SCC
Financial Accounting & Reporting Manager
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.
Role: Financial Accounting & Reporting Manager
Location: Birmingham (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary Package: Competitive salary plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm, Monday – Friday
Interview Process: 2-stage process
Why SCC?
- An inclusive workplace
- Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
- Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
- Career development and life-long learning opportunities
- Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company
Role Purpose
Responsible for delivering accurate and timely financial reporting, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and supporting the wider finance team in maintaining strong financial controls. The role plays a key part in month-end close, audit processes, and continuous improvement of financial processes.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Accounting
- Oversee the general ledger and ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial records.
- Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and balance sheet substantiation.
- Ensure appropriate accounting treatment of complex transactions in line with FRS 102.
- Maintain and enforce accounting policies and procedures.
- Support tax computations and liaise with group tax team
Financial Reporting
- Lead the production of statutory financial statements and supporting disclosures.
- Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
- Provide variance analysis and commentary to senior stakeholders.
- Support group reporting requirements, including consolidation
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Audit & Compliance
- Act as the primary contact for external auditors, coordinating audit activity and delivering required information.
- Support internal audit processes and implement recommendations where required.
- Ensure compliance with internal control frameworks and financial governance standards.
- Monitor changes to accounting standards and assess their impact on the business.
Controls & Risk Management
- Maintain a strong control environment across financial accounting processes.
- Perform regular balance sheet reviews and identify potential risks or issues.
- Ensure robust documentation of processes and controls.
- Maintain and enhance financial control frameworks, polices and governance.
Process Improvement & Systems
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy of reporting processes.
- Drive automation and standardisation initiatives within the finance function.
- Support finance system enhancements and upgrades.
- Improve data quality and reporting capabilities.
- Champion a continuous improvement culture with ownership to resolve issues and elevate performance.
Business, Stakeholder & Team Support
- Partner with teams across Finance and the wider business to provide financial insights.
- Provide technical accounting guidance to colleagues.
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and projects as required.
- Mentor and support junior team members.
- Review work prepared by less experienced team members to ensure quality and accuracy.
Skills And Experience
- Qualified Accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with minimum three years post-qualification experience.
- Strong and up-to-date technical knowledge of accounting standards (UK GAAP).
- Experience of month-end and year-end close processes and working with auditors
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong data literacy skills.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
About Us
SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.
We are an equal opportunities employer
SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.
If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.
Diversity & Inclusion at SCC - https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/
Sustainability at SCC - https://www.scc.com/sustainability-at-scc/
Life at SCC - https://www.linkedin.com/company/scc/life
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills