Senior Financial Reporting Manager

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Lead with Impact at Wales’ Largest Building Society

We’re currently recruiting for a Senior Financial Reporting Manager to lead our Financial Reporting team at Principality Building Society. This is a key leadership role, responsible for overseeing our financial reporting calendar – from month-end to year-end – managing the external audit process and ensuring full compliance with accounting and tax standards.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong technical accounting expertise and excellent leadership skills who is looking to make a real difference in a purpose-led, member-focused organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading the month-end, half-year and year-end financial reporting processes
• Managing the relationship with external auditors, including oversight of the audit for the Group and subsidiaries
• Preparing and presenting accounting judgements to the Audit Committee
• Leading the external tax reporting process and managing the work of external tax advisors
• Coaching, developing and leading a high-performing financial reporting team
• Driving continuous improvement in financial reporting and operational excellence

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Strong technical accounting knowledge
• Proven experience managing complex financial reporting cycles and external audits
• Excellent senior stakeholder management, including reporting to Exec and Board levels
• Strong project management capability, particularly around tight year-end timelines
• Ability to coach and develop teams and foster a collaborative culture
• Organisational intelligence and the ability to influence at a senior level
• A mindset for continuous improvement of systems, controls and reporting processes

Your Experience:

We're looking for candidates who have:

• Experience working within a Financial Reporting team
• A track record of working within regulated or financial services environments

Qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant 

If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at -recruitment@principality.co.uk

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