Interim Head of Consolidation & Reporting

About The Role

**Interim Head of Consolidation & Reporting**
12 month fixed term contract
up to £95k + bonus
London / Hybrid

We are recruiting for an experienced Interim Head of Consolidation and Reporting to join an established team on a 12-month fixed-term contract basis. Reporting directly to the Interim Global Head of Reporting, you will play a pivotal role in the company's financial operations throughout a period of significant strategic change, specifically through a major transaction. This position provides essential temporary cover, backfilling the BAU activities of permanent team members who have been seconded to transaction-related projects.

You will manage, coach, and mentor a team of Group Financial Accountants and take full ownership of the Group consolidation process, ensuring complex acquisitions, disposals, and one-off corporate transactions are accurately accounted for, and manage global subsidiary relationships.

**Responsibilities will include:**

- Leading the monthly Group consolidation process in FCCS, including preparing supporting schedules and gathering balance sheet analytical commentary on working capital movements across the Group.
- Line managing, coaching, and mentoring the consolidation team of Group Financial Accountants to foster their professional growth.
- Accounting for complex acquisitions, disposals, and one-off corporate transactions in the system to ensure financial accounts accurately reflect structural changes.
- Assist with delivering the Group’s Annual Report accurately and on time across Year End and Half Year reporting periods.
- Managing relationships with the company's subsidiaries globally, serving as a key point of contact and guiding international teams on group reporting requirements.
- Managing and delivering training on the FCCS consolidation system for new finance team members.
- Preparing timely forecasts, budgets, and 5-year plans for relevant Group reporting areas.
- Maintaining strong working relationships with key internal stakeholder groups, including Group Tax, Group Treasury, and Group FP&A.
- Driving process and system improvements across the consolidation and reporting framework.

**Candidate specification:**

- Must be a fully qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) with extensive Post-Qualification Experience (PQE).
- Hands-on experience using the Oracle FCCS consolidation system.
- Proven background in multi-currency group consolidations for large corporate entities.
- Experience accounting for complex corporate transactions alongside a strong, expert working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- Proven experience line managing, coaching, and developing a team of finance professionals.
- Demonstrated experience working at a fast pace within a highly challenging, moving environment.
- Previous experience handling large-scale corporate transactions and divestments.
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to create, sustain, and manage trusted relationships across varying global stakeholders and subsidiaries.
- Proven ability to identify, design, and drive through system and process improvements.