We are looking for an ambitious individual experienced in group reporting to join our global finance team. As Group Finance Manager you will play a key role in all aspects of financial reporting, control and governance, in addition to supporting group projects to deliver Nexteq’s three-year growth plan.
Responsibilities
* Supporting the finance teams in UK, North America and Asia on technical accounting matters.
* Responsible for the consolidation accounting including consolidation entries and adjustments at month end and market reporting dates.
* Defining and delivering enhancements in our financial control environment.
* Supporting the Group FC as a key technical expert in IFRS.
* Help in preparing the annual and interim reporting to the City and shareholders, including production of the annual report and UK subsidiary statutory accounts.
* Maintaining high integrity financial records in SAP across all Nexteq group entities, including timely and accurate delivery of month end close process and production of consolidated financial accounts.
* Supporting the Group FC in preparing accounting papers on key internal processes and memos required by the group auditors.
* Helping to ensure timely and accurate payments and filings are made for payroll, VAT and other company regulatory/statutory filings across the group’s international entities.
* Working closely with the Group FP&A function and wider finance team to ensure management reporting is timely, accurate and informative.
* Proactively evaluating entries in SAP, interrogating these and determining enhancements to processes in collaboration with the FP&A team.
* Supporting business teams in delivering operational process enhancements through structured, robust and scalable processes.
* Integrate new subsidiaries acquired through M&A, onboarding their accounts and bringing them into line with Nexteq reporting processes, alongside completing acquisition accounting.
* Working closely to support the Group FC on key projects.
Qualifications and Experience
* The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA or similar) with proven ability to enhance processes and developing solutions to be operated by others.
* Technically strong, with IFRS experience.
* Highly proficient in Excel and developing reports to handle data from multiple sources.
* Thorough understanding of group consolidation and FX.
* Experience in board reporting and managing information flow to CEO and Directors.
* Comfortable partnering with all areas of the business to drive change and improve processes.
* Well organised and have demonstrable experience of delivering reporting changes.
* Dynamic, flexible and self-driven individual.
* SAP Business One experience ideal.
Benefits
* Nexteq Pension Scheme – 5% company, 5% employee contribution, based on qualifying earnings.
* 28 days holiday plus Bank and other national holidays (8 days).
* Private Medical Cover.
* Death in Service life insurance.
* Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
Nexteq plc is recognised as a market leader in the design and manufacture of market-focused embedded electronic hardware, software and display solutions. The business has a pedigree in the supply of innovative computer platforms and monitor solutions for the gaming and slot machine industry and also a widespread business in the supply of industrial display and HMI products.
Headquartered in the UK and listed on the London Stock Exchange, the business has grown both organically and via acquisition, with plans to accelerate growth both organically and through acquisitions. The business is a global enterprise with offices in nine countries.
The company majors on the importance of a collaborative, friendly, dynamic, merit-driven culture.
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