Statutory Reporting & Compliance Manager

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Aspire Software

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏨 Hospitality

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

Hospitality • Logistics • Construction

Aspire Software is a company that focuses on acquiring and nurturing businesses with a strong foundation in outstanding products and passionate teams. As part of the Valsef Group, Aspire Software offers resources, knowledge, and a suite of best practices to enhance and expand operations for continuous improvement and sustainable growth. The company emphasizes decentralization to unlock innovation and adaptability within its acquired entities. Aspire Software is dedicated to serving its customers through long-term technology partnerships, leveraging capital and expertise in various verticals to grow both the businesses and individuals involved.

📋 Description

• Prepare or oversee preparation of statutory financial statements for all legal entities under local GAAP • Own the group statutory and filing calendar and ensure every filing deadline is met • Manage local accounting and filing providers • Plan and lead statutory audits end to end, including timetables, PBC lists, audit files and closing meetings • Act as primary contact for statutory auditors and coordinate support to the group auditor • Resolve audit findings and track management letter points to closure • Deliver local GAAP to IFRS conversions and respond to IFRS reporting requests • Set group accounting policies and position papers, including IFRS 15 revenue recognition, IFRS 16 leases, capitalised development costs and intercompany matters • Support acquisition accounting for new deals, including opening balance sheets, purchase price allocation and alignment of acquired entities to group policies • Maintain the finance perspective of the legal entity register, including filing status, auditors, year-ends and local requirements • Define minimum statutory standards for portfolio teams’ month-end processes • Coordinate responses to internal audit findings related to statutory reporting • Support entity rationalization, including mergers and liquidations of dormant entities • Work with the Tax Manager on tax provisions, deferred tax and tax notes in statutory accounts • Provide financial data for transfer pricing documentation and local tax filings • Own statutory calendars, deliverable requirements, statutory adjustments, audit files, auditor communications, tax notes, statutory cash/debt/covenant disclosures and resolution of audit findings • Complete the statutory and filing calendar for all entities within the first three months • Identify overdue filings and open audits and resolve 50% within the first three months • Submit all statutory filings on time with no late-filing penalties within the first six months • Close statutory audits within agreed timetables and resolve prior-year management letter points within the first 12 months • Reduce portfolio finance teams’ statutory work by at least 50% within the first 12 months • Automate at least 40% of recurring statutory audit preparation work within the first 14 months • Align newly acquired entities to group policies and the calendar within six months of closing

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA or equivalent) • 7+ years in statutory reporting, including 3+ years in audit at a Big Four or mid-tier firm • Strong IFRS knowledge, especially IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 • Experience with statutory accounts and audits across several jurisdictions, including the US, Europe and APAC • Track record of running multiple statutory audits in parallel against fixed deadlines • Preferred: Experience in a multi-entity software, SaaS or buy-and-build group • Preferred: Acquisition accounting and post-deal integration of acquired entities • Preferred: NetSuite or a comparable multi-entity ERP • Preferred: Experience managing outsourced accounting and filing providers • Fluent English; additional European languages are a plus • Ability to plan ahead and meet fixed filing deadlines • Ability to hold a technical position under business pressure and escalate early • Ability to influence entity teams in other reporting lines • Hands-on preparation of accounts and audit files • Ability to explain technical accounting to non-accountants • Ability to create templates, checklists and standards and leverage tools to automate tasks