Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.
As the Finance Manager - External Reporting your role will be to support on all technical and statutory aspects of Greene King’s financial reporting and compliance. This role has a focus on external reporting and includes Statutory Reporting, the external audit, technical accounting and judgements and group reporting.
The Corporate and Strategic Finance team partners with the CEO, CFO, COO and CXO, and their respective teams. The team consists of high-performing finance professionals who, in addition to providing technical expertise and setting policy in the fields of Tax, Treasury and External reporting, support and drive the business in Property, Procurement, Operational Excellence and strategic projects, whilst business partnering the Corporate Functions. The overall team is further responsible for setting the Group planning agenda and strategic plan and driving the results to balance the needs of the business and the shareholder.
Your role as a Finance Manager - External Reporting
- To support on technical and statutory aspects of Greene King’s financial reporting and compliance. This role has a focus on external reporting and includes Statutory Reporting, delivery of the external audit, technical accounting and judgements and group reporting.
- Build relationships across the finance community, particularly at peer level in the Centre of Excellence
- Develop strong relationships with the group’s parent to discuss relevant accounting/statutory items with the shareholder’s accounting team
Further responsibilities include:
- Delivery of financial impairment models including goodwill, intangibles and investments
- Support on technical accounting areas, draw conclusions, agree position with external auditors and implement agreed accounting positions
- Support in reviewing and setting accounting policies and drive compliance across the wider finance function, and across the business where appropriate
- Prepare the interest and debt forecasts for the annual budget and 5 year strategic plan process
- Support in the preparation, review and delivery of external reporting from group and subsidiary accounts to shareholder reporting.
- Support the overall delivery of the group and subsidiary audits, developing a strong relationship with the auditors, proactively discussing and resolving issues as and when necessary
- Manage and review the preparation and delivery of our monthly and quarterly reporting to the Group’s parent
- Responsible for subsidiary accounting across a number of areas including IFRS 16, and PPE
- Support on automating complex and changing reporting requirements, ensuring best practice is balanced with pragmatism and accuracy
- Support and/or lead on accounting projects as required (e.g. intercompany and organisation simplification)
- Assist and deputise for the Senior Finance Manager – External Reporting
Developing Self and Others
- Direct responsibility for the line management and personal development of one finance individual
- Ensure customer-centric focus and high levels of service (internal & external)
- Continue to develop own talents and strengths and address any areas of self-development
- Prioritise workload and allocate accordingly to drive value-add activity, triaging requests as appropriate and setting the agenda to the team
- Qualified accountant, with proven technical experience
- A strong people leader, capable of motivating, leading and influencing teams both under direct control, through the Centre of Excellence and across a matrix structure
- Able to form and develop relationships across the wider Greene King business, shareholder and with advisors
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, able to explain and present technical items in simple ways
- Ability to flex with changing priorities
Skills Required
- Qualified accountant (e.g., ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Proven technical experience in external and statutory reporting
- Experience delivering and managing external audits and auditor relationships
- Experience building and reviewing impairment models (goodwill, intangibles, investments)
- Knowledge and practical experience of IFRS 16 and PPE accounting
- Experience with group and subsidiary reporting, consolidation and intercompany processes
- Ability to prepare interest and debt forecasts for budgets and strategic plans
- Strong people leadership and line management experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to explain technical accounting simply
- Ability to support/lead accounting projects and drive reporting automation
What We Do
Greene King is the United Kingdom's leading pub retailer and brewer, operating a network of approximately 2,700 pubs, restaurants, and hotels across England, Wales, and Scotland. With over 200 years of heritage, the company focuses on delivering exceptional hospitality experiences and brewing renowned ales at its historic breweries in Bury St Edmunds and Dunbar.
