ABOUT YOU

You’ll be passionate and confident in producing accurate financial information within expected timescales. You will have a high sense of personal responsibility and a welcoming approach to new ideas and questions. You’ll have strong time-management and people-management skills and the ability to oversee complex tasks whilst maximising productivity and paying attention to detail. Excellent people skills and effective communication are also key to the role and the team.

Motability Operations are currently recruiting for a Financial Reporting Manager to join our team in Bristol on a full-time, permanent basis.
What you’ll be doing
This Financial Reporting Manager position provides an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in our friendly, high-performing Financial Reporting & Tax team in Bristol.
In this role, you will be leading a dedicated and professional Financial Reporting team to produce top-calibre Annual Reports & Accounts and Half Year Financial Reports for Motability Operations Group (MO). You will also be responsible for the team’s delivery of a timely, efficient and robustly-controlled month-end ledger close process and insightful financial analysis of MO’s monthly financial performance. In addition, you will help drive the business forward by supporting change initiatives and responding to queries from internal and external stakeholders, including MO’s auditors.

Core responsibilities associated with the role will include the following:

• Line management of MO’s Financial Reporting team. This will involve task management as well as performance management; supporting the team’s learning and development aspirations; and initiating constructive two-way feedback aimed at bringing about continuous development of staff and of MO as an employer of choice.
• Planning and delivery of MO’s Annual Report & Accounts and Half Year Financial Report within designated timescales, ensuring compliance with all applicable accounting standards. This will require the development of excellent working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Playing a leading role in support of MO’s half-yearly external audits and any internal audits requiring the team’s support.
• Leading the Financial Reporting team to deliver a fast and robustly-controlled monthly accounting ledger close process, which will include the review of associated journals, controls and reconciliations.
• Owning the Group consolidation model and Chart of Accounts, updating both as and when required.
• Producing insightful, value-add analytical review of MO’s financial performance and position to inform decision-making by the Executive Committee. Working collaboratively with colleagues to gain an understanding of any significant variances to forecast results.
• Attending and contributing to various forums as MO’s Financial Reporting representative, providing financial updates and analysis as required.
• Providing accurate, well-researched accounting and financial reporting guidance to the business; responding to ad hoc queries from internal and external stakeholders on a timely basis; and supporting change initiatives as required to help drive the business forward.
• Deputising for the Financial Reporting Manager as may be required from time to time. This may involve, for example, representing the Financial Reporting & Tax team at various internal forums; liaising with internal or external stakeholders; or supporting the production of MO Committee papers.
• Proactively seeking opportunities for continuous improvement of MO’s accounting and reporting processes and outputs.
• Proactive identification of upcoming developments in financial reporting standards and best practice guidelines; assessment of the impact of such on MO; engagement with key internal stakeholders affected; and ensuring that MO implements an appropriate response on a timely basis.