Statutory Financial Reporting Manager, Finance

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Job description

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Statutory financial reporting is a key function within our Enabling Functions Finance team. We are seeking an experienced and technical professional, with a statutory financial reporting or audit background, to join and help build our team. The UK Statutory Financial Reporting Team are primarily responsible for the delivery of the statutory financial statements of the Deloitte LLP group and overseeing the audits thereof. You will be a key member of the team, ensuring that all financial reports are accurate, timely and comply with applicable accounting standards (both IFRS and FRS 102).

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

Your responsibilities will include:

• Play a leading role in the preparation and reviews of the statutory financial statements, across the Deloitte LLP group, ensuring they are in-line with relevant accounting standards (IFRS & FRS 102) and Company Law;
• Support the year end external audit process to ensure it runs efficiently and in line with agreed timetable;
• Manage a small team of financial reporting professionals, including the provision of training and performance management;
• Draft comprehensive technical accounting papers for complex transactions including acquisitions, disposals, restructuring, impairments etc.;
• Drive improvements in the documentation of our internal systems and processes and the development of our overall control environment;
• Maintain the accounting policy manual for the Deloitte LLP group;
• Oversee the preparation of the bank covenant calculations; and
• Provide technical accounting support to the senior management team and the wider business where required.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Our new UK statutory financial reporting manager will:

• Have a recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent);
• Have a strong understanding of IFRS, FRS 102 and Company Law;
• Have proven experience working in a statutory financial reporting or external audit environment for a large organization or equivalent;
• Bring significant experience in the preparation and review of financial statements, managing the audit process and working with complex accounting issues;
• Bring significant experience in managing a team of financial professionals, including goal setting, providing feedback and developing talent;
• Bring a strong understanding of risk management and control principles;
• Be proactive and have a continuous process improvement mindset;
• Have significant experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously, and be able to prioritise tasks and manage deadlines effectively;
• Demonstrate a strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy in their work;
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be able to communicate complex financial information to a variety of stakeholders, including senior management and external auditors;
• Have Experience of using SAP is preferred, but not essential; and
• Have Experience of working in a professional services organisation is preferred, but not essential.

Connect to your business - Enabling Functions

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Finance and Legal

We provide financial management and accounting support that is aligned to each area of Deloitte's business as well as the leadership team. We prepare the statutory and regulatory reporting required for Deloitte LLP and several other areas, whilst our General Counsel provides legal advice to the Board, the Executive and the Managing Partners.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"The support that Deloitte offers is great, and the work is always interesting and motivating."

-James, Enabling Functions

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in Birmingham with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level .

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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