Forge Talent are partnering with one of the most exciting, fast-growing PE-backed businesses in the North West if not the UK.
This is a business in genuine growth mode. Backed by private equity, scaling rapidly through organic growth and acquisition, and investing heavily in people, systems and infrastructure.
As a result, they’re looking to appoint a Financial Reporting Manager to strengthen their Group Finance team and play a key role in driving high-quality financial reporting across a complex, multi-entity environment.
If you’re someone who enjoys operating in a fast-paced environment, influencing senior stakeholders and helping shape best-in-class reporting processes, this is a brilliant opportunity.
The Role
This role sits within the Group Finance function and will take responsibility for overseeing financial reporting across a multi-entity environment, ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant financial information to support the business. Working closely with finance teams across the organisation, you’ll help drive consistency in reporting, strengthen financial controls and continue to evolve processes as the business grows. Joining a fast-scaling, private equity-backed organisation, you’ll operate in a high-impact position where finance plays a key role in supporting expansion and strategic decision-making. The role offers strong exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to get involved in complex reporting, acquisitions, integrations and wider finance transformation initiatives, making it an excellent opportunity for someone looking to broaden their experience within a dynamic, high-growth environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the preparation and consolidation of financial reporting across the Group and multiple legal entities.
- Deliver accurate and timely internal and external financial reports, ensuring full compliance with relevant standards.
- Prepare and oversee lender covenant reporting, ensuring obligations are met while maintaining strong relationships with financing partners.
- Manage the year-end and statutory reporting cycle, including the production of consolidated financial statements under IFRS, FRS101, FRS102 and Local GAAP.
- Provide technical accounting support on complex issues such as acquisitions, disposals, and the implementation of new accounting standards.
- Develop and maintain Group accounting policies and reporting frameworks, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and best practice.
- Review and interpret financial and operational data to ensure accuracy, consistency and useful insight for decision-making.
- Assist with the integration of newly acquired entities into the Group’s financial reporting processes and systems.
- Identify and implement improvements to financial reporting processes, systems and internal controls.
- Partner with finance teams across the business to ensure consistent reporting practices and effective resolution of technical queries.
- Contribute to ad-hoc reporting requirements and strategic finance projects alongside the Financial Controller, Finance Director and CFO.
- Strong experience in Group consolidations and multi-entity reporting
- Strong technical accounting knowledge
- High attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and compliance
- Experience in multi-site or multi-entity environments
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