Finance Team Leader

Finance Team Leader, Reporting and Data Management – Role Overview  Lead the accurate and timely delivery of management reporting, data management, reconciliations, reporting controls and audit-support schedules for the North America business. Act as the functional lead for coordinating reporting workloads, reviewing output quality, guiding colleagues, monitoring delivery and escalating risks or issues. Retain oversight of budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis where these activities support reliable reporting and informed decision-making.  Key Responsibilities  Planning, Forecasting & Variance Analysis  Coordinate inputs to the annual budget and periodic forecast processes, maintaining robust planning models and clear supporting documentation  Review forecast updates and variance analysis against budget, prior forecast and actual performance for completeness, accuracy and consistency  Maintain financial models used for scenario analysis and ensure planning assumptions are traceable and aligned with reporting outputs  Management Reporting & Delivery  Coordinate and deliver monthly management reporting across revenue, costs, EBITDA and cash, ensuring outputs are complete, accurate and issued to agreed deadlines  Review reporting packs, variance commentary and supporting analysis for quality, consistency and clarity before circulation  Analyse performance against budget and forecast, identify key drivers, trends, risks and opportunities, and provide evidence-based commentary  Monitor the reporting timetable, dependencies and outstanding inputs, escalating delivery risks and control issues promptly  Functional Team Leadership  Act as the functional lead for the reporting and data-management workload, allocating activities and coordinating priorities across contributors without formal line-management responsibility  Provide day-to-day guidance on reporting requirements, methods, controls and standards, and support resolution of complex data or reporting queries  Review work for accuracy and completeness, monitor progress against deadlines, and escalate capacity, quality or delivery concerns to the appropriate manager  Work with operational, commercial, Financial Control and other finance stakeholders to obtain inputs, resolve issues and provide controlled analysis for decision-making  Data Integrity, Reconciliations & Reporting Controls  Ensure consistency between source systems, planning outputs, management reports and actuals in collaboration with Financial Control  Oversee and review reconciliations across systems and datasets, investigate variances, and ensure reconciling items are resolved or clearly documented  Maintain data quality, lineage and integrity across reporting processes, with appropriate checks and evidence of review  Operate and monitor key reporting controls, document exceptions and remediation actions, and escalate material issues promptly  Process Improvement