Finance Reporting and Accounting Manager - 6-9 Months...

At Joseph Joseph we love solving everyday problems through intelligent design to create distinctive, functional products that are a pleasure to own and use. We are one of the world’s leading houseware brands with a global presence spanning over 100 countries, available in most major department stores and independent houseware stores worldwide as well as our rapidly growing ecommerce channel.

We are recruiting for a Financial Reporting and Accounting Manager to join us on an interim basis to lead a team of two Direct Reports.

What you will be doing:

• Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, responsible for leading monthly and annual financial reporting and tax compliance for the Joseph Joseph group.
• Lead the month-end accounting close and financial reporting the Group
• Lead preparation of consolidated Group and UK operating legal entity statutory accounts
• Oversee statutory audits for UK and overseas legal entities, ensuring all data requirements and controls are in place
• Lead Corporation Tax and VAT compliance for the Group – including ownership of Transfer Pricing processes and Intercompany contracts and transactions. In addition, provide support with ongoing assessment of Group legal entity structure
• Provide technical accounting guidance to finance and operating teams; drafting and implementing Accounting policies where required
• Take a fresh-eyes perspective to identify and implement process improvements and best practices optimising data analytics
• Additional ad hoc tasks as required

What we need from you:

• Qualified Accountant with extensive post qualified experience, including experience in a similar role within a multinational Group environment
• Experience leading year-end statutory accounts preparation and audits for a consolidated Group and standalone legal entities
• Experience of UK and international tax compliance (Corporation Tax, Transfer Pricing and VAT) including support with returns preparation and reviews
• Experience of managing high-performing teams
• Detail oriented, constantly challenging processes, ability to explain complex finance and accounting matters to a non-finance audience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel; experience of SAP and Power BI is a plus
• Relevant experience working within a Consumer Goods business would be an advantage
• Keen to work within a high growth environment

What you will get from us:

• A competitive salary and holiday allowance
• A pension contribution
• Exclusive staff discount
• Flexible working – 3 days in the office, 2 from home and flex start/finish times
• External private employee wellbeing support
• Access to Perkbox