Record to Report Finance Manager

£65,000 - £75,000 plus benefits (Work Level 5)
Manchester city centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy). 

We’re looking for a Record to Report (R2R) Finance Manager to join the Record to Report team within our wider Co-op Business Services (CBS) organisation. CBS is made up of a number of diverse teams dedicated to delivering high-quality, reliable and cost-effective business services across our Co-op. You’ll play a key role in helping CBS to support and realise our group vision of ‘co-operating to build more value for member-owners every day’.

In this role we’ll look to you to play a key role in driving financial control by leading an effective and high-performing financial accounting and fixed assets team. You’ll collaborate with different business areas and our service centre to implement efficient and robust financial accounting processes.  If you can bring us the process knowledge, people skills and shared services experience we’re looking for, we can offer you the chance to make a positive impact within a business that puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you’ll do

• Prepare and review complex balance sheet reconciliations including fixed assets reconciliations across our corporate business, highlighting key risks or issues to senior partners
• Oversee the end-to-end fixed assets function for the business ensuring the fixed assets register and reconciliations are accurate and compliant 
• Line manage a team of 15 plus colleagues – coaching, mentoring and driving a culture of continuous improvement 
• Make sure as a team we operate in a highly controlled environment adhering to financial controls and regulations 
• Support the financial transformation programme and other business change activity by working closely with project teams to identify and implement continuous process improvement opportunities and process transformation
• Act as a centre of excellence for balance sheet control, identifying and driving process and reconciliation improvements across Co-op
• Work with external and internal audit, producing all required information for year end and interim audit processes
• Review the teams accounting work and balance sheet reconciliations, checking for accuracy

This role would suit people who have 

• A professional accountant qualification (CIMA/ACCA) or significant Record to Report experience in a managerial role 
• A broad knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and statutory accounts 
• An in-depth knowledge of fixed assets accounting  
• Experience of driving continuous improvement and implementing process efficiencies
• Experience managing and mentoring a successful team 
• Experience of project management and delivery 

Why Co-op? 

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• Private healthcare
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.

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