Financial Reporting & Audit Manager

My client, a well known industry leader based in Reading are currently recruiting for an effective Financial Reporting & Audit Manager on a permanent basis.

Hybrid working - 3 days in the Reading office & 2 days Working From Home.
Hours - 37 hours per week / Monday - Friday -
Benefits - 10% annual bonus / 25 days holiday plus bank holidays / Up to 10% pension contributions

What You Will Do:

• Produce and distribute monthly reports consolidating information from multiple third-party outsourced providers, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and reconciliation with the General Ledger.
• Facilitate shareholder unilateral audits, including early engagement and planning, communication with internal and external stakeholders, coordination of information requests, and providing explanations to ensure satisfactory completion.
• Review and maintain the financial risks and controls register, policies, and procedures, and conduct internal compliance testing.
• Review, update, and create necessary financial policies and procedures as needed.
• Collaborate with other finance teams to explain financial results, conveying complex and detailed data transactions to various business areas with different levels of seniority to support analysis for any ad hoc unilateral requests.
• Review and prioritize audit requests, obtaining and providing the required information in a timely manner.
• Assess the quality of information provided, ensuring it is clear and accurate.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure audits progress smoothly.
• Create, update, and review existing unilateral accounting policies to ensure they are current.
• Provide ad hoc support to the financial accounting and reporting team as needed.

What We Are Looking For:

• Newly or recently qualified accountant with a minimum of 2 years of industry/commercial experience.
• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Recent audit experience with the ability to request audit samples.
• Strong process management skills with the ability to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and process streamlining.
• Good understanding of financial policies, procedures, risks, and controls.
• Experience in handling budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Strong understanding of auditing principles and practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with multiple ERP systems and proficiency in Excel.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and business partnership experience.