Financial Reporting Manager

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential fintech client seeking a Financial Reporting Manager to join their London-based team on a hybrid basis. This is a critical role owning the end-to-end preparation of annual reports, consolidated financial statements, and statutory accounts for a regulated financial services organization.

Our client operates on a modern technology platform and requires someone who can translate complex IFRS requirements into accurate, compliant financial disclosures while coordinating multiple stakeholders across the business and managing external audit relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead the complete preparation of annual reports and accounts, including consolidated IFRS financial statements, notes, disclosures, and strategic reporting sections
• Prepare standalone statutory accounts for regulated banking entities in the UK and EU, including primary statements and supporting documentation
• Develop and maintain robust working papers, disclosure checklists, review processes, and scalable financial controls
• Own the detailed reporting plan and critical path, coordinating inputs across multiple stakeholders and delivering against Board, audit, and filing deadlines
• Act as primary point of contact for external auditors, coordinating audit evidence and responses across the business
• Monitor audit progress and outstanding matters, escalating issues to protect reporting timetables and governance processes
• Prepare robust going concern assessment papers using planning projections and internal reports
• Maintain current knowledge of IFRS and apply it when drafting and reviewing financial statements, accounting policies, and notes
• Assess the impact of new and revised IFRS standards, amendments, and interpretations through structured horizon scanning
• Partner with Financial Control and subject-matter experts to implement new accounting requirements and reflect business developments in external reporting
• Prepare Board-level papers including going concern assessments, horizon scanning, and annual report updates
• Support Board Audit Committee reporting throughout the reporting cycle

What We're Looking For

Essential Requirements:

• At least two years of recent, hands-on experience preparing, project managing, and owning Annual Reports and Accounts and statutory financial statements, ideally within fintech, banking, payments, or broader financial services
• Strong practical knowledge of IFRS with the ability to apply accounting and disclosure requirements when drafting and reviewing financial statements
• Demonstrable experience preparing consolidated financial statements and statutory accounts from planning through filing
• Proven ability to own complex reporting timetables, coordinate multiple contributors, and deliver complete financial statements to deadline
• Experience managing the external audit process from the preparer side while retaining ownership of accounts and reporting
• Strong stakeholder management, technical writing, and attention to detail
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with relevant post-qualification financial reporting experience

Desirable Skills:

• Experience preparing Annual Reports and Accounts for regulated banking or financial services entities in the UK and/or EU
• Experience applying complex IFRS requirements, developing accounting policies, and preparing technical accounting papers
• Familiarity with Board and Audit Committee reporting, governance reviews, and statutory approval processes

Please note: Our client is not currently able to sponsor applicants for immigration purposes.

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team will review your application and contact you within two weeks. We'll conduct an initial screening conversation to understand your experience and how your skills align with this role. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client and coordinate interviews on your behalf.

Throughout the process, we'll keep you informed of progress and provide guidance. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication should go through our recruiting team to ensure the best outcome for your candidacy.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on your experience and qualifications.

Equal Opportunities: Get A Job.ai is committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout every stage of the recruitment process. We recognize that diversity is vital to long-term success and strive for inclusion of all forms, including gender, age, disability, race, religion, and sexual orientation. We provide reasonable accommodations to candidates during recruitment—please let our team know how we can support you.