Head of Financial Reporting

Job Description

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will create impact within our global Finance Team. You'll lead the Group’s global financial reporting, statutory compliance and audit processes, managing a small team of three Accounting Managers, and providing technical guidance to the wider team to ensure timely and accurate financial statements across all our jurisdictions.

Please note that this role is initially offered as a one-year fixed-term position. You will have the opportunity to shape ways of working, contribute to process and system improvements, and collaborate with finance colleagues as part of a supportive and forward-thinking team culture.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Lead and oversee the preparation of the Group’s financial statements and statutory accounts across the UK and international jurisdictions, ensuring full compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and all regulatory deadlines.
• Provide technical accounting guidance across the Group, acting as the primary liaison with The Brandtech Group technical accounting team and CFO, and supporting complex accounting areas, policy applications, and fixed asset accounting (capitalisation, impairments, and valuations).
• Act as the primary liaison with the Group Tax Function, providing information as requested for the external tax advisors and ensuring local markets are performing a first line review of tax returns, supporting with tax queries, maintaining schedules of tax charges, accruals and payments, supporting indirect tax compliance (VAT, WHT, PAYE, and other local filings), and calculating quarterly transfer pricing charges.
• Lead the year-end audit process, managing relationships with external auditors across the Group, coordinating deliverables, reviewing local accounts for accuracy, ensuring consistency across jurisdictions, and overseeing SOX and Internal Controls documentation.
• Provide accounting and reporting support for corporate projects.
• Lead and develop a team of Accounting Managers, setting clear priorities, providing guidance, and driving improvements to financial reporting processes, documentation, and controls to increase efficiency and consistency.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA, CA qualification, or equivalent.
• Over 5 years of post-qualification experience in preparing and reviewing group consolidated financial statements, managing audits across multiple jurisdictions, and coordinating with external advisors in a multinational, matrix-structured organisation.
• Experience working with tax teams on direct and indirect coordination.
• Technical expertise in IFRS, with knowledge of UK and USA Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills for complex reconciliations and data analysis.
• Track record in leading and developing accounting professionals, including setting clear objectives, providing direction and support, and monitoring progress.
• You're skilled at influencing and engaging senior stakeholders through clear communication.
• When faced with a problem, you're good at adapting strategies and plans, and evaluate different options to find practical solutions.