Senior Group Reporting Manager

RWS is recruiting a Senior Group Finance Manager who will be responsible for supporting the Head of Group Reporting in managing group and statutory reporting to ensure the company’s compliance with reporting requirements. The role requires you to be highly resourceful with a continuous improvement mindset for processes and controls. You will play a key role in ensuring the business fulfils its legal obligation and maintains strong financial standing.

You will report into and support the Head of Group Reporting. You will also work closely with other Financial Controllers and the wider finance team, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of the Group’s reporting.

About Group Finance

In joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Candy Davies, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.  

It’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support. 

Key Responsibilities

• Support the management of statutory accounting/reporting activities

• Support the management of the statutory reporting for the Group, including drafting of the statutory accounts
• Produce the Group consolidation and Group reporting pack to include balance sheet and variance analysis as required.
• Support the production of accurate group management accounts on a timely basis
• Provide input to the ongoing process of improving the quality of key information to internal and external stakeholders

• Drive continuous improvements of statutory accounting/reporting processes

• Provide feedback and recommendations to the Head of Group Reporting on potential opportunities to optimise and standardise existing methods and processes
• Assist with the documentation of in-scope statutory reporting processes
• Identify and help drive process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of reporting activities

• Ensure statutory accounting/reporting compliance

• Ensure up-to-date knowledge and adherence to all applicable statutory reporting requirements
• Ensure adherence to good corporate governance practices by ensuring transparency and integrity of reports prepared 
• Assist in the coordination of external audits and all external financial filing requirements

• Be involved in other ad hoc project work
  • Support the implementation of the new EPM Planning/Consolidation platform
  • Support the integration with the new global ERP system

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in a Group Finance team of a multinational FTSE / listed company
• Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA or global equivalent)
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other business-related discipline
• Good interpersonal and communication skills across all levels of management
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a proactive approach, accustomed to working towards tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality of work
• Experience with different finance systems
• Strong English language skills
• Strong analytical mindset with a “hands on/ can do” attitude
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and quality

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.   

Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 45+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise. 

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

For further information, please visit: RWS   

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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