12 September 2026
Your Role: Business Accounting Senior Manager
Reporting to the Head of Finance Hub, you’ll lead the team that keeps accounting, P&L and balance sheet control accurate, well governed and on time across Audio, Outdoor and Costs.
As a Business Accounting Senior Manager at Global, you will:
Key Responsibilities
Lead the team (40%): Lead and manage the Business Accounting team to deliver timely, accurate and compliant management and financial accounting outputs, setting clear performance objectives and taking corrective action where required.
Month-end reporting and control (30%): Hold the team to strict month-end timelines, producing robust accruals and provisions calculations, divisional P&Ls and variance analysis against forecast and prior periods, in full compliance with Group Accounting Policy and UK GAAP.
Simplify, standardise and automate (20%): Improve the Finance Reporting Hub delivery model, automating Record to Report with the business, Commercial Finance, Group Finance and IT.
Service and stakeholder management (10%): Deliver Finance Reporting Hub services to agreed service levels, resolving issues proactively and promoting a right-first-time culture through a disciplined control framework.
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: Shape a brand-new Financial Reporting Team and how it works.
Own It: Bring your own ideas forward and see them implemented across the Group.
Keep it Simple: Strip out complexity by standardising and automating Record to Report.
Better Together: Work with a hard-working wider finance team to meet the reporting challenges we face.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
Built strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the finance team.
Developed a detailed understanding of the business, its intricacies and challenges.
Identified improvements and better ways of working, and built a plan to deliver them.
Embraced Global’s brands, values and behaviours, and our passion for the business.
What You’ll Need
Qualification: Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with proven post-qualification experience in a relevant accounting or control role.
Leadership: Experience leading and developing finance teams within a complex, multi-business organisation.
Balance: The ability to balance control and commercial needs, with strong communication and cross-functional stakeholder management.
Systems and improvement: A good understanding of finance systems, data flows and integrations, and a clear view of “what good looks like”.
Coaching and Development: Nurturing talent by empowering and guiding individuals to unlock their potential.
Building Trust: Creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where diverse views and experiences are welcomed and celebrated in your team.
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold Radio.
Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers.
Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities.
On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 29 million on the radio alone.
