Group Consolidation Manager

RWS is recruiting a Group Consolidation Manager who will be responsible for supporting the Group Reporting Team in managing group and statutory reporting to ensure the company's compliance with reporting requirements. The role requires you to be highly resourceful with a continuous improvement mindset for processes and controls. You will play a key role in ensuring the business fulfils its legal obligation and maintains strong financial standing.

You will report into and support the VP Finance. You will also work closely with other Financial Controllers and the wider finance team, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of the Group's reporting.

About Group Finance

In joining RWS's Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Candy Davies, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.

It's a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support.

Key Responsibilities

Lead monthly, bi-annual and annual consolidated internal reporting activities

• Collect and combine financial information from across the local finance teams to produce accurate and concise Divisional Management Accounts.
• Produce reliable and timely monthly Group Management Accounts
• Perform variance analysis on Management Accounts, liaising with divisional heads and financial controllers
• Compile the Group Consolidation Pack including balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and other analysis as required
• Act as a key finance partner to the Tax, Treasury, and FP&A teams, ensuring alignment and integration across financial planning, reporting and compliance

Assist with the external reporting

• Contribute to the preparation of the half-year and annual financial statements including the aggregation of any supplementary notes
• Assist with compiling additional information for the investor presentations and packs
• Support the external audit process by providing audit deliverables and ensuring local finance team across the Group create Audit Working Papers for complex accounting transactions
• Ensure up-to-date knowledge and adhere to all applicable statutory reporting requirements and Group requirements as per the Group Policies and Procedures Manual
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to local finance teams on the group policies and procedures

Monthly Group Reporting tasks including:

• Conduct detailedforeign exchange analysis, identifying key drivers of currency impacts, including hedging impacts, to support strategic decision-making
• Manage the exceptionals process ensuring the correct classification of non-recurring transactions
• Lead the reporting for consolidated intangible assets and provisions, maintaining reconciliations and ensuring alignment with IFRS and business expectations
• Serve as the Group Reporting Team lead for the newly implemented intercompany process, ensuring full compliance of the process and accurate reconciliation of intercompany balance sheet and income statement eliminations
• Manage the accounting and reporting of share-based compensation in line with IFRS
• Other projects as required from VP Finance, Group Financial Controller and other key stakeholders

Drive improvements in Reporting Processes, Systems, and Team Output

• Provide feedback and recommendations to business on potential opportunities to optimise and standardise existing methods and processes
• Assist with the documentation of in-scope Group Reporting processes
• Identify and help drive process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of reporting activities
• Provide input to the ongoing process of improving the quality of key information to internal and external stakeholders

Other responsibilities include:

• Act as the Group Reporting Team lead for the new EPM system (FCC). Including maintenance of GL accounts, entities, hierarchy structures, aggregation forms and reconciliation to Oracle Planning.
• Support the integration with the new global ERP system (D365)
• Support the integration of acquired entities and any changes in the Group Structure

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years' experience in a Group Finance team of a multinational FTSE / listed company
• Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA or global equivalent)
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, consolidation, and acquisition accounting
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a proactive approach, accustomed to working towards tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality of work
• Experience with different finance systems
• Strong English language skills
• Strong analytical mindset with a "hands on/ can do" attitude
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and quality
• Familiarity with multi-currency reporting and complex group structures