Statutory Reporting & Compliance Manager

Responsibilities

• Valsoft Corporation · United Kingdom (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-10-22
• External parties: Statutory and group auditors, local accounting and filing providers, company secretarial providers
• The Statutory Reporting & Compliance Manager owns timely, accurate and audit-ready statutory reporting for every legal entity in the group, across all portfolios.
• The role separates statutory compliance from the portfolio finance teams. They can focus on business performance, cash and portfolio priorities, while statutory deadlines and accounting judgements have a dedicated owner.
• The role holder is the single point of accountability for statutory accounts, statutory audits, local GAAP to IFRS conversion and the group's compliance calendar.
• The role reports directly to the Head of Finance and sits outside the portfolio reporting lines. This protects statutory deadlines and accounting judgements from competing business priorities.
• Prepare, or oversee preparation of, statutory financial statements for all legal entities under local GAAP.
• Own the group statutory and filing calendar, and make sure every filing deadline is met.
• Manage local accounting and filing providers where entities are serviced externally.
• Plan and lead statutory audits end to end: timetable, 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, for example IFRS 15 revenue recognition, IFRS 16 leases, capitalised development costs and intercompany in close cooperation with the headquarter
• Support acquisition accounting for new deals, including opening balance sheets, purchase price allocation and alignment of acquired entities to group policies.
• Maintain the legal entity register from a finance perspective: filing status, auditors, year-ends and local requirements.
• Define minimum statutory standards that the portfolio teams' month-end must meet, for example balance sheet reconciliations and documentation.
• Coordinate responses to internal audit findings that relate to statutory reporting.
• Support entity rationalization, such as mergers and liquidations of dormant entities.
• Work with the Tax Manager on tax provisions, deferred tax and tax notes in the statutory accounts.
• Provide the financial data needed for transfer pricing documentation and local tax filings.
• The portfolio teams keep running the books. This role owns what turns those books into compliant statutory output.
• Portfolio Finance Directors: They own portfolio results, priorities and staffing of entity teams. This role owns the statutory calendar, deliverable requirements and sign-off of statutory accounts.
• Entity teams: They own the monthly close, ledgers, reconciliations and audit support data. This role owns statutory adjustments, audit files and auditor communication.
• Finance business partners: They own management reporting, forecasts and KPIs. There is no overlap; this role informs them of audit adjustments affecting reported numbers.
• Tax Manager: They own tax computations, filings and transfer pricing policy. This role owns tax notes and balances in the statutory accounts.
• Treasury: They own cash, banking and financing. This role owns disclosures on cash, debt and covenants (if applicable).
• External auditors: They own the audit opinion. This role owns audit-ready files, the timetable and resolution of findings.

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.
• Calendar discipline: plans months ahead and treats filing deadlines as fixed.
• Independence: holds a technical position under business pressure and escalates early.
• Builder: creates templates, checklists and standards that make the next year's cycle faster. Leverages tools to automate tasks
• Languages: fluent English; additional European languages are a plus.

Preferred

• Experience in a multi-entity software, SaaS or buy-and-build group.
• Acquisition accounting and post-deal integration of acquired entities.
• NetSuite or a comparable multi-entity ERP.
• Experience managing outsourced accounting and filing providers.

Direct reports: None

• Entities covered: All legal entities across all portfolios of the group
• Frameworks: Local GAAP per jurisdiction, IFRS for group purposes

• Influence without authority: gets entity teams in other reporting lines to deliver on time.
• Hands-on: prepares accounts and audit files personally where needed; this is not a pure oversight role.
• Clear communicator: explains technical accounting to non-accountants, including investment partners and other senior management.

Success measures

• First 3 months: Complete statutory and filing calendar for all entities, with owners and current status.
• First 3 months: Overdue filings and open audits identified, with 50% resolved.
• First 6 months: All statutory filings submitted on time, with no late-filing penalties.
• First 12 months: Statutory audits closed within agreed timetables; prior-year management letter points resolved.
• First 12 months: Portfolio finance teams’ time spent on statutory work cut by at least 50%.
• First 14 months: Automate at least 40% of the recurring preparation work for statutory audits.
• Ongoing: Newly acquired entities aligned to group policies and the calendar within 6 months of closing.

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