About this role
Finance Manager (FTC, 12 Months) — Technical Accounting & Controls
About the business:
A large services group with operations across the UK and Europe, supported by a central finance function responsible for financial control, governance and management reporting across the business.
The Opportunity:
This is a newly created 12-month fixed-term contract, bringing dedicated specialist support into the Central Finance team at a period of significant technical and process change. You'll work closely with the Head of Accounting UK, picking up four distinct, high-priority workstreams that need focused delivery alongside the team's day-to-day responsibilities.
What you'll be doing:
Leading a technical accounting conversion project, moving the UK entities from current UK GAAP to an updated reporting standard — covering the impact assessment, policy documentation, transition adjustments and liaison with external auditorsSupporting a group-wide review of financial controls, building a clear controls inventory, acting as the main point of contact for the review, and working with process owners to implement the resulting improvementsLeading a structured improvement of the balance sheet reconciliation process, standardising ownership, review tiers and escalation across entities, and upgrading the templates and guidance behind itOwning the accounting and capitalisation treatment for a group-wide systems project, aligning capitalisation criteria to the relevant accounting standards and building the monthly controls to validate capitalised costs
What we're looking for:
You'll be ACA or ACCA qualified (or equivalent) with solid post-qualification experience.Strong technical knowledge of UK GAAP and FRS 102Direct experience documenting, assessing or improving financial controls frameworks.You'll have prepared or reviewed balance sheet reconciliations in a group or multi-entity environment, understand capitalisation criteria for internally developed software or labour, and be comfortable managing several concurrent workstreams to deadline.Strong written and verbal communicationHave worked within a large, complex, multi-entity group, Distinct Recruitment Privacy Policy