About the Role

A unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced finance professional to lead the consolidation process for Group Trading Operations and the Delegates’ Property and Reserve Fund (DPRF). This will be for management accounts, year-end, planning and budgeting including the preparation of the annual Group Financial Statements. This is a great opportunity to work across multiple areas within a complex finance environment with opportunities to take ownership and push for business and personal continuous growth.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure accurate and timely completion of consolidated results in Tagetik
• Manage the preparation of the Group consolidated financial statements for Trading Ops and the DPRF
• Act as a key contact for the external auditors including addressing queries on financial statements
• Manage the UK and overseas subsidiary statutory accounts process
• Provide technical accounting advice on topics including revenue recognition, deals, projects and business restructuring
• Revise and improve group accounting policies to reflect the business and amendments in UK GAAP (and consider other major countries accounting rules i.e. IFRS if required)
• Liaise with Group Tax and Group Treasury teams on internal trading and hedge accounting
• Prepare papers for ExCo, Finance Committee and Audit Committee
• Ad-hoc consolidation reporting and analysis.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office. Flexibility to come in more during audit and year end is required. This is a full time role but we are open to applications from those looking to work 4 days per week also.

About You

You’ll be someone who thrives within a complex, busy environment, driven to find solutions and who always remains curious. You’ll take pride in building excellent business relationships with the ability to successfully communicate with those at all levels. You’ll value teamwork and be committed to continuous development. You will also have:

Essential:

• Qualified financial accountant
• Technical knowledge of UK GAAP/FRS 102 and IFRS
• Experience of consolidation accounting
• Systems experience of Office, ERP and other management information systems, ideally including consolidation tools (e.g. Tagetik/ Hyperion/ Cognos).

Desirable:

• Experience of leading change
• Experience of working in a multi-site global organization
• Previous line management experience.

Benefits

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. 

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. 

This role comes with the added benefit of private medical insurance and a discretionary annual bonus or management bonus.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Queries

Please contact adela.pike@oup.com with any queries relating to this role. 

Please note: We may close the advertisement for this role early if we find the right candidate and therefore encourage you to apply and your earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. 

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.