Group Financial Reporting Manager

Alexander Daniels are currently recruiting for a Group Financial Reporting Manager on behalf of a high-growth private equity-backed manufacturing business headquartered in Derbyshire on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting into the senior finance leadership, this role plays a key part in delivering accurate group reporting, supporting strategic decision-making, and ensuring financial compliance across all business units.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly consolidation of group results, reviewing business unit submissions, intercompany eliminations, and preparing consolidation journals.

• Produce accurate and timely Group Management Accounts, including detailed P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow reporting.

• Support internal and external stakeholders with high-quality financial reports, including group leadership, investors, and banking partners.

• Coordinate the monthly forecasting process, including covenant tracking and variance analysis.

• Drive the preparation of group-wide budgets, scenario planning, and financial modelling.

• Partner with site finance teams to ensure compliance with group policies and consistency in financial reporting.

• Support year-end audit processes, including the audit of the consolidated group accounts.

• Contribute to acquisition accounting, financial integration of new entities, and synergy tracking.

• Develop and maintain group accounting policies, governance frameworks, and internal controls.

Ideal Candidate

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified accountant with strong post-qualification experience in group reporting and consolidation.

• A background in audit, financial reporting, or group finance within a complex, multi-entity structure.

• Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, both internally and externally.

• Strong understanding of IFRS/UK GAAP and technical accounting standards.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret financial data and drive performance insights.

• Confident user of financial systems and Excel; experience in financial modelling is highly desirable.

This role would suit someone making their 1st or 2nd time move out of practice and offers a wealth of opportunity for progression in an ever-expanding and niche organisation.