Finance Manager - 12 month FTC

Finance Manager - 12 month FTC

Financial Manager - Global Intercompany & Statutory Reporting

Location - London / Leeds / Dublin / IOM. Hybrid - 2 days per week (Dublin only).

12 month FTC

Reporting to the Senior Manager - Intercompany & Statutory Reporting you will be part of a team responsible for Intercompany and local GAAP accounting, annual local financial statements compilation and filing annual statutory audit, and supporting merger & acquisition integration and deregistration. You will work closely with Group Reporting, Tax, Company Secretarial, FP&A, Divisional Finance teams as well as Legal and external auditors. You must demonstrate leadership skills, good business judgment and the ability to work independently in a fast paced environment and have strong project management skills.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for the management of intercompany recharges and relationships with certain divisions across the Group.
• Work with tax to ensure completeness of transfer pricing and cross charges across each of the Group entities.
• Support the improvement of internal controls. Work with internal controls team and the external auditors to ensure compliance with SOx requirements and provide process notes or walkthroughs where needed, particularly with respect to transfer pricing requirements that fall under Group Intercompany.
• Manage projects related to finance transformation as required. As part of the ongoing Polaris project, work with the systems teams, Deloitte, and other stakeholders to align on design and implementation of Intercompany systems, such as ARCS reconciliation tool.
• Work with VAT to ensure compliance with VAT requirements.
• Work closely with Group Reporting to meet month end financial close requirements and ensure intercompany balances and transactions eliminate across the Group.
• Provide financial support and advice to the division's operational business units and FP&A regarding intercompany recharges, where applicable.
• Oversee the preparation of statutory financial reporting for the Group's legal entities as required by local jurisdictions, liaising with various teams across the Group, including local finance teams, Tax, Legal, Company Secretarial etc.
• Design efficient processes and procedure enhancements for all aspects of intercompany (utilising essential systems including Oracle, Alteryx, AGIS and in-house AI tools).
• Ensure any legal entity reporting adjustments are properly tracked, supported and reflected in the accounting recording system (Oracle), as applicable.
• Support Tax on tax accounting and external tax audits or investigation.
• Work closely with Tax and Company Secretarial to liquidate and deregister dormant companies.
• Continuously improve the monthly close process and related outputs, working with different finance teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, both those within Intercompany and statutory reporting and those within the Global Finance organisation more broadly such as Treasury and Tax, different Flutter brands and divisions.
• Research and conclude on technical accounting issues relating to intercompany which impact the Group.
• People management - responsible for the management and training of Financial Accountants and other junior members of the team.
• Assist senior managers and directors in the oversight of resourcing. Technical understanding over work prepared by analysts in the team, providing support, advise and first level review when required.

How You'll Do It

• Qualified Accountant with 5+ years of progressive experience, preferably gained in a multi national / plc environment or a Big 4 accounting firm
• Experience in Statutory Reporting essential
• US GAAP and IFRS experience
• Able to work effectively with senior collaborators
• Proven experience in crafting and maintaining a strong internal control environment (SOX or equivalent) and in developing/implementing reporting & operating process improvements
• Strong financial accounting experience with a solid understanding of current/relevant technical accounting issues
• Strong Financial Systems experience - Oracle and Hyperion would be an advantage
• Excellent MS Office skills, in a fast paced environment
• A highly motivated, organized, professional, great teammate
• Strong process, technical, and analytical skills, combined with commercial competence and good interpersonal skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills: the ability to accurately and briefly identify key issues and communicate them broadly
• High energy and drive, and flexible enough to work in an entrepreneurial, dynamic, and changing environment and the resilience to challenge/be challenged
• Assertive and confident, collaborating effectively with senior collaborators
• Excellent communicator; deals effectively with financial and non financial people, passionate about building and maintaining excellent working relationships across the business
• An ability to deliver high quality work under pressure of tight reporting deadlines
• An interest in process improvement and automation

What's in it for you

• Bonus scheme
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Hybrid working
• £1,000 annual self development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
• Paid volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing fund (£/€250 a year)
• Recognition programs
• Electric car scheme, gym membership, discounts, vouchers and much more!

We also want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you.

We're working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we'll see how we can accommodate them.