Group Finance Manager

The Group Finance Manager is an exciting new role building out a Group Finance team working closely with the Group Financial Controller in an ambitious and growing Private Equity backed business for a driven and enthusiastic individual.

K3 Advisory Group is a highly-acquisitive, private equity backed organisation with 20+ trading subsidiaries across five divisions. These divisions include complimentary, multidisciplinary professional services companies. You will support the Group Financial Controller with reporting, monitoring controls, system change including engaging and onboarding newly acquired businesses onto group standards rapidly.

The Role

• Lead the monthly close timetable across all divisions and stakeholders.

• Review entity management accounts and support the Group Financial Controller with preparing the consolidated Group management accounts, cash flow, KPIs and variance commentary

• Prepare data and schedules for weekly and monthly reporting to the private equity owners and funders, including covenant calculations, and respond to ad hoc requests from the Group Financial Controller, CFO and CEO

• Support the oversight, documentation and development of group financial controls, test controls periodically and follow up exceptions with entity finance teams

• Monitor consistent application of group accounting policies and processes across all businesses, taking account of the different regulatory regimes in group entities

• Support technical accounting, statutory accounts and year-end audit preparation, and work with external auditors and tax advisors on audit queries, tax accounting and tax controls

• Support the onboarding of acquisitions, including opening balance sheets, acquisition accounting, chart of accounts mapping and embedding group standards

• Identify and deliver process improvements and automation, and support finance system changes, testing and training

• Engage and work with the Financial Operations Manager (AP/AR) and Payroll Manager on close deadlines and accounting queries as directed, and deputise for the Group Financial Controller on routine matters

The Candidate

You will be an ambitious, practice accountancy professional able to meet the following crteria:

• Accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

• Ideally experienced in preparing accounts and financial statements for businesses across a range of regulated environments (ICAEW, FCA, SRA regulated etc)

• Positive, can-do attitude with an enthusiastic and energetic approach to work – a “go getter”

• Strong Technical accounting background, either in a large audit firm or in a large organisation

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities

• Team player with a collaborative mindset and strong interpersonal skills.

• Confident management skills

• Confidence to challenge the status quo and suggest improvements

• Ability to produce high quality work to tight deadlines

• Candidate with a “systems” and “Automation” mindset ensuring processes are as slick as possible

• The ideal candidate will be audit trained in a sizable firm with a couple of years industry experience

K3 Advisory Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including pension, life assurance, health cash plan and a range of salary sacrifice benefits and discounts through our Circular Benefits scheme.

If you are a Qualified Accountant with strong technical accounting experience seeking a highly-visible role within a PE backed business, please get in touch to discuss this unique career opportunity.