Financial & Regulatory Reporting Manager

Role Overview

This role leads the finance function’s reporting, planning, and control agenda, ensuring that financial, regulatory, management, and group-level information is accurate, timely, and fully compliant with IFRS and internal accounting policies. Day to day, the position works across transactional finance, budgeting, forecasting, value tracking, and strategic monitoring, turning detailed financial data into reliable insight for decision-makers. The employer depends on this role to protect financial integrity, strengthen controls, and keep both external reporting and internal performance management on track.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and delivery of financial statements, regulatory returns, management reports, and group reporting packs, ensuring alignment with IFRS, group accounting policies, and local reporting rules.
• Own the budget, forecasting, and long-range planning cycles, including variance analysis, scenario review, and clear commentary that helps leadership adjust resources and priorities.
• Track strategic initiatives and value-management activities, measuring realised benefits against expectations and recommending corrective action when outcomes fall short.
• Review transactional financial data and ledger entries for accuracy, completeness, and correct accounting treatment; investigate discrepancies and improve data reliability across systems.
• Design, operate, and refine internal controls, financial risk safeguards, and cost-control measures, ensuring they remain practical and effective as the business changes.
• Manage external audit engagements end to end, act as the main point of contact for auditors, and drive timely closure of audit findings and recommendations.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and business units to interpret financial results, challenge assumptions, and provide analysis that supports commercial and strategic decisions.
• Manage, coach, and develop finance team members, setting clear priorities, encouraging accountability, and ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial systems, reporting tools, and processes to increase efficiency, accuracy, and speed of delivery.

Requirements & Qualifications

• First degree in finance, accounting, or a closely related field.
• Professional accounting certification: CKA(K) or ACCA is required.
• 5–7 years of experience in financial accounting, reporting, or management finance, including leadership or supervisory exposure.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, GAAP, and regulatory reporting frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability in financial risk management, internal controls, cost control, and value management.
• Experience managing external audits and working with financial data and systems.
• Excellent leadership, people management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Behavioural competencies: Checking Things, Empowering Individuals, Meeting Timescales, Taking Action, Team Working.
• Technical competencies: Financial Accounting and Control, Financial Acumen, Financial Management, Interpreting Financial Statements, Strategic Planning and Reporting.