Job Description

Group Financial Reporting Senior Manager

Full Time

Derby /Hybrid (3 days a week in the office)

Why Rolls-Royce?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Group Financial Reporting Senior Manager to join us in Derby.

You will work as part of our Financial Controllers Team and will play a key role in our financial reporting.

Reporting directly to the Head of Group Reporting, you will be responsible for preparation of the statutory financial statements of a FTSE100 listed group and its non-listed UK subsidiaries, accounting for pensions and share-based payments across the Group and keeping up to date with changes in statutory reporting requirements. Working with the Head of Group Technical Accounting and your team of up to 4 direct reports you will ensure that technical accounting standards are interpreted and assessed in relation to the financial impact on the business and the disclosure requirements for the financial statements. You will communicate and cascade new requirements to the business to ensure the correct information is collected for inclusion in the financial statements.

Every great product needs a great business behind it. We’re proud to be part of the pathway to net zero as we power society for generations to come.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

Work at Rolls-Royce in a busy, world-class manufacturing and engineering environment.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

What you will be doing:

• Responsible for the preparation of the Group financial statements in line with UK listing rules, the interim financial statements, analysis required for presentation purposes, as well as preparing finance sections of the Annual Report, including group reserves disclosures and other notes the financial statements.

• Co-ordinate and oversee the subsidiary stat process as well as preparing the financial statements of specific UK subsidiary statutory accounts ensuring that any new reporting requirements, group accounting policies and accounting standards are correctly reflected in the financial statements.

• Ensure that any new reporting requirements are interpreted and assessed in relation to the Rolls-Royce financial statements and that current disclosures are compliant with relevant regulations (IFRS/FRS101). Communicate any additional reporting requirements to the business in a meaningful manner to drive engagement and ensure any new requirements are implemented successfully, working closely with the technical team.

• Financial accounting and reporting of the Rolls-Royce pensions schemes. Review IAS 19 assumptions and prepare the disclosures for the interim/annual accounts.

• Responsible for reviewing of key accounting areas ensuring quality supporting documentation and accurate accounting treatment in line with relevant accounting standards, including share-based payments, joint ventures and associates and the captive insurer.

• Monitoring and reporting to the Audit Committee on topics including non-audit fees paid to the auditors, an update on pension assumptions impacting the financial statements and other relevant financial reporting matters.

• Be the prime Group interface with external auditors regarding statutory accounting matters.

• Ensure that appropriate procedures and tools are implemented to enable the Group to meet statutory requirements.

• Ensure that acquisitions/disposals and any other corporate transactions are correctly reflected and reported.

• Work with and effectively manage relationships with Head of Group Reporting Head of Group, Technical Accounting, Chief Accountants, Heads of Corporate Functions, including Tax, Treasury, Mergers & Acquisitions and others, Company Secretariat and Head of Investor Relations.

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• A fully qualified chartered accountant with significant post-qualification experience.

• FTSE100 listing experience and experience of producing complex FTSE statutory financial statements is essential.

• Either straight out of practice or from industry. Particular industry / sector experience is not essential for this role.

• Able to build effective working relationships with a diverse range of individuals and teams.

• Well-organised, resilient and flexible.

• Excellent attention to detail, curiosity to understand complex accounting and be willing to challenge the status quo.

• Very good communication skills, with an excellent ability to distil complex information and articulate it in a straight-forward manner.

Join us & make an impact

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Closing date: 9th May 2024

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