Senior Finance Manager - Ogier Global (9 month fixed term contract)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and support to the Finance Manager and Finance Operations Team Manager, ensuring clear priorities, continuity of delivery and timely escalation of issues
• Oversee the external audit regulatory reporting and capital adequacy monitoring across regulated entities, ensuring deadlines and requirements are met and appropriate assurance is provided to boards and regulators
• Prepare and review statutory financial statements, consolidated financial information and board reporting across multiple jurisdictions
• Oversee tax compliance and statutory filing obligations across all jurisdictions, coordinating external tax advisers, reviewing VAT and corporate tax return processes, and monitoring delivery against deadlines
• Act as a senior finance contact for regulators, banks, auditors and other external stakeholders, maintaining effective communication and resolving finance-related matters promptly
• Maintain the Ogier Global finance policy, control and governance framework, monitoring the operation of key controls and escalating identified weaknesses or breaches appropriately
• Oversee group treasury activities, including liquidity management, cash forecasting, banking relationships, intercompany funding and payment approval governance
• Oversee core finance operations, including accounts payable, expenses and accounts receivable, ensuring accurate and timely processing, effective issue resolution and compliance with agreed controls
• Support agreed finance process improvements and operational initiatives, while ensuring that core reporting, control and compliance deliverables remain prioritised
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified accountant with a recognised professional qualification, such as ACCA or ICAEW
• Experience in a senior finance role within a professional services environment
• Proven ability to step into a senior role, establish priorities quickly and maintain delivery
• Experience of managing finance operations in a multi-jurisdictional, regulated business
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory reporting, capital adequacy and governance requirements
• Demonstrable people leadership and team management experience
• Experience of statutory reporting, group consolidations and the preparation of group financial statements
• Proven experience managing an external audit process from planning through to completion
• Experience maintaining finance policies, controls and governance frameworks in a complex organisation
• Treasury and cash management experience, including management of banking relationships
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, business owners and external stakeholders
• Highly organised, with strong planning skills and close attention to detail and accuracy
• Collaborative and able to build effective working relationships across finance, operational teams, leadership and external stakeholders
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong capability across Microsoft Office applications

Benefits

• Support for your health and wellbeing
• Financial benefits that support your future
• The latest technology and tools
• Flexibility in how you work
• Opportunities to learn and grow
• Time to recharge
• Time to support causes that matter to you