Financial Reporting Manager

Overview and Responsibilities

Financial Reporting Manager

Location: Home-based with travel to Twigworth, Gloucestershire (min. twice monthly)

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000

Hours: 40 hours per week

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is one of the largest providers of SEND educational and care services in the country, supporting over 1,200 children, young people and adults, and employing over 1,500 staff spread across 27 services around England.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare statutory accounts for 11 entities
• Manage Assistant Financial Accountant
• Prepare VAT submissions and oversee balance sheet reconciliations, and fixed asset register
• Maintain and improve Unit 4 finance system
• Liaise with auditors and tax advisors
• Drive process improvements and financial controls

 

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the team. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job description – Financial Reporting Manager 

Skills and Qualifications

Requirements:

• Qualified chartered accountant (preferred)
• Strong experience in statutory/management accounts
• Advanced Excel and IT skills
• Detail-oriented with strategic oversight
• Confident communicator with senior stakeholders
• Proactive and resilient under pressure

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on Offer:

• Life assurance, enhanced pension & leave
• Perkbox discounts, car lease & cycle schemes
• Health cashback plan
• Funded training & qualifications
• Employee assistance programme

 

How to Apply: 

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at liz.hudson@theauroragroup.co.uk    

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.