Head of Financial Reporting

Head of Financial Reporting
Darlington
Fixed term contract - 12 months

Jackson Hogg are delighted to be supporting a prestigious business in Darlington who are seeking to recruit a Head of Financial Reporting for their team. This role will be responsible for leading the financial reporting function, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial statements and reports. The role plays a critical leadership within the finance team, overseeing statutory and management reporting, regulatory compliance, and strategic financial analysis, while leveraging technology and automation to improve accuracy, efficiency and insight.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Financial reporting and analysis
• Leading the preparation and delivery of financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, in compliance with UK GAAP and other regulatory standards.
• Collaborating with the Head of Finance Development on maintaining a single source of truth for financial data definitions and structures.
• Overseeing and maintaining a data dictionary for financial reporting purposes in collaboration with finance systems.
• Maintaining compliance with all regulatory and tax reporting requirements.
• Continuously improve reporting processes, controls and governance frameworks through system enhancements and best practices.

As the ideal candidate you will be/have:

• ACA, ACCA or CPA qualified.
• Significant experience of progressive experience with significant experience in financial reporting, team leadership and process improvement.
• Strong working knowledge of UK GAAP and regulatory reporting standards.
• Experience with financial reporting systems and technologies, and a proven ability to drive reporting automation.
• Expertise in ERP and reporting tools such as Workday, SAP, Oracle or Power BI.