance Sheet Manager is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity and compliance of the organisation’s global balance sheet. This role oversees reconciliation, validation and analysis of all balance sheet accounts and plays a key part in the month‑end and year‑end close processes in partnership with Global Finance Operations, FP&A, Treasury and audit teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage all aspects of the global balance sheet across multiple GL accounts, ensuring timely reconciliations, integrity and full substantiation of balances.
• Review aged items, suspense accounts and inter‑company balances, ensuring they are cleared or resolved promptly.
• Review journal entries, accruals and adjustments for accuracy and compliance.
• Perform balance sheet variance analysis, explaining movements and highlighting trends or anomalies.
• Maintain a robust control framework over balance sheet accounts, ensuring compliance with internal policies and audit standards.
• Support the preparation of financial statements, ensuring the balance sheet reflects the true financial position.
• Provide technical accounting support to global finance and wider teams.
• Support the month‑end close process and work to improve efficiencies to reduce month‑end time.
• Assist with group consolidation and inter‑company eliminations.
• Support the implementation of audit recommendations and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Tax, Legal, FP&A) and external auditors.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance with UK GAAP/IFRS.

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive; the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may be expected within the scope of the post.

Person Specification:

• ACA/ACCA or international equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in finance or accounting roles, with a focus on balance‑sheet reconciliations, management accounting and financial analysis.
• Experience working in a global organisation with exposure to multiple currencies and international operations, including group consolidations and multi‑entity environments.
• Strong understanding of financial principles, including knowledge of IFRS and UK statutory reporting.
• Proficiency in financial modelling and analysis using Excel and other financial software (preferably Workday).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Proven leadership ability with experience in managing and developing a team.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in financial reporting and analysis.
• Must be able to take ownership and manage their own workflow with minimal input from management, setting their own goals and planning how to achieve them, prioritising against tight deadlines.

Closing Date: 2026‑01‑17