Russell Tobin
Finance Manager
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Senior Manager – Financial Accounting & Consolidation
Location: Liverpool
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days onsite / 2 days remote
Contract: 12 months, with potential to extend to 12–18 months
Rate: £335 per day PAYE
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
Financial Accounting & Reporting
- 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.
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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.
Team Leadership
- 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.
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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
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- 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.
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