We are looking for a Reporting Team Lead to join our team in Peterborough.
The Reporting Team Lead works closely with the Reporting Accountant to ensure that the budgets, forecasts and monitoring of actuals against targets for all aspects of the Bauer Shared Service Centre are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
Our Team
The Accounting Team is part of the Bauer Shared Service Centre, who provide expert in-house accounting services to the Bauer UK Business. The team ensures that our management accounts are produced timely and accurately and that they support the needs of the business and the requirements of our group head office in Hamburg.
This role is a full-time hybrid position, we would like you to work from home and our office location in Peterborough. But we want to make sure that we find the right people to work at Bauer, and we know that the traditional 9-5, five days a week doesn’t suit everyone. So, we’d love to hear from you if you feel you’re a great fit for this role and would like to work flexibly. If you are the right person for this role, we’ll find the right working approach for you.
What you will do:
1. Lead and be accountable for an effective and comprehensive process for their accounting team
2. Relay the direction from the Reporting Manager Accounting and coordinate their Management accounting team to comply with statutory and German GAAP requirements as well as base for the management reporting and other statistical reporting requirements
3. Assist in leading the accounting team through change - new System, new organizational set-up
4. Be a speaking partner to the transactional team and FP&A, but also for external partners such as auditors and tax advisors
5. Assist in onboarding new companies and products into the new shared service organisation once they switch to S/4 Hana and integrate them into the team
6. Make recommendations to the Reporting Manager Accounting on team set-up for Management accounting and identify opportunities to improve processes and workloads.
7. Work closely with the Reporting Manager Accounting to contribute actively to projects and the implementation of the Finance Target Operating Model
8. Review and optimize the allocation of responsibilities in the team
What you will bring:
9. Knowledge of accounting through studying for an accounting qualification, or via experience
10. Strong Excel skills and significant experience of using it
11. The ability to manage a busy workload in a time-pressured environment Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
12. Ability to use initiative, be adaptable and a good team player Experience of management accounting would be an advantage
Interested? – Then we would love to hear from you!
Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 14th August 2024
Package Description
Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.
13. 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
14. Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
15. Opportunity to buy additional holiday
16. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
17. Company pension
18. Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
19. Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
20. Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
21. Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
22. Discounted high street vouchers