Financial Reporting Manager

Job Description

About BT

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.

About the role

The Financial Reporting Manager leads the preparation and delivery of financial reports. Analysis will be used by internal and external stakeholders to meet regulatory and compliance reporting requirements.

You will support and assure an effective financial reporting for BT Ireland, driving compliance, standardisation and consistency of Finance practices, and assuring adherence to BT policies and processes.

What you’ll be doing

• Manages finance and accounting operations and related projects, control systems, policies and procedures of the BT Ireland legal entity.
• Ensures compliance with group and statutory accounting principles, internal/external reporting (IFRS and local statutory accounting principles) and filing requirements. This includes compliance/reporting in accordance with upcoming ESG reporting (CSRD, Taxonomy) requirements.
• Provides accounting policy guidance and commercial & financial leadership to the BT Ireland Finance Team in GFSS.
• Leads analysis on Balance Sheet and Cash Flow performance and drives cash optimisation initiatives. Ensures Balance Sheet quality and consistency. Owns Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Leads month-end/year-end statutory accounting and reporting processes.
• Leads discussions with business teams, Global/Group Finance and GFSS on accounting topics. Prepares decision papers on key accounting items.
• Maintains strong and robust internal control frameworks so as to ensure that BT Ireland complies with all relevant statutory, tax, regulatory and corporate governance requirements.
• Recommends and implements improvements to the work environment and ways of working, fosters collaborative working practises and continuous improvement for within the local finance team and the extended team in GFSS
• Lead point of contact with BNP and perform the role of administrator for BT Ireland banking
• Assist with validating financial related inputs to regulatory reporting
• Liaise with external 3rd party Payroll provider and the GFSS team to ensure all payroll and TLC bookings for BT Ireland are correctly recorded

Essential Skills / Experience

• Accounting principles
• Finance Data, Processes and Systems
• Financial Controls, compliance and risk
• Risk and Assurance
• Financial Reporting
• Auditing
• Financial Accounting
• Financial & Data Analysis and insight
• Forecasting, planning and budgeting
• Management Reporting

Our Package

• Cafeteria package - HUF 600,000/ year

• Performance-based bonus

• Company car or car allowance

• Comprehensive private health care package for all the employees, which can be extended to family members

• Nursery support for mothers returning from maternity

• Extended paternity leave: 10+10 day fully paid days

• Commuting allowance

• Home office allowance

• Employee discount opportunities

Flexibility:

• Family-friendly culture

• Smart working approach (hybrid working model, 3 together, 2 wherever)