Group Finance Manager

Role - Group Finance Manager

Contract Length - 9 months

Hybrid role - 2 days per week in the office

Location - London

Company Description

Guidant Global are currently working with our Client, a publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group based in London. It is a leading international events, digital services, and academic knowledge business, headquartered in the UK. It connects people with knowledge to help them learn more, know more, and do more.

Job Description

The Group Finance Manager is a key member of the high-profile Group Financial Reporting Team based in the company's head office. The team is responsible for all external financial reporting for the Group.

The team is also heavily involved in significant transactions across the Group, including acquisitions, disposals and restructuring.

Key responsibilities:

Key role in activities undertaken monthly to prepare consolidated results and internal reporting through the Group consolidation system (SAP FC)
Key member of the team responsible for the accurate and timely preparation, internal approval and delivery of the financial sections of the Half Year external reporting
Key team member liaising with and providing the information to the external auditors for their first-year auditing the company.
Supporting the financial accounting aspects of M&A activity, including working with SSC and Divisional teams including facilitating any reporting requirements
Supporting the application of IFRS across the Group, involving providing technical accounting guidance to Divisions, service centres and other Group functions

Qualifications:

Professional qualification (eg. ACA or ACCA) ideally from a big-4 firm
Strong IFRS technical accounting, including M&A experience
At least 5 years post qualification experience
Experience in a large organisation
Experience in external reporting