External Reporting Manager

External Reporting Manager - Telecoms

Duration- 6 months

London - on-site 3 days per week minimum

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About the role

• External Reporting is a small team in group finance which produces the clients external quarterly results releases and the Annual Report, and owns the key processes that underpin them.
• This team works closely with our technical accounting, consolidation and statutory reporting teams and has good exposure to very senior stakeholders and visibility over interesting matters within the business.
• Our output is viewed by shareholders, investors, analysts and other stakeholders.

Skills required

• External reporting: Experience of annual reports and financial statements, either within a listed company or within an audit firm.
• Organisational: Strong organisational skills, including ability to prioritise own workload under pressure to tight deadlines; resilient and able to work on multiple deliverables simultaneously.
• Project leadership: able to lead projects with minimal oversight, acting proactively to devise scope and timetable; identify key stakehiolders, obtain buy-in and hold to account; and oversee through to completion.
• Process/controls improvement: Ability to identify opportunities to improve processes and document from scratch.
• Attention to detail: strong analytical skills and very high level of attention to detail.
• Teamwork: Enjoy working in a team and an enthusiastic, positive attitude.
• Relationships: Ability to build positive working relationships, supported by strong communication skills.
• Communication: Strong communication and persuasion skills and the ability to partner with different parts of the business.
• Ability to summarise technical matters for different audiences, from presenting technical accounting updates to finance analysts to reporting to the Audit Committee.

Wahat you'll be doing:

• Managing elements of the annual and quarterly external reporting process as required. This may include:
  • Oversight of the quarterly reporting process including setting and ensuring adherence to timetable.
  • Coordinating the drafting of quarterly results releases/trading updates and ensuring successful signoff and publication through close collaboration with senior group and unit stakeholders.
  • Ownership and review of year end and interim financial statement notes to the accounts and disclosures.
• Ownership of discrete processes and disclosures associated with group financial publications. This may include:
  • Related parties.
  • Oversight of specific (exceptional) and one-off items governance.
  • Litigation-related provisions and contingent liabilities.
  • Quarterly meetings with business units covering balance sheet health and other matters.
  • ESG and climate reporting.
  • Co-ordinating XBRL tagging of group reports in line with ESEF requirements.
• Liaising with the external auditors on their audit of our consolidated group financial statements and internal controls.
• Contributing to quarterly Audit Committee and Board papers on financial performance and reporting matters.
• Continuous process improvement, ensuring process documentation and flows are in place and maintained.
• Leading on production of ancillary financial reports and pro forma publications.

Mandatory Experience:

• MANDATORY: Qualified accountant and a member of a professional accountancy body.
• MANDATORY: Process improvement and transformation experience
• MANDATORY: Experience producing or reviewing IFRS financial statements.
• MANDATORY: Experience of audit planning and procedures
• PREFERRED: Experience producing or reviewing annual reports for a FTSE 100 organisation including IFRS 9-related disclosures.

Desirable Experience:

• PREFERRED: Experience working as, or closely with, an auditor from a professional services firm.
• PREFERRED: Experience of SAP consolidation and financial reporting systems.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!