Head of General Ledger

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Managing the year-end audit process and monthly group reporting.
• Overseeing balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany processes across EMEA.
• Driving automation and efficiency in banking operations and payroll postings.
• Leading the integration of new acquisitions and supporting new T&E system rollouts.
• Ensuring compliance, governance, and continuous improvement across all operational accounting functions.
• Collaborating globally to deliver customer excellence, productivity savings, and service growth.

Qualification & Requirements

• Proven leadership in operational accounting within a global, matrixed environment.
• Strong ERP expertise and experience managing audits and group reporting.
• Skilled in change management, stakeholder engagement, and business transformation.
• Emotionally intelligent, culturally aware, and an excellent communicator.
• Curious, analytical, and highly organized with a passion for continuous improvement.
• You will ideally be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

Benefits

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, we’ve just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma.
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members.
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues.