Group Reporting Manager

Group Reporting Manager

📍 Oxford (Hybrid Working)

💰 £75,000–£85,000 + Bonus + 30 days holiday + 12 PM Finish on Fridays

🕒 Full-time | Permanent

Join a purpose-led organisation with a meaningful role in supporting the UK’s digital landscape. This is a highly respected, forward-thinking organisation that helps keep essential online services running smoothly and securely. They collaborate with a wide range of partners across the public and private sectors and are trusted to manage sensitive information responsibly.

You’ll be joining a genuinely supportive team culture known for its flexibility, collaborative spirit and commitment to personal development. The organisation offers excellent benefits, a healthy work–life balance and a modern hybrid working approach designed to help you do your best work. Profits are reinvested into initiatives that help improve digital access, strengthen online safety and deliver broader social impact.

They are seeking a Group Reporting Manager — a highly technical and hands-on finance leader — to strengthen financial governance, enhance reporting quality and drive process improvements across the finance function.

The Role

The Group Reporting Manager will lead financial accounting, reporting and compliance activities, overseeing AP/AR, statutory accounts, tax processes and key improvement initiatives. Working as part of a collaborative Finance Leadership Team, you will ensure the organisation maintains strong technical standards and robust financial controls.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Control

• Lead month-end close, balance sheet ownership and cashflow reporting
• Produce accurate statutory accounts (prepared fully in-house)
• Maintain up-to-date accounting compliance and technical standards
• Oversee investment accounting and reporting

AP/AR Oversight & Operational Excellence

• Line manage and coach AP and AR teams (2 direct reports)
• Enhance service quality, reduce days-to-pay and improve internal processes
• Maintain and develop financial policies, procedures and controls

Tax, Audit & Compliance

• Lead statutory audit and all associated preparation
• Manage tax accounting processes, including considerations for capital gains tax on investment portfolios
• Collaborate with external tax advisors to ensure ongoing compliance

Strategic & Continuous Improvement Projects

• Lead organisational readiness for upcoming e-invoicing requirements (2029)
• Drive continuous improvement across financial operations
• Provide strong technical advice and guidance to the wider business

About You

You will thrive in an environment where technical strength, ownership and hands-on delivery are essential. To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Experience of working in a SME environment where you have to be hands-on
• Strong technical accounting background
• Experience leading statutory accounting, audit and compliance
• Industry experience (not straight from practice)
• Line management experience
• Hands-on mindset, comfortable delivering without offshore support
• Experience with tax accounting and an understanding of capital gains tax
• Experience in continuous improvement or control enhancement programmes
• Strong coaching and mentoring approach