Group Reporting Manager

We are looking for a self-driven, conscientious and well-organised Group Reporting Manager to join our Finance division in our Swindon Head Office. The Group Reporting Manager will play a key role within the team and be responsible for completion of all month end reporting; managing month end close, ensuring accuracy of the ledgers and creating and producing management accounting reports to assist with business decisions.

The successful candidate will have a strong accounting skillset and experience in a similar role. They will need to be comfortable with immature processes and systems in some areas and able to adapt ways of working to develop the management accounting function. A friendly and confident communicator is required in order to develop close working relationships across finance and the operational business and the ability to lead and develop a team of four.

We can be flexible and offer hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage the end to end and day to day month end close process, ensuring deadlines are met. Including calculation of accruals, prepayments and other accounting adjustments and journal review;
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of four, one qualified management accountant and three assistant accountants within the management accounts team;
• Reconciliation of inventory, sales, and cost of sales;
• Balance Sheet reconciliation review and improvement, including maintaining the BS Reconciliation RAG matrix;
• Coordinating, communicating and running the month end management accounts preparation;
• Capex reporting improvements and maintenance of the fixed asset register with the support of one of the Assistant Accountants;
• Identify and support the implementation of process improvements to develop the management accounting function;
• Assist with preparation of tax, VAT and papers and schedules to support external reporting and financial statement disclosures;
• Providing information to external auditors and tax advisors where necessary;

Skills and Experience:

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified accountant with post-qualified experience, educated to degree level.
• Previous experience managing a team
• Strong core technical accounting skillset;
• Great organisational skills, able to prioritise workload and work under pressure;
• Advanced excel skills;
• Desirable but not essential - Concur, Sage and retail experience.
• Strong communication and presentation skills. Confident in dealing with all levels within the company, including senior management, and non-finance specialists.

Benefits:

• Employee discount: amazing discounts available on all Oak Furnitureland products after successful completion of probation
• Life assurance: free cover of a minimum of two times your annual salary up to the age of 65
• Birthday: an additional day off for you to celebrate your birthday
• 25 days holiday
• Pension: 4% employee contribution matched by the company
• Employee Assistance Programme: gives all employees access to both telephone and face-to-face counselling services
• My Rewards Programme: offers discounts on everything from restaurants and supermarkets, to entertainment and holidays
• Free on-site parking
• Hybrid working