Head of Reporting

Permanent, Remote

Reference 2208

The Business

This B2C service business is the UK market leader with a growing presence overseas.

The Role

A new position has been created to support the Group in delivering beneficial change and growth across the group, in line with the Strategic Objectives in the next stage of the business’s life.

The reliable preparation insightful management reporting and information for the Senior management team that is accurate and on time is critically important to the business.

This is an exciting role and an opportunity to work with talented, experienced, and highly motivated professionals in finance and across all functions of the business.

If you have a solid foundation in finance and business this is an exceptional development and learning opportunity where your work and ability can make a real difference to a significant business at an exciting stage of growth.

Candidate Profile

A fully qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA).

First and foremost, you will be an exceptional finance professional with robust experience in financial and management accounting.
You should possess the ability to analyse any aspect of business from the finance perspective and to communicate clearly through inciteful, accurate high quality reporting including with written commentary when beneficial.

To be able to prepare the high quality reporting required quality it will be necessary at times to work with colleagues from other functions to gain a deeper understanding, accordingly you should possess good communication skills and the ability to develop good working relationships to provide the basis for co-operation and improvement in the business.

To be successful in this role you will need

  • A high level of attention to detail.
  • To be organised.
  • To understand the requirements of reporting to a high standard in a corporate environment.
  • To be comfortable working in a deadline driven environment.
  • Strong office suite skills including:
    • Powerpoint.
    • Microsoft Word.
    • And in particular be skilled in the presentational, data analysis and modelling aspects of Microsoft Excel.

The post holder will be responsible for producing and managing all reporting including management accounting, board papers and reporting presentations for the CFO to present to the executive board, investors and senior management.

Accordingly you must be able to produce reporting, presentations and board papers with the highest standards of presentation as expected by executives at this level.
You should also be adept at writing clear and inciteful commentary as and when required.

This role will require diligence, determination, analytical skills, organisational skills, a positive “can do” attitude, communication skills, and an ability to work effectively with colleagues of all levels and from all functions across the business.

We only publish a small amount of all the vacancies that we are currently recruiting for on our website. 
If you are a finance professional and you believe you have what it takes to operate at the highest level of finance then we want to hear from you. 

In the first instance if you are applying for specific advertised vacancy please make that clear in your message.

If you are seeking new opportunities in finance and wish to be considered for roles we are seeking to fill now or in the future please provide your CV and explain what you are looking for. 
Brightspace is run by  experienced Qualified accountants, we know what good looks like and we understand the challenges you face in developing your career. 

To be absolutely clear about this we never send your details anywhere without your prior permission and we are strongly focussed on the top 10% of finance professionals who posses appropriate experience and drive to perform at the levels we  and our clients expect. 

Finance Professionals.

Finance is a very broad field, we look for candidates that either already possess experience and excellence in a sub field, or that have the right aptitude, ability and determination to develop in a sub field. 

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