Senior Finance Manager – 12 months

Company: Cpl
Apply for the Senior Finance Manager – 12 months
Location: Liverpool
Job Description:

Finance Manager – Account-to-Report & Consolidation

About the Role

This is a senior finance leadership opportunity overseeing reporting accuracy and compliance for a global network of legal entities. You’ll run the Account-to-Report team and share responsibility for group consolidation, working closely with Tax, Treasury, Group Reporting and external auditors to keep reporting on time, on standard and audit-ready.

The role also sits at the heart of several major change programmes reshaping how finance operates — including a systems migration to SAP, a shift away from the current consolidation platform, and the rollout of a new planning tool over the next two years.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting & Group Consolidation

  • Jointly manage consolidation for the entity group, keeping reporting aligned with IFRS and internal group standards across the relevant finance platforms
  • Investigate and clear discrepancies between balance sheet and cash flow consolidation outputs
  • Take ownership of the close cycle — monthly, quarterly and annual
  • Guarantee that everything submitted upstream to Group Reporting is complete and correct
  • Contribute to balance sheet planning, keeping figures aligned across systems
  • Play an active part in the finance transformation agenda, including system migrations and platform changes

Statutory Reporting & Audit

  • Run the process for drafting, checking and filing statutory accounts
  • Weigh in on judgement calls around impairments, provisions and other technical accounting questions
  • Keep reporting in step with local regulation and shifting accounting standards
  • Manage and develop a team of accountants, building a culture geared toward improvement
  • Handle appraisals, goal-setting, succession planning and development conversations for your direct reports; support wider team members too
  • Champion new tools and automation to modernise how the team works
  • Plan resourcing so deadlines for reporting, audits and projects are consistently met

Working Across the Business

  • Serve as the finance function’s main point of contact for Tax, Treasury, Group Reporting and Shared Services
  • Translate consolidation and reporting complexity into clear guidance for decision-makers
  • Build the kind of relationships, internally and externally, that keep audits and compliance moving smoothly

Controls & Compliance

  • Keep the control environment around reporting and consolidation strong, fixing gaps as they’re identified
  • Uphold group accounting policy, IFRS standards and control frameworks throughout

What You’ll Bring

  • A degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
  • A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, or similar)
  • Strong experience in financial accounting, consolidation, statutory reporting or audit
  • Experience of managing finance teams and navigating senior stakeholder relationships
  • Familiarity with consolidation software — SAP or Hyperion/HFM background a plus

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Posted: September 22nd, 2026