Global
Senior Finance Manager
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Job Description
Your Role: Business Accounting Senior Manager
Reporting to the Head of Finance Hub, you’ll lead the team that keeps accounting, P&L and balance sheet control accurate, well governed and on time across Audio, Outdoor and Costs.
As a Business Accounting Senior Manager at Global, you will:
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the team (40%)
Lead and manage the Business Accounting team to deliver timely, accurate and compliant management and financial accounting outputs, setting clear performance objectives and taking corrective action where required. - Month-end reporting and control (30%)
Hold the team to strict month-end timelines, producing robust accruals and provisions calculations, divisional P&Ls and variance analysis against forecast and prior periods, in full compliance with Group Accounting Policy and UK GAAP. - Simplify, standardise and automate (20%)
Improve the Finance Reporting Hub delivery model, automating Record to Report with the business, Commercial Finance, Group Finance and IT. - Service and stakeholder management (10%)
Deliver Finance Reporting Hub services to agreed service levels, resolving issues proactively and promoting a right-first-time culture through a disciplined control framework.
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What You’ll Love About This Role
- Think Big
Shape a brand-new Financial Reporting Team and how it works. - Own It
Bring your own ideas forward and see them implemented across the Group. - Keep it Simple
Strip out complexity by standardising and automating Record to Report. - Better Together
Work with a hard-working wider finance team to meet the reporting challenges we face.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
- Built strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the finance team.
- Developed a detailed understanding of the business, its intricacies and challenges.
- Identified improvements and better ways of working, and built a plan to deliver them.
- Embraced Global’s brands, values and behaviours, and our passion for the business.
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What You’ll Need
- Qualification
Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with proven post-qualification experience in a relevant accounting or control role. - Leadership
Experience leading and developing finance teams within a complex, multi-business organisation. - Balance
The ability to balance control and commercial needs, with strong communication and cross-functional stakeholder management. - Systems and improvement
A good understanding of finance systems, data flows and integrations, and a clear view of “what good looks like”. - Coaching and Development
Nurturing talent by empowering and guiding individuals to unlock their potential. - Building Trust
Creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where diverse views and experiences are welcomed and celebrated in your team.
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