Financial Reporting Manager

Financial Reporting Manager - PermanentFull Time - Hybrid WorkingOur offer to youWe pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:Competitive salary and pension scheme33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 yearsHybrid, Flexible workingCycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle SchemeHealth and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance ProgrammeDiscounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shoppingAbout UsThis is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,700 employees and over 29500 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.Job SummaryThe Financial Reporting Manager is a qualified accountant, who leads on the delivery of our statutory reporting including the annual external audit and the production of statutory financial statements. This role is also responsible for the effective oversight of cashflow reporting, balance sheet control and VAT compliance as well as treasury management, the provision of technical accounting advice as well as the delivery and accuracy of management accounts information pertaining to their areas of responsibility, in accordance with the internal reporting process. This role is a key member of the senior management team within the Financial Control Function responsible to, and deputising for, the Financial Controller. The Financial Reporting Manager will lead and manage a small team.About YouTo be successful in this role, you need to be a qualified accountant, ideally ACA or ACCA, educated to degree level or qualified by experience and have extensive experience in the production of annual statutory accounts and management of the external audit process, experience in dealing with stakeholders at all levels and have deep knowledge of accounting principles under UK GAAP. You have to be up for change, have a desire to improve processes, develop your team and others and improve efficiency.About the RoleOversee the timetable and the production of an accurate, complete, and compliant annual report, drafting the statutory financial statements and the completion of the external audit, to the specified timetable.Produce key information, pertaining to areas of responsibility, for the management accounts pack, liaising with key stakeholders to achieve this.Lead the team and be responsible for the reconciliation, control, and reporting elements of the balance sheet including; fixed assets, stock, investments and restricted funds.Act as Secretary to the Investment Advisory Group.Lead on the production of the rolling, monthly, cash flow forecast for the charity.Control the treasury management to maximise the financial return on working capital and investments to St John.Be accountable for Gift Aid and VAT submissions and work to ensure that Gift Aid/VAT processes are efficient and effective.Work across finance and Shared Service Centre in simplifying and continually improving financial processes to provide both internal and external customers an efficient and effective finance experience.Deputise for the Financial Controller in their absenceWe reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion. Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.