Finance Manager - Group Financial Reporting

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Company Description

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Job Description

The Group Reporting team is responsible for the production of the monthly Group consolidation, Group and statutory financial statements and collation of notes in the Annual Report and Interim Results, ensuring compliance with IFRS accounting standards. The team are responsible for wider accounting control and governance including monitoring and understanding changes in IFRS, as well as FRC and Corporate Governance requirements. Working in a business partnering capacity with other finance teams, including Commercial Finance, FP&A, Treasury and Tax, the team helps to drive forward the continuous improvement of month end close processes and leads on technical accounting matters.

What you'll be doing:
Production of the monthly Group consolidation: P&L, Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows, including intercompany account reconciliations, and management of required consolidation adjustments

• Working closely with the Head of Group Reporting to provide accounting guidance to wider finance teams, including the preparation of accounting papers for the auditors and Audit Committee
• Responsible for the preparation of the Group financial statements and notes in the Annual Report and Interim Results, ensuring compliance with IFRS accounting standards
• Ownership of the production of the subsidiary statutory accounts
• Liaise with the external auditors, assisting with queries and ensuring the timely delivery of deliverables by the wider finance team
• Ownership of the Group's share-based payment models and associated accounting, with scenario modelling for new schemes as and when required.
• Help to ensure that accounting policies are applied consistently within the Group, liaising with other finance teams to streamline processes and enhance efficiencies.
• Review of balance sheet reconciliations for Group-owned areas
• Management and development of one direct report

Qualifications

About you:

• Experienced qualified accountant (preferably ACA or equivalent)
• Experience in a similar role desired but not essential
• Solid understanding of IFRS and wider reporting
• Experience in producing high-quality analysis and reporting
• Experience of influencing and managing stakeholders

Skills:

• Team player who works for the success of the wider team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapt to change and deal with high volumes of information
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent time-management and organisational skills, with a proven ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong stakeholder management capability
• Advanced skills in Excel

Additional Information

BeneFITS'

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
• Employee sample sales
• Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private medical care scheme
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits

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