Statutory Reporting & Audit

• Coordinate Group and entity-level statutory reporting requirements.
• Act as a senior Finance contact for external auditors.
• Lead the Group audit process, coordinating information requirements across relevant entities and jurisdictions.
• Ensure audit deliverables are complete, accurate and delivered within agreed timetables.
• Review audit findings and drive appropriate responses and control improvements.
• Support Board, Audit Committee and senior management reporting as required.

Financial Services Environment

• Operate effectively within a regulated financial services environment.
• Ensure Group reporting and control processes reflect relevant regulatory and governance requirements.
• Work closely with Finance, Risk, Compliance and other control functions where reporting or governance matters intersect.
• Support financial reporting requirements associated with regulated entities and corporate structures.
• Contribute to maintaining a strong culture of financial control, accountability and governance.

Finance Transformation & Process Improvement

• Lead improvements to the Group consolidation and reporting operating model.
• Standardise reporting processes, accounting procedures and financial controls across jurisdictions.
• Identify opportunities to automate consolidation, reconciliations and reporting activities.
• Improve the use of financial systems and reporting technology to enhance data quality and reduce manual intervention.
• Support ERP, consolidation-system and wider Finance transformation initiatives.
• Develop scalable processes capable of supporting continued organisational growth and increasing complexity.
• Shorten reporting timelines while maintaining or improving control quality.

Data & Reporting

• Establish strong governance over Group financial data and reporting outputs.
• Improve consistency of the Group chart of accounts, reporting structures and consolidation methodologies.
• Enhance management information and reporting packs for senior stakeholders.
• Ensure reporting is supported by reliable, controlled and appropriately reconciled underlying data.
• Develop more efficient approaches to financial analysis and reporting.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and develop a high-performing Group consolidation and financial reporting team.
• Establish clear ownership, accountability and standards across the function.
• Work closely with senior Finance stakeholders across the Group.
• Build effective relationships with Financial Controllers, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Risk, Compliance and other corporate functions.
• Operate confidently with senior management, auditors and Board-level stakeholders.
• Provide clear and commercially relevant insight rather than simply producing financial information.
• Influence stakeholders across different jurisdictions and operating environments.

Candidate Profile

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualified experience.
• Strong track record across Group consolidation, financial reporting and financial control.
• Experienced managing complex, multi-entity and multi-jurisdictional reporting environments.
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, statutory reporting and audit.
• Financial services experience, ideally within a regulated or highly controlled environment.
• Proven ability to strengthen controls, improve close processes and drive reporting efficiencies.
• Confident senior stakeholder manager, comfortable operating with Finance leadership, auditors and Boards.
• Hands-on, commercially minded leader with a strong focus on accuracy, governance and continuous improvement.