Finance Manager Compliance & Control

What you will be doing

As the Finance Manager you will be responsible for financial control, all company financial & MTB compliance procedures, statutory reporting, and support finance related projects for the northern region.

Key responsibilities

Finance compliance and reporting

• Responsible for the annual Statutory Accounts and company statutory reporting requirements to government bodies to ensure minimum statutory requirements are met, e.g., Tax and VAT requirements.
• Owning the balance sheet of the opco and collaborating with the Finance Planning and Analysis Manager for all compliance financial activity, including Balance Sheet and P&L transactions and reconciliations to ensure alignment with internal group accounting and external accounting standards.
• Responsible for balance sheet month‑end activities, forecasting, balance sheet reporting, board pack and any other relevant reviews from the balance sheet perspective, aligning accordingly with the FP&A manager.
• Advising on compliance matters for complex transactions and large deals, ensuring that all accounting impacts of these deals align with accounting standards.
• Serving as subject‑matter expert for the opco and region on group policies and advising on compliance matters when needed, collaborating with group finance as relevant.

Finance control

• Coordinating all financial audit activities, both internal and external, and ensuring findings are managed and resolved.
• Coordinating and being accountable for SOX testing and advising on risk management from any detected control risks.
• Acting as first line of control from the opco and region perspective on the work performed by the SS.
• Providing cash reporting and advising on key actions to improve cash position.
• Owning the local chart of authority and participating in the approvals process across several areas.

Project based work

• Leading or participating on projects related to control and process improvements across the OPCO or the region.
• Supporting, where necessary, all finance and commercial activity‑based projects.

People management

• Leading and mentoring a team of up to 3 people.
• Managing team resources as per overall finance workload.
• Developing and providing training and support to the team as relevant.

You will ideally have

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or international equivalent, educated to degree level.
• Proven control or audit experience within a comparable size organisation or an audit firm.
• Ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills.
• IT literate, including intermediate to advanced Excel.
• Innovative and self‑motivated.
• Good commercial skills / thorough understanding of the business and its market.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to influence and negotiate key stakeholders up to and including directors.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Good time management skills.
• Flexible attitude and a team player.
• Ambition to grow and progress further within the organization.

Benefits

• Love to Connect: you become part of a global community built on openness, inclusion and genuine collaboration.
• Love to Grow: your development truly matters to us, with access to learning pathways, mentoring and career opportunities across functions and countries.
• Love to Give Back: purpose is part of how we work, with opportunities to make a difference through volunteering, sustainability initiatives and community programmes.
• Love to Succeed: success at Ricoh is something we pursue together, with fair rewards, flexible working, wellbeing resources and real recognition.

Equal opportunities employer

We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe that diverse perspectives make us stronger, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Our hiring decisions are based on skills, experience and potential, and we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment journey, please let us know and we will support you to bring your best self forward.

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