Financial Reporting Lead - Multinational

Overview

Would you like to have an impact and join a business where you can make the difference?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?

Location: This role will be based from our Marlow office and is a hybrid role with 3 days per week in office and 2 days working from home.

The Financial Reporting and Control team are growing in response to the demands of a fast-growing business and an increasingly demanding control and governance environment. Led by Head of Group Financial Reporting, the team sit alongside and work closely with Tax, Treasury and the transactional finance teams (credit control and accounts payable) and other areas of business operations. The team are ultimately responsible for the timely and accurate reporting of Group and subsidiary numbers both internally and externally.

This role provides an opportunity to work in the heart of a fast-evolving and dynamic business, reporting accurate numbers and driving control change.

Success. The Softcat Way.

It’s an exciting time to be at Softcat, one of the UK s most successful technology solutions businesses. We help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We ve reached the £1 billion+ parevenue milestone, opened our first office outside the UK and picked up a series of industry awards. We ve got even bigger plans for the future.

So, if you share our drive and ambition, get ready to achieve more from your career.

The successful candidate will be a key player in the Financial Reporting and Control team as well as the wider finance function of a thriving FTSE-250 Company. Driving the accuracy and timeliness of corporate reporting, internally and externally, with a key focus on Softcat s international business. The team is growing quickly to adapt to continued business growth and added complexity.

This role is an exciting opportunity for someone wanting to get involved across all areas of the business and implement changes, which ultimately improve reporting quality. In this role there will be exposure to most areas of finance and work closely with various business operation functions and the Multinational team.

As a Financial Reporting Lead - Multinational you ll be responsible for:

• Owning the delivery and evolution of accounting and reporting for areas such as revenue recognition, consolidation, FX, intercompany.
• Ensuring international entity accounting, reporting and cash management requirements are met.
• Working with the wider business to ensure processes and controls are correct and being applied appropriately.
• Supporting the multinational team and commercial finance on accounting and reporting matters.
• Identifying and delivering continuous improvement in new and existing accounting and reporting related processes, including defining scope, goals and deliverables.

• A minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in practice or industry.
• Strong technical accounting and analytical skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex topics.
• Confidence working with large datasets and advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and motivate others.
• Experience in the production of and delivery of improvements in management reporting.

We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don t hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working – 3 days per week in the office and 2 days working from home
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates…