Finance Manager - External Reporting

Your role as a Finance Manager - External Reporting

• • To support on technical and statutory aspects of Greene King’s financial reporting and compliance. This role has a focus on external reporting and includes Statutory Reporting, delivery of the external audit, technical accounting and judgements and group reporting.
  • Build relationships across the finance community, particularly at peer level in the Centre of Excellence
  • Develop strong relationships with the group’s parent to discuss relevant accounting/statutory items with the shareholder’s accounting team

Further responsibilities include:

• • Delivery of financial impairment models including goodwill, intangibles and investments
  • Support on technical accounting areas, draw conclusions, agree position with external auditors and implement agreed accounting positions  
  • Support in reviewing and setting accounting policies and drive compliance across the wider finance function, and across the business where appropriate
  • Prepare the interest and debt forecasts for the annual budget and 5 year strategic plan process
  • Support in the preparation, review and delivery of external reporting from group and subsidiary accounts to shareholder reporting.
  • Support the overall delivery of the group and subsidiary audits, developing a strong relationship with the auditors, proactively discussing and resolving issues as and when necessary
  • Manage and review the preparation and delivery of our monthly and quarterly reporting to the Group’s parent
  • Responsible for subsidiary accounting across a number of areas including IFRS 16, and PPE
  • Support on automating complex and changing reporting requirements, ensuring best practice is balanced with pragmatism and accuracy
  • Support and/or lead on accounting projects as required (e.g. intercompany and organisation simplification)
  • Assist and deputise for the Senior Finance Manager – External Reporting

Developing Self and Others

• • Direct responsibility for the line management and personal development of one finance individual
  • Ensure customer-centric focus and high levels of service (internal & external)
  • Continue to develop own talents and strengths and address any areas of self-development
  • Prioritise workload and allocate accordingly to drive value-add activity, triaging requests as appropriate and setting the agenda to the team

• Qualified accountant, with proven technical experience
• A strong people leader, capable of motivating, leading and influencing teams both under direct control, through the Centre of Excellence and across a matrix structure
• Able to form and develop relationships across the wider Greene King business, shareholder and with advisors
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, able to explain and present technical items in simple ways
• Ability to flex with changing priorities