About this role
This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced finance professional to join a growing, complex organisation as Head of Financial Reporting. You'll play a pivotal role in strengthening financial governance, enhancing reporting capabilities and driving continuous improvement across the finance function. Combining technical expertise with commercial insight and senior stakeholder engagement, this role offers genuine scope to influence the wider finance function & business.
What you'll do:
Lead financial reporting and control: Oversee the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting, ensuring robust processes, appropriate controls and high-quality information to support business performance.Strengthen financial governance: Take ownership of key financial control activities, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, internal policies and relevant regulatory requirements.Drive continuous improvement: Review existing processes, systems and reporting frameworks, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls and enhance the quality of financial information.Provide strategic financial insight: Translate complex financial data into meaningful analysis, highlighting risks, trends and opportunities to support informed decision-making at senior level.Oversee financial planning and performance: Contribute to budgeting, forecasting and financial performance reviews, ensuring financial results are clearly understood and aligned with business priorities.Partner with senior stakeholders: Build strong relationships across finance and the wider organisation, providing constructive challenge, clear financial guidance and support on key business decisions.Lead and develop the finance team: Set clear expectations, develop capability and promote a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement across financial reporting and control.Support audit and compliance: Oversee audit preparation, coordinate responses to external auditors and ensure financial records and supporting documentation meet the required standards.Enhance financial systems and processes: Work across the finance function to improve reporting tools, data quality and process consistency, supporting the effective use of systems and the evolution of the finance operating model.Support the wider financial control agenda: Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team on key priorities, helping strengthen the overall control environment, improve the effectiveness of the finance function and provide greater leadership capacity as the business develops.
What you'll bring:
Professional qualification: ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, with substantial post-qualification experience and a strong technical grounding in financial reporting and control.Relevant leadership experience: A proven track record in a senior financial reporting, financial control or broader finance leadership role, with the credibility to operate effectively at senior stakeholder level.Strong technical expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of financial reporting, month-end processes, balance sheet integrity, accounting controls and financial governance.Control and compliance focus: Experience developing and maintaining robust financial controls, improving processes and ensuring accuracy, consistency and compliance across financial activities.Commercial acumen: The ability to look beyond the numbers, understand business performance and provide insight that informs decisions and supports wider organisational objectives.Leadership capability: Experience managing and developing finance professionals, with the ability to build strong teams, delegate effectively and raise standards across the function.Stakeholder management: Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage senior leaders, challenge constructively and explain complex financial matters clearly.Continuous improvement mindset: A proactive approach to identifying inefficiencies, resolving problems and implementing practical improvements to processes, systems and reporting.Adaptability: Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment, balancing strategic priorities with the need to maintain strong day-to-day financial discipline.Analytical and systems skills: Strong analytical capabilities, advanced Excel skills and the ability to use financial systems and data effectively to improve reporting and decision-making. Package:
Base Salary: Circa £90K-£110K.Benefits: Bonus, Car Allowance, Private Medical, Enhanced Pension
Working Pattern:
Hybrid: Typically 3 days on site Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates