Morgan McKinley
Finance Manager
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We are seeking a technically strong Finance Manager to join the finance function of a growing, PE-backed education business.
Reporting to the Finance Director, the role will have a strong focus on financial reporting, technical accounting, financial control, consolidation, debt reporting, and statutory compliance, with exposure to the Group's PE shareholders and lenders.
Key Responsibilities
- Ownership of the monthly close process, including management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and review of key accounting entries.
- Preparation of Group consolidation and financial reporting, including intercompany accounting and eliminations.
- Oversight of balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, provisions, and fixed assets.
- Preparation and review of statutory accounts and coordination of the year-end audit.
- Supporting the application of UK GAAP / IFRS and assessing technical accounting matters.
- Preparation of debt schedules, interest calculations, and financing-related accounting.
- Preparation of debt covenant calculations and lender reporting, including leverage and covenant headroom.
- Preparation of regular PE investor and Board reporting.
- Ownership of key financial controls and accounting processes across the Group.
- Supporting the budgeting and forecasting process, including review of underlying financial data and assumptions.
- Supporting M&A activity, including acquisition accounting, financial due diligence, and integration of acquired businesses.
- Working with external auditors, tax advisers, lenders, and other professional advisers.
- Identifying opportunities to improve the quality, efficiency, and control of the Group's finance processes and reporting.
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- ACA / ACCA qualified, ideally with a strong technical accounting background.
- Strong experience in financial reporting, month-end close, and balance sheet control.
- Good understanding of consolidation, statutory reporting, and technical accounting.
- Experience with debt, covenant calculations, and lender reporting highly desirable.
- Ideally experience within a PE-backed, acquisitive, or multi-entity environment.
This role would suit an accountant looking for a technically focused position with broad exposure to Group reporting, consolidation, technical accounting, debt, and PE-backed financial reporting.
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