Hybrid Senior Financial Reporting Manager

at The Works Stores Ltd

• Job title: Senior Financial Reporting Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Coleshill, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Financial Reporting Manager at The Works managing Group-level reporting and the financial reporting team. Supporting decision-making processes and enhancing financial management across the group.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial reporting team to deliver on targets, including mentoring, coaching, and developing less experienced members, while supporting wider finance teams.
• Develop and maintain a strong financial control environment by challenging existing procedures and processes, and designing, implementing, and improving controls as necessary.
• Provide technical financial support to business area finance functions, including the delivery of sound financial information to aid management decision-making, and rolling out training on accounting treatment under new accounting standards, as required, as part of a proactive Financial Reporting team.
• Develop and maintain the Group Accounting manual, ensuring all relevant policies and procedures are kept up to date.
• Control all monthly group accounting, including timely and accurate delivery of monthly group management accounts.
• Manage key external relationships including auditors, tax advisers and HMRC.
• Own all technical areas of the Group’s financial statements including IFRS16, IFRS 2 and IFRS 9.
• Oversee and be accountable for the balance sheet & cash flow control and risk management to ensure financial integrity and mitigate risks.
• Manage and lead all internal and external audit processes, contributing to audit readiness and compliance.
• Ensure compliance with statutory reporting requirements, including leading the production of the Annual Report and subsidiary accounts.
• Drive improvements in the Group’s stock reporting, including support for the profit protection team, understanding stock take frequency and reporting, stock provisions, and movements in stock balances, with the ability to clearly explain variances.
• Manage Group’s HMRC requirements, including corporation tax and VAT, with support from the Group’s tax advisors.
• Work closely with the Sustainability Manager to ensure compliance with external reporting under CFD.
• Undertake ad hoc project work as required, including supporting the delivery of finance and system transformation.

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant, with minimum 4 years post qualified experience
• Experience of IFRS and external reporting requirements, including the production of annual report and accounts.
• Experience and knowledge in dealing with and concluding on technical accounting queries
• Experience of reviewing, testing and improving internal control environments.
• Strong analytical and planning skills, coupled with a solid accounting and control background.
• Effective communication skills to communicate accounting and controls matters to non-finance colleagues.
• An ability to understand the commercial implications of decision making and be able to balance these with the technical accounting requirements.

Benefits

• 25% Colleague Discount! - Plus, exclusive Double Discount days!
• MyWorks - Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers, holidays, utilities deals, tech and more
• Family Friendly Leave - Enjoy some time well spent with enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
• Holiday – 33 days including bank holidays.
• Holiday Purchase - Purchase an additional 5 days
• Can-Do Academy - Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you.
• Stream - Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them – for when ‘life’ happens!
• Share Scheme - Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works!
• 24/7 support for you and your family - Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!
• Healthcare Cash Plan – To support your everyday healthcare costs
• And loads more! – Long Service Awards, pension, life assurance, Cycle to Work and optional charity giving.