Financial Reporting Manager | Stoke-on-Trent | £50,000-£60,000
📍 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
💼Type: Permanent, Full-time
🏠Hybrid: 3 days onsite
Overview...
Following a successful appointment across senior leadership, W Talent are pleased to be exclusively supporting a leading, listed business based in the Stoke area with the recruitment of a Financial Reporting Manager. This opportunity offers excellent career development, with exposure to a number of pivotal upcoming projects.
We're seeking practice-trained accountants, ideally with an audit background, looking to make their first or second move into industry. Your audit experience will be highly advantageous in this technically focused, group-level role.
The Opportunity...
This international business offers broad exposure across technical reporting and finance-led transformation initiatives, including ERP upgrades and M&A. It's an ideal next step for a technically strong accountant looking to make an impact in a dynamic, change-focused environment.
Key Responsibilities...
Reporting
- Lead the external audit process
- Drive year-end statutory and group reporting
- Manage consolidated R&D tax credit claims, coordinating with external advisors
- Oversee the consolidation of corporation tax and insurance packs
- Liaise with auditors, tax advisors, and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance and best practice
Projects
- Deliver and manage finance-led transformation projects (e.g. ERP implementation, automation, M&A, process redesign)
- Collaborate cross-functionally to meet key deadlines and budgets
- Report on project risks, costs, and progress to senior leadership
- Document and train the wider finance team on new systems and processes to embed change
What We're Looking For
- ACA / ACCA qualified
- Strong technical accounting foundation
- Audit training and group reporting experience (advantageous)
- Exposure to international operations, foreign currency, and complex consolidations (beneficial)
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
This is a rare opportunity to blend technical accounting and project leadership in a high-impact role. Perfect for someone looking to transition out of practice and continue building a successful career within a progressive, listed group.