Senior Reporting Finance Manager

Package Description

• Competitive salaries
• Car allowance
• Excellent training & development opportunities
• Paid Holidays
• Workplace pension scheme
• Staff Discount
• Travel Loans and more…..

Overview of the role

This is the guardian of the accounts, a practice trained financial accountant experienced in management accounting and financial reporting. They will be hands on and, in the accounts/systems so must have been in roles out of practice environment as well as the deep technical experience.

The role is hybrid working with 3 days in the office, and 2 days working from home.

Main Responsibilities

• Runs the monthly reporting close – ensuring the process closes smoothly, on time and ledgers are clean.
• Manages the monthly forward picture with risks and opps. and a rolling forecast view (partners FC/CFO)
• Management and enhancement of the integrated central finance model to ensure accurate reporting– Anaplan (cash flow, balance sheet and P&L all integrated historical and forecast)
• Ownership of the annual consolidation of the management & statutory accounts and provide group reporting thereon
• Creation and sign off of the financial accounts (in line with relevant accounting standards)
• Management of the IFRS16 model and adjustment to the accounts
• Management of the statutory audit to completion and the relationship with auditors
• Review and creation of a cleaner legal entity group including restructuring where relevant and as required for operational efficiency
• Oversight of the tax compliance framework, managing the SAO process internally - VAT and Corporate tax with some specialist pharmacy taxes with the support of a ‘virtual tax set up’ from advisors who provide support where we need deep areas of technical tax expertise
• Integration and reporting of new pharmacies into the portfolio, completing closure accounts, closing bank accounts, working with suppliers and moving into our books and records
• Working closely with the financial systems architect to ensure strong financial process discipline, control framework and adherence to that framework across the finance team and the wider business
• Ownership of the monthly board reports for our entity – this is presented to exco and board each month and covers all aspects of the business
• Great interpersonal skills as works across multiple departments and manages 2 talented individuals
• Responsibility for cost centre reporting, budgeting and accounting (new element to role/person being added to do this)

Key knowledge and skills required for the role:

• Qualified Accountant with at least 5 years PQE and strong financial reporting knowledge/application
• Non Finance & Finance Stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with ability to build and maintain effective internal and external relationships.
• Experience with business partnering at senior levels
• Confident with ability to constructively challenge to drive performance.
• Highly analytical with financial awareness and commercial acumen.
• Excellent computer and report building and data analysis skills.

Problem solving & change:

• Partners with the CFO, the FC and other senior finance professionals
• Partners with group, the auditors and the business on financial accounting matters
• Creates a more effective month end close process and keeps stakeholders aligned each monthly
• Maintains and improves SAO framework for the Well Group
• Will be required to work on monthly, quarterly annual and 3 year strategic planning horizons.

The Ideal Candidate

Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.