Financial Reporting Manager
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Financial Reporting Manager
Location: Lincoln
Salary: up to £55,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Full Time, Permanent
Benjamin Edwards are recruiting for a a well-established and expanding organisation in Lincoln to appoint a technically capable Financial Reporting Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity for an analytically minded finance professional who thrives on untangling complex financial issues, enhancing processes, and contributing to the evolution of a growing business.
Working alongside the Financial Controller, wider finance leadership team, and group stakeholders, you will be instrumental in elevating reporting standards, strengthening financial controls, and leading a structured initiative to transform the fixed asset and capital expenditure framework.
The role of the Financial Reporting Manager
Fixed Asset Improvement Programme
- Lead the delivery of a clear plan to review, cleanse, and enhance the fixed asset register
- Investigate and correct historical inaccuracies, misclassifications, and gaps
- Establish consistent asset classifications aligned with IFRS and group standards
- Develop and roll out a practical and user-friendly capitalisation policy
Capital Expenditure Oversight
- Collaborate with operational teams to refine CAPEX approval and monitoring processes
- Ensure accurate capitalisation and timely closure of projects
- Improve tracking and reporting of work-in-progress (WIP)
- Strengthen audit trails and supporting documentation
Financial Reporting & Compliance
- Take ownership of month-end and year-end close activities
- Maintain integrity of the general ledger and financial outputs
- Lead the statutory accounts preparation process
- Produce key reconciliations, including balance sheet, cash, and tax submissions
- Ensure adherence to accounting standards, tax requirements, and audit expectations
Systems & Continuous Improvement
- Partner with systems teams to optimise fixed asset functionality
- Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual intervention
- Enhance data quality and reporting across finance and the wider business
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the primary contact for all fixed asset-related queries
- Work cross-functionally with operational and senior stakeholders
- Provide clear updates on progress, risks, and key deliverables
- Promote understanding of capitalisation policies across non-finance teams
The Ideal candidate for the Financial Reporting Manager
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Demonstrated experience in financial reporting and accounting environments
- Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards and compliance requirements
- Proactive and hands-on, with a problem-solving mindset
- Able to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines effectively
- Detail-focused, organised, and self-driven
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Benjamin Edwards Ltd, please do not hesitate to apply.
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⭐ Highlight your qualified accountant status (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) prominently as this is explicitly required
📊 Quantify your fixed asset experience: 'Managed £2.4M fixed asset register across 15 categories'
🔧 Emphasise CAPEX and WIP tracking experience as the role involves leading capital expenditure oversight
📋 Showcase your statutory accounts and compliance experience, particularly IFRS knowledge
🤝 Demonstrate stakeholder management skills as you'll work cross-functionally with operational teams
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- •Led fixed asset register cleansing project for £3.2M portfolio, correcting 156 historical misclassifications and establishing IFRS-compliant categorisation framework
- •Streamlined CAPEX approval process across 4 operational teams, reducing project closure time from 45 to 28 days and improving WIP tracking accuracy by 92%
- •Delivered month-end close within 5 working days consistently, maintaining 100% accuracy in statutory accounts preparation and balance sheet reconciliations
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Benjamin Edwards' Financial Reporting Manager position combines my passion for financial transformation with the technical challenge of fixed asset enhancement and CAPEX framework development that I've been seeking in my next role.
My background in financial reporting and statutory compliance, combined with hands-on experience in process improvement and stakeholder management, positions me well to lead the fixed asset improvement programme whilst maintaining robust month-end and year-end close activities. My qualified accountant status and technical knowledge of IFRS standards align directly with your requirements for elevating reporting standards.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach cleansing and enhancing a fixed asset register with historical inaccuracies?
- ›Explain the key differences between IFRS and UK GAAP for fixed asset accounting
- ›What steps would you take to establish a robust capitalisation policy?
- ›How do you ensure accurate CAPEX tracking from approval to project closure?
- ›Describe your approach to month-end and year-end close processes
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to investigate and correct complex financial inaccuracies
- ›Describe a situation where you had to work cross-functionally with non-finance teams
- ›Give an example of how you've improved a financial process or system
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines
- ›Describe a challenging stakeholder engagement situation and how you handled it
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to investigate and correct complex financial inaccuracies
Describe a situation where you had to work cross-functionally with non-finance teams