30 Finance Manager jobs in Reading

Company description

Location: Basingstoke (hybrid 3x per week in the office)
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: competitive salary 
Hours: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday

Think the AA is just about roadside assistance? Think again!

As one of the UK's most trusted brands, we provide a wide range of services to millions of customers. From comprehensive Home and Motor Insurance to personalised Financial Services like Loans and Savings, and outstanding B2B, Consumer, Business Services, Driver Training, Car Care, and Service Maintenance and Repair, we've got you covered. Our mission is to keep Britain moving, and we're looking for dedicated individuals to join our team. Ready to join us?
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This is the job

This is a high profile role within the AA Insurance Finance team, supporting the AA’s insurance broker business a division generating approximately £100m in annual turnover across key products including Motor and Home insurance. As Finance Lead for Motor Insurance, which contributes around 60% of broker revenue, you’ll play a pivotal role in a strategically important and high-growth area. With plans to grow Motor by over 80% by FY31, this role demands regular complex modelling to support pricing decisions and optimise the New Business vs Renewal trade-off in a highly competitive market. Beyond Motor, you’ll also take ownership of several other key areas including Marketing spend, Legal income, Van income, and IFRS17 reporting. In addition, you’ll act as Deputy to the Head of Finance, dedicating approximately 40% of your time to leadership responsibilities. This includes approving pricing decisions, overseeing broker trading performance, and supporting month-end and budgeting processes. You’ll work closely with the Head of Finance to ensure accurate and timely reporting of financial results, while managing income streams to help deliver against budgeted EBITDA targets

What will I be doing?

As Finance Lead for Motor Insurance, you’ll play a central role in supporting the AA’s insurance broker business. Your responsibilities will span financial planning, performance analysis, stakeholder engagement, and strategic decision-making. Key areas of focus include:

• Leading financial reporting for Motor Insurance month-end, ensuring accuracy and insight through collaboration with the Reporting team
•  Supporting monthly performance reviews via variance analysis against forecast and budget, and presenting findings at key meetings
• Business partnering the Head of Motor Insurance to assess product profitability, including Lifetime Value modelling
• Providing financial oversight of Marketing spend, Legal and Van income, and IFRS17 balances, ensuring budget alignment and governance compliance
• Forecasting and budgeting for Motor, Van, Legal income, and Marketing costs, while maintaining oversight of the Broker P&L
•  Engaging with stakeholders across the Insurance Trading and Marketing teams to influence spend behaviour and trading decisions
•  Contributing to strategic planning, including updates to the 5-Year Plan and preparation of presentations for the CEO and CFO
•  Ensuring balance sheet integrity through reconciliation and variance explanation
•  Supporting operational efficiency, including assisting with inputs for call centre FTE forecasting and analysis of call volume trends
• Deputising for the Head of Finance, attending EMT meetings, approving pricing decisions, and representing Finance in key forums
• Driving performance improvement through insightful analysis, risk/opportunity identification, and challenge where needed
•  Assisting with ad hoc projects and audit queries, and liaising with Reporting and Business Partnering teams as required

What do I need?

We’re looking for a commercially minded finance professional with strong analytical skills, a collaborative approach, and a passion for driving performance. To thrive in this role, you’ll need:

Skills & Experience
• Strong financial acumen, supported by a solid educational background
• Proven experience in an accounting or finance role, ideally within a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships across teams
• Highly organised and capable of working independently to manage competing priorities
• Enthusiastic, ambitious, and driven to deliver results
• Knowledge of the insurance industry is advantageous but not essential
Education & Qualifications
• Fully qualified CIMA (or equivalent accounting qualification)
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to manage and deliver under tight or conflicting deadlines
• Naturally curious, with a desire to understand, challenge, and improve
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy

Additional Information

We’re always looking to recognise and reward our employees for the work they do. As a valued member of The AA team, you’ll have access to a range of benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + holiday buying scheme
• Worksave pension scheme with up to 7% employer contribution
• Free AA breakdown membership from Day 1 plus 50% discount for family and friends
• Discounts on AA products including car and home insurance
• Employee discount scheme that gives you access to a car salary sacrifice scheme plus great discounts on healthcare, shopping, holidays and more
• Company funded life assurance
• Diverse learning and development opportunities to support you to progress in your career
• Dedicated Employee Assistance Programme and a 24/7 remote GP service for you and your family
  Plus, so much more!
  We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from everyone. The AA values diversity and the difference this brings to our culture and our customers. We actively seek people from diverse backgrounds to join us and become part of an inclusive company where you can be yourself, be empowered to be your best and feel like you truly belong. We have five communities to bring together people with shared characteristics and backgrounds and drive positive change.

As part of the onboarding process, we complete several pre-employment checks including work reference, credit and criminal record checks.
We may close the vacancy sooner than the advertised date if we get a high volume of applications, please apply now if you are interested.

Finance Manager - Reading Job Type: Full timeIn a Nutshell…

We have a great opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our team within Vistry Thames Valley, at our Reading office. As our Finance Manager you will report to the Head of Finance and is responsible for the production of weekly, monthly, and annual management reports and Statutory Accounts. This is a front-end role liaising closely with other departments to ensure timely and accurate information is presented to the local Board and Division.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you…

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

In return, what we would like from you…

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
• ACA / ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Proven track record in producing concise management information.
• 5 or more years post qualifications experience.
• Experience of implementing new processes and procedures and consistently challenging such processes to improve the quality of input.
• Very strong knowledge of Excel
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines
• Building relationships with commercial teams
• Ability to follow up queries and obtain explanations of variances to budget.
• Having strong inter-personal skills to enable effective communication at all levels.
• Possess commercial acumen
• Be flexible in their approach
• Be proactive in dealing with issues
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work well in a team

Desirable –

• Experience of working in the construction sector
• Experience of COINS accounting system
• Knowledge of Anaplan

More about the Finance Manager role…

• Preparation of management accounts and supporting commentary on a monthly basis.
• Maintaining and updating the WIP summary, challenging assumptions and calculating the month end WIP number for inclusion in the management accounts.
• Reconciling project gross profit to management accounts gross profit, verifying reconciling items.
• Provide support to the Finance Director in production of monthly Board packs.
• Monthly Joint Venture reporting both internally and to JV partners.
• Business Partner with Sales, Operations and Commercial to drive performance of business.
• Ensuring integrity of data on COINS and Anaplan.
• Posting of house sale completion statements and journals to COINS.
• Monitoring daily bank movements including actual and 3 month forecast reporting.
• Updating the sales forecast on a monthly basis and reviewing with senior management.
• Ensuring invoices are raised in line with the sales forecast, analysing variances with the QS.
• Updating and reviewing the retention tracker and bonds forecast with senior management, setting targets for completion.
• Monitoring customer care costs, ensuring costs are recharged to subcontractors wherever possible.
• Reviewing cost to complete and raise questions at the monthly project review meetings.
• Manage production of weekly sales and build reports.
• Prepare Working Day 1 flash reports to FD and Division.
• Challenging management and identifying areas for investigation.
• Improving systems and procedures.
• Preparation of schedules for statutory audit.
• Work closely with the Finance team to ensure integrity of the accounting system.
• Work closely with the FD and MD in preparing ad-hoc management reports as required.
• Liaise with and help lead reporting initiatives with the Head of Finance.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us…

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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**Finance Manager, UK&I**
**Location:** Newbury, UK
**Permanent Contract**
**Hybrid:** On Average, 2 Days Per Week in Office
**About Stryker**
Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology companies and together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including orthopaedics, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology & spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. Stryker products and services are available in over 100 countries around the world.
We are proud to be named one the World's Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine and have been consistently recognised by Great Place To Work in the UK.
**The Role**
Stryker is looking for a talented Finance Manager to join its UK finance team. This position is responsible for proactively collaborating across the European finance community to drive UK accounting controllership, including quality financial reporting and statutory reporting.
Our goal is to be a best-in-class function, comprised of ethical, talented and engaged people that supports our functions and customers.
You will work with our local finance team and European finance centre of excellence to proactively lead our key controllership activities including revenue recognition, month end, balance sheet quality, statutory financial statements, tax compliance and a variety of other interesting ad-hoc finance activities. You will also have opportunity to work with our commercial organisation supporting ad hoc commercial projects outside of finance.
**Key Activities and Accountabilities:**
**Networks and** **R** **elationships**
+ Build/ foster/ facilitate strong relationships across our European finance community to ensure robust core processes deliver seamless accounting with minimal manual intervention, and high efficiency.
+ Influence a broad range of key stakeholders to deliver the roles key objective
+ Build and maintain a robust culture of process improvement - drive the understanding of the need for improvement and enthusiasm within the wider team
+ Ability to navigate a fast-paced environment and drive through ambiguity to find solutions; work and priorities can be variable at short notice
**Financial Results and Reporting**
+ Take the lead in driving quality financial reporting, accounting and tax compliance in the UK.
+ Key role in interacting with various senior stakeholders to deliver on our financial reporting and compliance obligations.
+ Review Income Statements and Balance Sheetsto drive high quality of financial reporting across the UK entities
+ Review key balance sheet reconciliations and owninternal balance sheet reporting requirements
+ Leadstatutory financial statements process across multiple entities. Collaborate with European finance centre,including review offinancial statements and workings toensure high quality financial statements are prepared and filed.
+ Lead local annual impairment assessment process.
+ Provide local technical accounting support as required, on topics such as revenue recognition and lease accounting.
+ Lead UK revenue recognition.
+ Own relationships with our key internal and external accounting advisors and stakeholders
+ Leadership of internal and external audit processes, be a key point of escalation.
+ Optimising cashflow through Accounts receivable oversight and influencing the European finance centre processes and priorities.
**Tax** **C** **ompliance:**
+ Lead a variety of internal and external tax compliance activities
+ Own relationships with our key internal and external advisors and stakeholders
+ Drive high qualityaccurateexternal tax filings through comprehensive reviews and upskilling of internal teams.
+ Ensure high quality compliance with all internal tax reporting requirements
+ Manage all external R&D tax claim processes
**Other**
+ Opportunity for future people manager responsibilities
+ Other miscellaneous finance activities, including ad-hoc finance/non finance projects
**Qualifications and Experience:**
+ Professional accounting certification (i.e. ACCA, ICAEW)
+ At least 5 years post qualification experience
+ Experienced in leading and delivering UK controllership activities
+ Practical experience of using Microsoft Excel to an advanced level, PowerBI experience is an advantage.
**Competencies**
+ **Proactive** - A self-starter who can navigate ambiguity in a fast paced environment to define priorities and manage the complexities of multiple tasks/projects. Has a pro-active and independent personality, ability to manage their own workload and prioritise appropriately
+ **Strong internal drive** and motivation to make a difference and add value to an organisation
+ **Planning/** **organisation** - Understands what is needed to accomplish project objectives and establishappropriate goals and priority. Able to work under tight deadlines, multi-task and be flexible to cope with changing priorities
+ **Attention to detail** - takes pride in their work and delivers exceptional quality
+ **Strong communication** (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and ability to communicate complicated issues effectively
+ **Decision making/judgement** - Selects effective approaches to solving issues, based on available information and business objectives
+ **Relationship builder** - Builds and maintains relationships with key internal and external stakeholders that support and improve effectiveness. Demonstrated ability to work across levels within the organization
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Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.
Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.

**Job Description Summary**
Responsible for driving profitable growth while effectively managing company risk and ensuring financial integrity across the region. The Finance Manager for Central Europe oversees financial operations in the UK and Germany.
Reporting directly to the PDx International CFO, this role serves as a strategic business partner to two General Managers. It provides critical financial planning, analysis, and reporting to enable sound decision making and drive operational performance.
The ideal candidate will possess strong knowledge of industry and market trends, demonstrate the ability to assess the quality of financial information, and lead initiatives that promote business optimization, operational rigor, and inclusivity. This role contributes to the broader mission of creating a world where Healthcare has no limits.
GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.
**Job Description**
**Roles and Responsibilities**
+ Business partnering with Commercial team, Operations, Customer Services and other stakeholders to deliver sales and operating growth strategies.
+ Support business profitability and regional financial results and growth. Ownership and accountability of Regional P&L from sales to EBIT and cash performance
+ Manage weekly business pacing to track progress against monthly commitments, identifying risks and opportunities & focusing on run rates. Working in harmony with the GM and Ops Manager in weekly pulse calls.
+ Provide pricing guidance on all deals, ensuring competitiveness in the market whilst protecting healthy margins
+ Cash and Collections monitoring, proactive discussions with commercial, credit, treasury and external partners on payment solutions, elimination of Past Dues & improve cash conversion
+ Owner of budgeting, forecasting, finance processes & 3-5 year planning cycles, variance analysis.
+ Owner of month end and quarter end financial close periods, ensuring monthly forecast accuracy
+ Identify price, margin improvements and cost productivities. Support the commercial team to implement.
+ Analyze market trends, competitor behaviors, and customer data to generate actionable insights that guide commercial strategy and build deep domain knowledge
+ Manage PPRS tax filing, ensuring compliance and exploring optimization opportunities. Rebate calculations and pricing overrides.
+ Design and manage bonus schemes that align with business objectives and motivate performance
+ Collaborate & Lead cross-functional projects with International Finance team to drive simplification, standardization and /or improve rigor in key Operations and Finance processes
+ Foster a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement within the PDx finance team.
+ Implement and champion automation
+ Mentor and lead intern
+ Promote PDx HQ guidelines, be an advocate of change
**Role Requirement**
+ Bachelor's degree in Finance & extensive financial experience
+ Excellent communication, clarity and strong analytical skills.
+ Excellent written and spoken English and intermediate in German language
+ Very good knowledge of MS Excel and Qlik Sense
+ Ability to influence others in a highly matrix environment, drive change and lead
+ Strong team player with curiosity to learn and take on new projects
+ Self-starter, highly motivated to work in dynamic cross functional environment
+ Experience in commercial finance/ reporting or/and FP&A role
+ Ability to support a field execution function, with good technical & financial background
+ Ability to work under tight deadlines and to prioritize under pressure; accelerate pacing of actions;
+ Ability to assimilate information quickly and formulate observations/recommendations Ability to prioritize and balance workload to meet deadlines
+ Ability to work independently with high level of accuracy
+ Ability to analyze the problems and identify the solution
+ Drive continuous process improvement, execution oriented
**Inclusion and Diversity**
GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
**Behaviors**
We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership - always with unyielding integrity.
**Total Rewards**
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you'd expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you'll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.
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**Additional Information**
**Relocation Assistance Provided:** No

Job Description

Financial Reporting Manager Location : Kidlington (2 days onsite pw)

Salary : £70,000 + V. Competitive Benefits

Type : Permanent

Hays is seeking a technically strong and proactive Financial Reporting Manager to lead UK financial reporting and support group reporting requirements in a high-growth, fast-paced environment. This is a hands-on opportunity to shape and build financial reporting infrastructure from the ground up. You'll take full ownership of statutory reporting, drive improvements in financial controls, and collaborate across teams to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead UK statutory reporting under FRS 102 and manage the year-end audit process.
• Own monthly consolidated financials and quarterly reporting packs under US GAAP, supporting SEC disclosure requirements.
• Design and oversee SOX controls, including documentation, testing, and remediation.
• Act as the primary contact for external auditors and technical accounting queries.
• Provide guidance on revenue recognition, lease accounting, intercompany transactions, and policy implementation.
• Partner with finance, operations, manufacturing, and talent teams to ensure consistency and compliance across reporting.

What We're Looking For

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience preparing statutory financial statements and managing audits in deadline-driven environments.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK GAAP and US GAAP.
• Proven ability to establish and improve financial controls and reporting frameworks.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Comfortable working in a high-growth, fast-moving setting with cross-functional collaboration.

If you're ready to take ownership of a critical reporting function and thrive in a dynamic environment, apply today or speak to your Hays consultant for more details.

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Our client, a rapidly expanding organisation in **Reading, Berkshire**, is seeking a highly accomplished Head of Financial Reporting to lead their finance team. This hybrid role presents a significant opportunity to oversee all aspects of financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of financial statements and regulatory filings. You will be instrumental in shaping financial strategy, managing a team of accountants, and implementing best practices in financial control and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the financial reporting function, overseeing the preparation of annual and interim financial statements in accordance with IFRS/UK GAAP.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including Companies House filings and tax submissions.
• Develop, implement, and maintain robust internal controls and financial policies and procedures.
• Manage the year-end audit process, liaising with external auditors and providing necessary information and support.
• Oversee the consolidation of financial information from group entities.
• Analyse financial performance, providing insights and recommendations to senior management.
• Drive process improvements and system enhancements within the financial reporting function.
• Mentor, develop, and lead the financial reporting team, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Prepare board reports and presentations on financial performance and key financial metrics.
• Stay current with accounting standards, regulatory changes, and best practices in financial reporting.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with extensive experience in financial reporting, preferably within a listed company or large group environment. A strong understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP is essential. Proven experience in managing audit processes and interacting with external auditors is required. Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills are paramount. You should possess strong analytical abilities, meticulous attention to detail, and the capacity to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Proficiency in financial reporting software and advanced Excel skills are necessary. This role requires a blend of strategic oversight and hands-on management, with time spent both in the office for team collaboration and key meetings, and remotely for analysis and report preparation.

An established organisation in Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK is seeking a meticulous and experienced Senior Accountant to oversee its financial reporting functions. This is a critical role responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of all financial statements and regulatory filings. You will play a key part in supporting the finance department's strategic objectives and contributing to the overall financial health of the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with relevant accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, UK GAAP)
• Manage the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring all deadlines are met
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate and resolve discrepancies
• Develop and maintain robust internal controls over financial reporting
• Assist with the preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Support external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations
• Ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory reporting requirements
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement efficiencies within the accounting function
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of accounting software and systems
• Prepare financial analysis and management reports for senior management
• Liaise with other departments to gather financial information and provide support
• Stay current with changes in accounting standards and regulations

The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with a minimum of 4-5 years of post-qualification experience in accounting and financial reporting. Proven experience in preparing financial statements under IFRS or UK GAAP is essential. Strong knowledge of accounting principles, internal controls, and regulatory requirements is required. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail, are paramount. Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks) and advanced Excel skills are mandatory. The ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and work under pressure to meet deadlines is crucial. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are necessary for liaising with internal teams and external auditors. This role requires a proactive and diligent individual committed to upholding the highest standards of financial accuracy and integrity. While the role is primarily office-based, occasional remote work for specific tasks may be considered based on business needs.

About Us

Exscientia is an AI-driven precision medicine company committed to discovering, designing and developing the best possible drugs in the fastest and most effective manner. Exscientia developed the first-ever functional precision oncology platform to successfully guide treatment selection and improve patient outcomes in a prospective interventional clinical study, as well as to progress AI-designed small molecules into the clinical setting. Our internal pipeline is focused on leveraging our precision medicine platform in oncology, while our partnered pipeline broadens our approach to other therapeutic areas. By pioneering a new approach to medicine creation, we believe the best ideas of science can rapidly become the best medicines for patients.

Exscientia has a growing portfolio of projects and assets in immunological disease particularly in our collaborations with pharmaceutical company partners. We are looking for an exceptional scientist to lead and develop this therapeutic area with a focus on the identification and validation of new therapeutic targets and the conception and implementation of disease-relevant assays to the discovery of drugs for autoimmune and inflammatory disease. The successful candidate will work at the interface of Exscientia and its external partners and be expected to make a significant scientific and strategic contribution to future developments at Exscientia.

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Financial Reporting & Operations to join our finance team, supporting the operations of the finance department through the delivery of key aspects of the month-end close process, the implementation of the Company’s Sarbanes Oxley 404 framework and wider financial reporting activities as well as driving process efficiency and continuous improvement across the finance function. The individual will also take responsibility for supporting the group’s consolidation process and external reporting requirements.

Please note this is a hybrid role and regular travel is required to our offices in Oxford, UK (approximately 2 times per week, with flexibility to work from home the remaining time). We are a flexible working organisation and we’re willing to consider other options which would provide similar contact time with the team.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Play a critical role in development and implementation of our internal controls and compliance programs.
• Support in regular control performance assessment ensuring control objectives are met and evidenced appropriately.
• Support in the design of remediation plans where controls are not operating as designed working with process owners to facilitate improvements on a continual basis.
• Assist in the preparation of consolidated external reporting requirements and individual subsidiary statutory accounts.
• Act as a key contact for our external auditors to facilitate audit activities.

Requirements

Essential competencies & requirements:

• ACA/ACCA Qualified or equivalent
• Strong accounting systems knowledge & experience of system implementations, process improvement and control implementation and optimisation
• External/Internal Audit experience
• Knowledge of SOx requirements
• Knowledge of IFRS accounting principals
• Organised individual with attention to detail and ability to prioritise and manage time effectively.

Desirable skills:

• Previous experience with Netsuite.

Benefits

• Join our inclusive, collaborative and intellectually stimulating organisation with strong company values.
• As a learning organisation, we provide access to learning and development opportunities and will place you at the forefront of your career growth at Exscientia.
• We employ brilliant people so we pay highly competitive salaries. Additionally, all our employees are eligible for a company-wide annual bonus and receive both a new joiner and annual share award.
• Enjoy our generous holiday allowance and flexible working approach to find a healthy work-life balance that works for you.
• Create amazing memories or progress your personal and professional development with our four-week paid sabbatical after four years of service.
• We’re leading the way in progressive leave, offering enhanced policies such as generous parental leave, surrogacy, menopause, and family emergency leave so you feel supported no matter the life event.
• Additionally, we support childcare costs for children aged 0-5 through our affordable childcare scheme.
• Take advantage of two generous salary exchange schemes to claim discounts on a brand new electric vehicle and cycling equipment worth up to £3,500.
• As a healthcare company, we understand the importance of health and wellbeing so we provide comprehensive private health insurance, dental and vision benefits for you and your family.
• We also provide plenty of access to mental health support including therapy and counselling sessions plus an employee assistance program for help with lifestyle issues such as bereavement, family problems or money management.
• To help safeguard the future for you and your loved ones, we also offer pension and life cover.
• Help yourself to free drinks and snacks in our fully stocked kitchens. Join your colleagues in one of our many breakout areas and get to know the people you are working with. Some of the best ideas start with a coffee break!
• Feel inspired in our high spec labs where you will use state-of-the-art equipment and instrumentation that enable you to do your best work.
• We’ll even support your home office environment with an allowance for furniture and equipment to make your space as comfortable and productive as possible.
• Learn more about why our team enjoy working at Exscientia here

SAP Finance Project Manager - EMEA We are currently recruiting for a SAP Finance Project Manager to lead SAP Finance for a global engineering group. The ideal candidate for this opportunity will have a finance / accounting background before moving to SAP project management and previously led S4 Hana implementations, upgrades, design, testing and UAT for the international finance functions. The main responsibility will be to acts as 'the bridge' between SAP S4 Hana and the business (finance). Responsibilities include: Lead a team of professionals with SAP expertise in Finance and Controlling reporting to the EMEA CFO Support the finance organization with implementations and upgrades across EMEA Translate finance business and functional requirements into SAP design and system functionality Working closely with technical teams and 3rd party vendors to adapt and drive solutions Work with multiple business partners across EMEA at any given time, focusing on delivery of projects as a Functional Expert in Finance and Controlling Expertise and command of all business areas covered in SAP Finance and Controlling including, but not limited to: COPA, Procurement (Direct and Indirect), Treasury, AP, AR, Budgeting, Reporting and Analytics Identify opportunities and drive multiple projects to help business efficiencies Lead testing and user acceptance training across EMEA Ability to lead conversations and design meetings as the trusted advisor with finance business partners Proven ability to clearly document needs, requirements and solutions Co-ordinating system operations with the business units Requirements: The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of finance processes, complemented by extensive expertise in SAP S4 Hana (FICO) Ability to translate complex business needs into effective, streamlined solutions, drive operational excellence and delivering impactful results Educated to Bachelors in Finance / Accounting Qualified ACCA / CIMA an advantage 10 years progressive experience in Finance / Accounting Significant experience with SAP S4 Hana finance modules Prior experience in leading SAP roll outs - upgrades / implementations Senior leader with ability to manage multiple teams, stakeholders and vendors to deliver SAP for the finance functions Excellent communication and negotiation skills Change and project management professional Expert SAP S4 Hana knowledge and experience (finance)