External Reporting Manager

External Reporting Manager

Job Req ID: 38240

Posting Date: 27 Aug 2024

Function: Finance

Unit: Finance & Business Services

Location:

1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Closing Date: Tuesday 10th September 2024

Why this role matters

This role sits within our External Reporting team in group finance which produces our external quarterly results releases and the Annual Report. The team work closely with our technical accounting, consolidation and statutory reporting teams and has good exposure to very senior stakeholders and visibility over interesting matters within the business. Our output is viewed by shareholders, investors, analysts and other stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage elements of the annual and quarterly external reporting process as required.

• Ownership of discrete processes and disclosures associated with group financial publications.

• Liaise with external auditors on their audit of our consolidated group financial statements and internal controls.

• Contribute to quarterly Audit Committee and Board papers on financial performance and reporting matters.

• Continuous process improvement, ensuring process documentation and flows are in place and maintained.

• Lead on production of ancillary financial reports and pro forma publications.

The skills you’ll need

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience

• External reporting experience including annual reports and financial statements within a listed company or audit firm.

• Process improvement and transformation experience

• Experience producing or reviewing IFRS financial statements.

• Experience of audit planning and procedures

• Strong communication skills with the ability to summarise technical matters for different audiences

• Experience of SAP consolidation and financial reporting systems – preferred.

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus

• BT Pension Scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, 10% BT Contribution

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service

• Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan

• World-class training and development opportunities

• Discounted BT Broadband, TV and Mobile packages

• Access to 100s of retail discounts including BT Shop

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway – you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.