Finance Reporting Manager; FTC

Finance Reporting Manager (12 Month FTC)

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Work type: Full time
Site: Redditch
Categories: Finance
Location: West Midlands

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. Weare dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime ofmotoringand cycling enjoyment.

The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.

Ifyou’rewilling to get stuck in,you’lllove it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment whereexpertiseand focus take people far.

This is a high-impact Financial Reporting Manager role, owning the financial reporting for Halfords Autocentres’ complex 3PL supply chain.

You’llbe responsible for tracking purchasing and inventory acrossa £80–£100m annual spend, managing supplier financing and notional transactions, and translating management accounts intoaccuratestatutory reporting under IFRS and UK GAAP.It’sa technically demanding role with significant board-level visibility, sitting at the heart of a critical operational area of the business.

You’rea qualified, experienced finance professional who thrives in complexity.

You’recomfortable operating in a heavily manual, spreadsheet-driven environment, owning detailed reconciliations and challenging assumptions to get to the right answer. Asa confident self-starter, you take accountability for ambiguous problem spaces, work calmly through multiple moving parts, and communicate clearly with non-finance stakeholders across supply chain, legal,commercial and external partners.

Beyond day-to-day reporting, this role is about making things better. With SAP in place and transformation firmly on the agenda,you’lllead the move from fragmented manual processes to robust, systemised solutions.

It’san opportunity to shape long-term reporting and control frameworks, reduce risk, improvetransparencyand leave a lasting mark on how a critical part of the business operates.

Own end-to-end financial reporting for the Autocentres 3PL supply chain, covering both management and statutory reporting. Track and reconcile purchasing, inventory and supplier financing across a complex, multi-party supply chain, including notional sale and buy-back arrangements.

Develop a robust alternative to the current solution and create a more efficient process, which will require liaison with the 3PL provider, and the Halfords Commercial and IT teams

Prepare statutory adjustments from management accounts, ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP.

Deliver accurate monthly, interim and year-end reconciliations across inventory, AP, AR and foreign currency balances.

Produce clear management reporting on stock holding, stock cover, cash flow and supply chain KPIs.

Act as the primary finance partner to Supply Chain, Category, Legal and external 3PL providers, ensuring data clarity and accountability.

Lead the improvement of controls and processes, reducing risk and strengthening reporting accuracy in a heavily manual environment.

Drive the transition from spreadsheet-led processes to more systemised, automated solutions in partnership with ERP and IT teams.

Own relationships with external auditors for all areas under remit, providing clear documentation and technical justification.

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with post-qualification experience in technical financial reporting and complex reconciliations.

Strong experience operating in manual, spreadsheet-driven environments, with advanced Excel skills and confidence handling large, detailed data…