Head of Financial Control and Reporting

Areas of responsibility

• Through the Senior Financial Operations Manager responsible for the areas of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury, UK SoX and Internal Audit, Retail Accounting (FSS), indirect and direct tax compliance and Financial Systems Development and management.
• Through the Financial Reporting Manager responsible for the areas of management accounting (balance sheet & cash flow), Accounting judgements and implementation of accounting policies, financial planning activities on the balance sheet and cash flow, Financial Accounting, External audit and Statutory reporting.

You'll need to be

• Fully Qualified accountant with significant PQE in a similar role.
• Sound financial accounting experience and people management experience.
• Senior level experience required.
• A self-starter with finance experience.
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
• Effective and proven negotiation skills with ability to influence decision making.
• Confident in Excel, Word and SAP/SAP BI/SAP BPC an advantage.
• Qualified Accountant CIMA &/or ACCA.
• Rail / Public sector accounting experience preferred.
• Knowledge of FRS101 desirable.

Working pattern

Monday to Friday - office hours.

Permanent role but we also have a fixed term contract role available.

The Reward

In return we offer a competitive salary and a variety of valuable benefits, including:

• Free duty and leisure travel on SWR services for employees
• Free leisure travel for spouse/partner and dependants (criteria dependent)
• 75% discount on many other train operating companies
• Full training and support with development
• Excellent pension scheme

Who are we?

South Western Railway (SWR) operates over 1,500 services each weekday across the network and employs more than 5,000 people. We provide easy and convenient mobility, connecting people and communities in South West London, southern counties of England, and the Isle of Wight.

Join our team and help us continue to bring people together to get the most out of life.

We all belong at SWR. Our vision is to provide an inclusive environment for all colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA+, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We maintain a zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

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For more information and to submit an application please go to: https://apply.southwesternrailway.com/jobs/vacancy/1354/description