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Senior Finance Manager

  • Manchester
  • Finance
  • # R0009744Permanent Employee (Regular)
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Accepting applications until: 

12 September 2026

Job Description

Your Role: Business Accounting Senior Manager

Reporting to the Head of Finance Hub, you’ll lead the team that keeps accounting, P&L and balance sheet control accurate, well governed and on time across Audio, Outdoor and Costs.

As a Business Accounting Senior Manager at Global, you will:

Key Responsibilities

Lead the team (40%): Lead and manage the Business Accounting team to deliver timely, accurate and compliant management and financial accounting outputs, setting clear performance objectives and taking corrective action where required.

Month-end reporting and control (30%): Hold the team to strict month-end timelines, producing robust accruals and provisions calculations, divisional P&Ls and variance analysis against forecast and prior periods, in full compliance with Group Accounting Policy and UK GAAP.

Simplify, standardise and automate (20%): Improve the Finance Reporting Hub delivery model, automating Record to Report with the business, Commercial Finance, Group Finance and IT.

Service and stakeholder management (10%): Deliver Finance Reporting Hub services to agreed service levels, resolving issues proactively and promoting a right-first-time culture through a disciplined control framework.

What You’ll Love About This Role

Think Big: Shape a brand-new Financial Reporting Team and how it works.

Own It: Bring your own ideas forward and see them implemented across the Group.

Keep it Simple: Strip out complexity by standardising and automating Record to Report.

Better Together: Work with a hard-working wider finance team to meet the reporting challenges we face.

What Success Looks Like

In your first few months, you’ll have:

  • Built strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the finance team.

  • Developed a detailed understanding of the business, its intricacies and challenges.

  • Identified improvements and better ways of working, and built a plan to deliver them.

  • Embraced Global’s brands, values and behaviours, and our passion for the business.

What You’ll Need

Qualification: Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with proven post-qualification experience in a relevant accounting or control role.

Leadership: Experience leading and developing finance teams within a complex, multi-business organisation.

Balance: The ability to balance control and commercial needs, with strong communication and cross-functional stakeholder management.

Systems and improvement: A good understanding of finance systems, data flows and integrations, and a clear view of “what good looks like”.

Coaching and Development: Nurturing talent by empowering and guiding individuals to unlock their potential.

Building Trust: Creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where diverse views and experiences are welcomed and celebrated in your team.

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