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Role: Financial Accounting & Reporting Manager
Location: Birmingham (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary Package: Competitive salary plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm, Monday – Friday
Interview Process: 2-stage process
Why SCC?
- An inclusive workplace
- Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
- Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
- Career development and life-long learning opportunities
- Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company
Role purpose:
Responsible for delivering accurate and timely financial reporting, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and supporting the wider finance team in maintaining strong financial controls. The role plays a key part in month-end close, audit processes, and continuous improvement of financial processes.
Key responsibilities:
Financial Accounting
- Oversee the general ledger and ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial records.
- Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and balance sheet substantiation.
- Ensure appropriate accounting treatment of complex transactions in line with FRS 102.
- Maintain and enforce accounting policies and procedures.
- Support tax computations and liaise with group tax team
Financial Reporting
- Lead the production of statutory financial statements and supporting disclosures.
- Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
- Provide variance analysis and commentary to senior stakeholders.
- Support group reporting requirements, including consolidation.
Audit & Compliance
- Act as the primary contact for external auditors, coordinating audit activity and delivering required information.
- Support internal audit processes and implement recommendations where required.
- Ensure compliance with internal control frameworks and financial governance standards.
- Monitor changes to accounting standards and assess their impact on the business.
Controls & Risk Management
- Maintain a strong control environment across financial accounting processes.
- Perform regular balance sheet reviews and identify potential risks or issues.
- Ensure robust documentation of processes and controls.
- Maintain and enhance financial control frameworks, polices and governance.
Process Improvement & Systems
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy of reporting processes.
- Drive automation and standardisation initiatives within the finance function.
- Support finance system enhancements and upgrades.
- Improve data quality and reporting capabilities.
- Champion a continuous improvement culture with ownership to resolve issues and elevate performance
Business, Stakeholder & Team Support
- Partner with teams across Finance and the wider business to provide financial insights.
- Provide technical accounting guidance to colleagues.
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and projects as required.
- Mentor and support junior team members.
- Review work prepared by less experienced team members to ensure quality and accuracy.
Skills and experience:
- Qualified Accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with minimum three years post-qualification experience.
- Strong and up-to-date technical knowledge of accounting standards (UK GAAP).
- Experience of month-end and year-end close processes and working with auditors
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong data literacy skills.