Reconciliations Manager

Reconciliations Manager
Manchester - Hybrid Working (2 days in office)
£68,000 + Benefits (depending on experince)
Contract: 12 month FTC

We're partnering with a large, complex consumer-facing organisation to recruit a Reconciliations Manager into a high-profile finance function. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a market-leading business undergoing significant transformation and process improvement activity.

Operating within a global shared services environment, this role sits within the Record-to-Report (R2R) function and will be responsible for driving reconciliation quality, financial control, governance and process improvement across a complex group structure.

This is a high-profile position that combines day-to-day operational ownership with broader transformation initiatives, including the implementation and optimisation of reconciliation technology and best practice processes.
Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing the end-to-end reconciliation strategy, managing internal controls, and ensuring strict compliance with accounting standards.
• Lead the end-to-end balance sheet reconciliation agenda, ensuring robust financial controls and compliance across the organisation.
• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of Oracle ARCS (Account Reconciliation Cloud Service) and wider reconciliation processes.
• Manage complex, high-risk and aged reconciliations, investigating variances and driving timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Identify opportunities to automate, standardise and optimise reconciliation processes to improve efficiency and control.
• Partner closely with Finance, FP&A, Financial Control, Shared Services, Transformation teams and external auditors.
• Support ongoing finance transformation projects focused on compliance, process improvement and operational excellence.
• Deliver KPI and SLA performance targets while ensuring strong financial integrity across the function.
• Coach, mentor and support team members, promoting a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Provide clear reporting and insight into reconciliation risks, issues and remediation activities.

Candidate Profile

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Strong Record-to-Report, Financial Control, Shared Services or Reconciliations leadership experience.
• Deep understanding of balance sheet reconciliations, financial controls and governance.
• Experience working within large, complex, multi-entity organisations.
• Proven experience driving finance transformation, process improvement, systems implementation or data quality initiatives.
• Strong ERP experience, ideally Oracle, SAP or equivalent large-scale finance systems.
• Experience with Oracle ARCS would be highly advantageous.
• A confident stakeholder manager, able to influence and challenge senior colleagues.
• Passionate about developing people and building high-performing teams.

This role would particularly suit candidates coming from large corporate, shared service, FMCG, retail, consumer, media, manufacturing or other complex multi-entity environments.