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About the Role

The Senior Group Finance Manager is a hands-on role responsible for the management and statutory reporting of Law Debenture Plc and its subsidiaries. This role is central to producing accurate and insightful group and IPS level reporting, managing the consolidation process, PLC reporting, and ensuring the group’s reporting framework is robust and scalable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare group management accounts including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and variance commentary.
• Support the preparation of Board and ELT reporting, including producing MI packs, narrative analysis and ensuring data accuracy.
• Assist in the preparation of the Annual Report & Accounts and Half Year Report, coordinating inputs and managing the drafting timetable.
• Produce the group’s ONS statistical returns.
• Run the monthly group consolidation process, including collection and review of submissions and preparation of consolidated trial balances.
• Manage intercompany reconciliation and elimination processes, resolving mismatches.
• Maintain the inter-group management recharge framework, including monthly calculations and reconciliation.
• Support the Group Finance Director on IPS valuation and group dividend accounting.
• Assist the Group Finance Director in running the annual group budget process, coordinating submissions and consolidating them into a group view.
• Build and maintain the group budget and forecast consolidation models.
• Prepare monthly budget-vs-actual and forecast-vs-actual variance analysis at group and entity level, providing clear commentary.
• Maintain and update rolling group forecasts in line with the Group Finance Director’s direction.
• Develop and maintain standardised budget and forecast templates for use by IPS Finance and Investment Trust Finance teams.
• Support the Group Finance Director in preparing budget and forecast outputs for presentation to the Board and Audit & Risk Committee.
• Act as the day-to-day owner of the group’s reporting hierarchy, maintaining entity structures, cost centre hierarchies and chart of accounts mappings.
• Ensure changes to the reporting hierarchy are assessed, documented, approved and reflected consistently across all group reporting outputs.
• Build and maintain financial data governance processes, including master data validation routines, intercompany matching schedules and reconciliation of reporting dimensions.
• Work with the Finance Systems Manager to ensure the reporting hierarchy is correctly configured in Sage and other financial systems.
• Produce and maintain clear documentation of the reporting hierarchy structure, including change logs.
• Own the design and build of group and IPS reporting templates and packs.
• Maintain and continuously improve the group consolidation model.
• Build and maintain management information reports and dashboards.
• Develop and maintain standardised reporting templates for use by the IPS Finance teams.
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline reporting processes.
• Document and maintain reporting procedures and controls.
• Contribute to the group-wide Finance Improvement Plan by identifying and driving reporting and process improvements.
• Work with the Finance Systems Manager on system enhancements that improve the quality, speed and reliability of group processes and reporting.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with minimum 3 years post-qualification experience in a group or consolidation reporting role.
• Strong Excel and Power BI skills and experience of building and maintaining complex financial models, consolidation workbooks and reporting templates.
• Experience of supporting group budgeting and forecasting processes, including model-building and variance analysis.
• Good technical knowledge of Sage Intacct and its functionalities.
• High attention to detail with a structured approach to financial reporting and a strong controls mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work effectively across a complex group structure.
• Familiarity with Sage Intacct or similar general ledger systems.
• Exposure to financial reporting systems improvement or automation projects.
• Experience of listed company reporting, including Annual Report and statutory accounts production.
• Experience of investment trust or financial services sector reporting.

Skills

• Excel
• Power BI
• Sage Intacct
• Financial modelling
• Consolidation
• Reporting
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Variance analysis
• Data governance
• Process improvement
• Automation

Experience Level

• Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience

Education Level

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA)

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary with performance bonus scheme

Benefits

• Generous pension contribution
• Full healthcare cover
• Health cash plan
• Life assurance
• Buy/sell annual leave scheme

About the Company

• Law Debenture is an Investment Trust supported by a wholly owned professional services business.
• LawDeb is an unusual and exciting proposition; on a day–to-day basis we are nimble, ambitious and small enough to know everyone by name, whilst also benefiting from the profile and credibility of a listed business.
• This is thanks to our 137-year-old FTSE250 investment trust and our fast-growing independent professional services business of over 300 colleagues across 6 business lines.
• At LawDeb, doing work that has a positive impact is important to us.
• We need the very best people to be the custodians of our business for the next stage of our proud history and growth.
• We’re ambitious to innovate, collaborate and push forward in providing peace of mind and excellence for our clients and each other.
• We’re on a journey to shape a culture we’re all proud to be part of.
• One where everyone feels trusted, supported and empowered to own their success.
• Working at LawDeb, you will have access to our enviable network of clients and innovative projects, as well as brilliant colleagues to learn from and collaborate with.

Equal Opportunity

• LawDeb hires people based on personal merit and qualifications regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background or any other protected attribute.
• We celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to work.
• We recognise that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success.
• If you feel that you require any reasonable adjustments to be able to participate in this recruitment process, please provide further details where prompted.
• Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.