AddressWe’re looking for a Senior Finance Manager to join our Management Accounts team based in Bradford. This is hybrid working – 2 days in the office, 3 days remote.
Working in a constantly changing, dynamic, fast paced and diverse environment, our Management Accounting team deliver accurate internal reporting and analysis to internal and external stakeholders across the Liberty Global Footprint including Group Financial Control, Group Financial Planning and Analysis, Commercial Finance, external Auditors and the wider Accounting Operations team, to support timely decision making and ensure the accuracy of external reporting.
What will you be doing?
· Identify and manage operational and financial risks to OCF and Balance Sheet accounts.
· Manage, mentor, and develop direct finance graduate report.
· Review and present divisional reporting packs for internal stakeholders in line with required deadlines, plus any other ad hoc reporting as required.
· Work with Group Financial Control and Policy to ensure GAAP compliant policies are applied to profit and loss accounting entries.
· Responsible for Balance Sheet accounts, including review of reconciliations and ensuring adequate assurance activities have occurred, commercial and transactional completeness of commentary, and summarization of key items.
· SOX control completion and effectiveness, payment approvals, chart of accounts mappings and governance changes for your area, and ownership of audit relationship for your area.
· Responsible for complete and accurate HFM reporting including movement code analysis and supplemental reporting for the division.
· Provide support to Group Tax with quarterly tax reporting and information requests to support the annual Corporation Tax Returns.
We tend to look for people with:
Essential
- Professional Accountancy qualification (ACA; ACCA etc) with considerable PQE.
- Management Accounts or Audit experience.
- Strong excel skills essential.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of working in a complex environment, delivering to deadlines.
Desirable
- Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS. Experience of working within large corporate structures.
- Financial systems skills beneficial (e.g.Oracle, SAP, Hyperion/HFM)
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
- Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
- Matched pension contribution up to 10%
- Access to our car benefit scheme
- Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
- The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team
- Hybrid working; 2 days in the office and 3 remote.
Who are we, Liberty Shared Services:
Liberty Shared Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Liberty Global Group exists to provide technology and operational based solutions for transactional activity across LG and their Federation partners. With a team of almost 600, we currently provide services to 9 customers including Virgin Media O2, Egg, VMTV (Ireland), UPC Sunrise (Switzerland) and Atlas Edge (across Europe), supporting them with activity in Accounting, Legal and HR.
Supporting the Operational activity is our Technology team, split into three pillars focusing on Technology Solutions, Systems Modernisation and Systems Run & Maintain. We have experts in Oracle ERP, Workday, RPA, EPM, Project delivery & Change Management and we’re now looking to enhance the technology offering further, introducing new roles that focus on existing and emerging technologies including PAAS, ML and AI, and uses data science to predict future operational impacts and make recommendations.
All of this is underpinned by our Strategy team who are responsible for all expansion activity, commerciality and contracts, and the Chief of Staff who supports the Senior Leaderships team to develop People strategies including Talent & Development, Attraction & Retention, Engagement & Culture and DE&I.
And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.
Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. We’re 100% committed to having a workforce that represents every part of our society. So we’re keen to hear from candidates of all background and circumstances.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay
- Transport links
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bradford
Reference ID: REQ_00035705
