Financial Reporting Manager

Overview

This role is the ultimate learning opportunity for a newly qualified financial accountant looking to learn all aspects of the finance function and how to run a business. This will be a fantastic opportunity to enhance your repertoire of technical and management skills required to develop along your career path to becoming a future commercial leader. The role will support the Financial Manager who is ultimately responsible for all the financial and management reporting.

The business is currently experiencing strong growth because of some important strategic decisions that will provide the opportunity for you to develop skills around

• Delivering on the Netsuite development path
• Embedding a group wide structure and reporting standards
• Supporting the finance manager in maintaining the structure that supports the output of the commercial team across the group
• Providing guidance to colleagues managing other group companies
• Developing business partnering skills supporting owners of distinct “P&L’s” owners within the business specifically our digital and Singaporean business

The measure of success in the role will be the accuracy and timeliness of month end outputs driven through a team which includes an assistant management accountant, a finance operations manager and finance assistant supporting you.

This is a role for a structured thinker, who can deliver a high quality of work whilst working to tight deadlines and communicate confidently. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, energetic individual who is keen to meet the challenges of contributing to a dynamic, highly entrepreneurial environment that has ambitions to develop into a financial controller and ultimately a CFO.

By joining us you will be working on a remote and rolling contract basis from South Africa, reporting into the London office

Responsibilities

Management and Financial Reporting

Accurately prepare the monthly management accounts and business unit P&L’s commentary for smaller entities within the group for review by the Head of finance in a timely manner

Support the Financial Manager in the larger operating entities forecasting and reporting requirements including automation of the management accounts in Netsuite

Owning the output of our continuous forecasting process (profit and loss and cash flow) by understanding and reviewing the day-to-day updates required

Escalating any discrepancies to forecast and monitoring the billing cycles of projects

Rigorously review all month end reconciliations which are prepared by the Finance Assistant and investigate and resolve any discrepancies to ensure complete accuracy and raise any issues with the head of finance / CFO promptly

Be responsible for reviewing the Company fixed asset register and prepayments schedule regularly to ensure that it is accurately maintained

To understand and review the weekly Job Costing and Timesheet reports, escalating issues requiring intervention by the head of finance / CFO and wider Management team

To assist the head of finance with the preparation of the audit file with a coherent view of the profit number after adjustments for Work in Progress at the financial year end and manage the audit through to the final Trial balance used by the auditors to draft the Consolidated financial statements, escalating where necessary

To assist the head of finance with the preparation of information where external service providers or consultants are engaged by the finance team.

Finance Transactions

To have responsibility for ensuring that work delivered to clients is billed as per the signed contracts by the finance operations manager

To have responsibility for ensuring all records of supplier transactions are accurately recorded against the correct budgets and GL accounts in the correct month as per accounting standards

To have responsibility for ensuring the process results in all costs being recorded in the correct clients’ jobs and business units, matching the revenue derived from such cost and sharing “business unit” P&Ls with their respective owners and reviewing all work completed by the finance assistant

Prepare the monthly billing list for the Digital team and Singapore entity, to manage any changes and to assist the Finance Assistant with the billing when required

Payroll and Regulatory Reporting

To support the head of finance with some of the statutory returns where required specifically P11Ds, P11D(b) and PSA

Owning and monitoring the submission of the annual R&D claim

Finance Administration

In conjunction with the Financial Manager & Finance Operations manager identify Finance system training requirements for all new joiners and include in the learning and development training cycle administered by our talent team. As weaknesses are identified within current staff, brief the CFO of updated requirements and work with CFO to deliver any new training required.

Ensure that all financial controls are in place across the company so to eliminate financial risk and loss

Team support

Alongside the CFO, deliver the “vision” for the commercial team

Support the CFO in the transition of the business to making more informed commercial decisions

Support the Head of Finance in delivering management reporting outputs by developing a relationship with the finance operations team manager and working collaboratively to support each other’s goals and output.

Qualifications and Experience

An ambitious, commercially minded person, who is probably looking for their second post qualified (ACA) role and has experience working in, or working with, a small/medium-sized company

Academically strong with experience of working in an ambitious, entrepreneurial and dynamic environments, ideally within the Professional Services or Marcomms sectors

Good GCSEs and A Level grades (or equivalent), particularly in Maths and English

Strong numerical skills essential

Highly proficient with MS Excel, including possessing a complete understanding

of its core functions and capabilities

Personal Characteristics

The Reporting Finance Manager will be a highly motivated individual who can quickly take responsibility for delivering high quality, best in class reporting solutions and ensuring the accurate, error-free recording of all finance transactions. This position requires:

Strong interpersonal and communications skills necessary to build trust and respect both within the Finance team and the wider business at all levels

A versatile personality with good problem-solving skills and an eye for detail combined with sound numerical and presentation skills

Energetic and keen to contribute to a dynamic, highly entrepreneurial environment that is constantly changing and assessing opportunities

Flexible and ‘team focused’ with a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude to getting the job

done

Strong ‘can do’ attitude motivated by a desire to be part of the solution, rather than part

of the problem

Ability to manage many urgent and often, conflicting priorities by identifying process updates and putting the structures in place for new processes to work

Ability to manage, develop and evolve and adhere to clear processes and procedures

Ambitious for work quality and a commitment to excellence

Great sense of humour essential!

Interview process

Phone screening with talent acquisition manager

1st Interview (teams) with hiring managers

2nd interview (teams) with CFO (and CEO tbc)

About Us :

Black Sun Global

Black Sun Global is a stakeholder advisory and engagement agency that's been driving transformation and positive change for ambitious brands for more than 20 years. With deep expertise in disclosure and reporting, ESG, sustainability, and digital engagement, we reshape how organisations connect with customers, investors, employees, and the wider world.

We are trusted partners to some of the most influential global organisations, sparking innovation and sustainable performance through our strategic insights, partnerships, and proprietary technologies.

As founders of the Positive Change Group, we are on a mission to create a new kind of stakeholder relations partner. Our world-class specialists work closely with executive leadership teams to protect reputations, inspire trust, and promote responsible business practices - building resilience and long-term value in a rapidly changing world.

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Joining Black Sun and The Positive Change Group means becoming part of an inclusive, dynamic community where your talents are nurtured, and your career can thrive. With competitive salaries, hybrid working, and continuous professional development, you’ll not only grow but also have the opportunity to make a difference every day, shaping the future of communications – and having fun along the way.

We pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We foster a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best work and be relevant in a rapidly changing world. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

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