Financial Reporting Junior Manager

GBS (Global Business Services) provides financial, human resources, audit and IT services to the British American Tobacco entities. Our category expertise, large capabilities and international operation makes us a unique business partner who excels in financial leadership and, therefore, offers great shareholder value for BAT.

If you have financial or HR areas background; you thrive when faced with a challenge and you are highly motivated; you want to develop your career in an organisation that will not only recognise the unique attributes you bring but will support your development and reward your contribution,
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• Good knowledge of accounting principles and conventions;
• Ability to communicate at all levels including Senior Management. High standard spoken and written English.
• Results oriented;
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills;
• Capable of working autonomously;
• Ability to prioritise;
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Computer literacy with respect to SAP and PC software packages (Excel)

The Junior Manager serves as an independent contributor within the UK Reporting Cluster; the Cluster provides accounting services, management and statutory reporting services, tax reporting and forecasting activities to internal customers, with a focus on the following core specific areas: UK companies Statutory Reporting, Central overheads analysis and reporting, Technical and Advisory recharge computation and reporting, Trademark royalties recharges, Dividends accounting and reporting, Share Scheme accounting and reporting, Fixed Assets reconciliation, reporting and control.

The jobholder is responsible for managing a budget of circa 0.5bn GBP of Technical and Advisory (T&A) recharges across the BAT Group. The role involves analysing the central costs incurred by the Head Office, allocate these to subsidiaries according to the agreed methodology, recharge the fees as per the agreed timetable and complete the periodic financial reporting exercises according to the Group’s timetable.


You will:
• Work with the Functional Finance Consultants based in the UK to confirm budgeted numbers to upon which to calculate recharges;
• Calculate the charge for the financial year incorporating various specific legal and tax requirements communicated by Group end markets;
• Provide timely and comprehensive analysis to Group Management Accounting Team to explain variations of cost base and of recharges to regions/end markets;
• Work with the Intercompany team to issue invoices on a quarterly basis to end markets. Where disputes are raised, work with end markets to have these resolved;
• Responsible for the financial management of the T&A P&L and for the completing the annual budget, quarterly forecasting and actual reporting exercises.
• Provide timely analysis to end markets and Group taxation for the purpose of external taxation audits;