This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced finance leader to play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity, compliance and strategic direction of South East Water’s financial accounting and reporting function. Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Manager, Financial Accounting & Reporting leads a small, high-performing team responsible for delivering statutory reporting, technical accounting advice, tax compliance, treasury operations and financial controls.
Balancing operational excellence with continuous improvement, you will drive the delivery of key financial obligations while identifying opportunities to enhance systems, processes and controls to meet future business needs. You will also provide trusted technical expertise to stakeholders across the organisation and support the development of emerging finance talent.
Key accountabilities include:
- Leading the preparation and delivery of annual financial and performance reports.
- Providing expert technical accounting and tax advice across the business.
- Managing statutory, government and taxation reporting obligations.
- Overseeing treasury, banking, debt management and fixed asset accounting activities.
- Driving robust internal controls, compliance frameworks and audit outcomes.
- Identifying and implementing process, system and reporting improvements.
- Leading and developing a high-performing Financial Accounting team.
- Building strong relationships across Finance and the broader organisation to ensure consistent and high-quality financial practices.
