Head of Group Reporting

Permanent | Full time

Salary: £85,000 - £90,000 per annum + company bonus
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Reports to: Group Director of Financial Control

Location: Winnersh, RG41 (Hybrid)

We’re looking for a Head of Group Reporting to lead the financial reporting function across ASL’s complex and fast-paced European structure. This is a high-profile role reporting directly to the Group Director of Financial Control, managing consolidations, statutory reporting, and shareholder submissions, while acting as a key contact for auditors and local finance teams.

You’ll oversee multi-currency consolidations, drive reporting accuracy and process improvements, and lead a small but high-performing team. If you thrive on technical accounting challenges and want to take ownership of group reporting at scale, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual consolidations in SAP BPC (10.1, with replacement system incoming).
• Manage preparation, review and submission of shareholder reporting.
• Oversee statutory accounts preparation (FRS 102 / UK GAAP) and act as key audit contact.
• Integrate new acquisitions into group reporting and lead fair value balance sheet exercises.
• Own technical accounting areas such as goodwill, intangibles, deferred consideration, lease accounting (IFRS 16).
• Maintain accounting policies, reporting processes, and BPC master data.
• Drive process improvements across systems and reporting.
• Lead, coach and develop a small group reporting team (2+ people).

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Strong technical background in group consolidations and statutory reporting.
• Experience with SAP BPC (or similar tools such as Hyperion, HFM, OneStream, Cognos).
• Advanced Excel and strong process improvement mindset.
• Confident leader and communicator with experience across international/multi-entity environments.
• Bonus: Experience with Thomson Reuters OneSource (or Caseware), acquisitions, or system implementations.

Why Join Us?

• Be at the centre of a complex, pan-European group structure – a technical accountant’s Everest.
• Play a pivotal leadership role, shaping reporting processes and standards across the group.
• Work with two global powerhouses (Advantage & Smollan), while enjoying the agility of a smaller business.
• Flexibility to work from home, with the right balance of collaboration at our Winnersh HQ.

What’s In It For You

• Access to C-suite discussions and enterprise strategy and global stakeholders
• Structured learning, mentorship, and a pathway to senior account management roles
• Work in a collaborative, international environment that values ideas and initiative
• Competitive salary, performance bonus
• 24 days annual leave (increasing to 29 days a year) + bank holidays
• Exciting perks: Pension (4%), Life Insurance,  Electric Vehicle Scheme, Medicash, Gymflex, Perkbox, and Taste Card
• A supportive, inclusive environment with opportunities to grow and innovate

Ready to step up and own group reporting across Europe? Apply today and bring your expertise to Advantage Smollan.

Please note -  all applications are being reviewed from 04 September 2025.

Background

Advantage Smollan is a global provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions for the world’s most successful brand owners and retailers. Leveraging its global structure, the company consistently creates and delivers industry-leading commerce solutions, enabling its customers to sell and market more effectively.

Founded in 2015, Advantage Smollan is the result of a strategic international partnership between Advantage Solutions (based in the US and listed on Nasdaq) and Global Smollan Holdings (based in South Africa). It comprises a closely integrated network of market-leading portfolio companies based predominantly in the UK and Europe.

The staff at Advantage Smollan contribute to and benefit from a highly collegiate, supportive and diverse culture.  The company places people at the centre of everything it does, creating an extraordinary experience for its staff, customers and other business partners.

For more information on Advantage Smollan, please visit www.advantagesmollan.com. For more information on Advantage Solutions and Smollan, please visit www.advantagesolutions.net and www.smollan.com, respectively.

We are committed to ensuring we have an open, safe and accepting workplace that enables all our colleagues to be themselves and thrive at work. Whilst we wouldn’t claim to be perfect, we are constantly improving how we support and promote diversity within our business and our communities. So If you want to join a company that will accept you for being you, then look no further and apply today.

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