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Job Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Group Reporting Finance Manager supports the preparation and review of group management accounts, statutory financial statements, and monthly reporting activities. This role manages key relationships with EMEAI subsidiaries to ensure compliance with local requirements, while also partnering with other global teams including HR and applicable Corporate teams. With a focus on process improvement, the Financial Reporting Manager oversees a team handling Accounts Receivable, technical accounting and month end processing, ensuring timely and accurate financial records to meet the Group's reporting needs.
Group Responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Lead the AR team to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely customer billing, credit control, and cash application processes.
- Assist in the preparation of group management accounts and statutory financial statements and reports, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
- Support the management of the group’s external audit process in conjunction with other Group reporting teams.
- Review monthly reporting cost center analyses and provide summarised commentary for senior finance leadership in the monthly reporting pack.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of balance sheet reconciliations and cost centre reporting under your responsibility.
- Take responsibility for technical accounting in specific areas of the balance sheet, including equity, trade and other payables/receivables, and investments, as directed.
- Interpret and assess the impact of new/existing accounting standards and implement practical changes as needed
EMEAI Subsidiaries
- Serve as the key relationship contact for EMEA external local subsidiary accounts, including overall responsibility over financial operational duties including reviewing and approving invoices, bank payment and managing performance of local accountants.
- Oversee EMEAI statutory and group reporting, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, consistency, and adherence to local requirements.
- Collaborate with relevant Business Partners to enhance reporting efficiency and accuracy.
Systems And Processes
- Continuously review and enhance financial reporting and operational finance processes, using technology and best practices as the business evolves.
- Partner with the Business Systems Improvement team to maintain and enhance financial record quality.
- Regularly review and recommend improvements to current processes to maintain high standards in financial reporting and reduce reporting timelines.
Leadership And Team Management
- Manage and provide guidance to members of the finance group reporting and AR teams, supporting their technical and personal development.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture across the finance function.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Desirable
Qualifications/ Education
- Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA)
Experience
- +5 years PQE with Group experience
- Microsoft D365 experience
Knowledge/Skills/
Abilities
- Hands-on leadership experience in Accounts Receivable or Financial Operations
- Experienced in the preparation and/or audit of complex, multi-currency, consolidated management and financial information for a UK listed group;
- Excellent understanding of IFRS reporting requirements;
- Experience of IFRS implementations
- Strong MS Excel skills
- Confidence when presenting financial information to non-finance audiences
- Comfortable dealing with Senior Management across the Group)
- Good knowledge of financial systems and the ability to develop
- A can do attitude and a proactive approach to solving problems individually and as key member of the Finance function.
- Excellent self & team organisation and project management skills to be able to work with colleagues across the business and provide guidance to team
- Experience with IFRS 2 and IFRS 9
- Knowledge of Order-to-Cash systems and credit risk frameworks
Attitude/Other
Requirements
- A Collaborative individual who is happy to undertake a task regardless of the team hierarchy.
About Us
Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.
