Financial Reporting Manager

Who we are

VIVO provides facilities management and accommodation maintenance for the UK military and its partners. VIVO embodies both experience and innovation.

What we do

We put our Customers and Families First. They are the driving force behind everything we do. We drive forward improvements for them to ensure the service they receive, whether reactive repairs or a major project, is completed safely and on time. In order to achieve this, we have 4 core values: open, caring, agile and collaborative. These are at the heart of everything we do.

Location: Hybrid, Birmingham

Permanent, Full time

Salary: £63,000-£72,000

At VIVO, we do things differently. We deliver critical facilities management, asset management and infrastructure services across the UK Defence estate. Every day our teams help create safe, compliant and sustainable environments that support the people who protect our country.

We're looking for an experienced Financial Reporting Manager to join our growing Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified finance professional who enjoys combining technical excellence with leadership, business partnering and continuous improvement. If you're passionate about financial governance, developing people and making a genuine impact in a complex and evolving organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you'll play a key role in ensuring VIVO meets all of its statutory, regulatory and shareholder financial reporting obligations. From overseeing statutory accounts and treasury management to leading our Purchase to Pay team and supporting external audits, you'll help ensure the financial integrity of an organisation with revenues exceeding £850 million.

Working closely with finance colleagues, operational leaders, outsourced service providers and shareholders, you'll provide expert financial guidance while driving improvements in processes, controls and reporting. You'll also help shape the future of the finance function through automation, innovation and the development of your team.

This is a varied role offering exposure across financial reporting, treasury, governance, tax, IFRS, process improvement and people leadership.

You'll lead treasury activities, producing rolling cash flow forecasts and managing relationships with banking partners and the central treasury function. You'll oversee fixed asset and lease accounting, ensuring assets are accurately recorded and accounted for in line with IFRS.

You'll manage balance sheet reconciliations, VAT and CIS reporting, payroll control accounts and support the production of statutory accounts, shareholder reporting and external audits. Working alongside legal advisers, auditors and external specialists, you'll help ensure compliance with Companies House requirements and wider financial legislation.

Leading the Purchase to Pay (P2P) team, you'll develop your people while improving efficiency, controls and service delivery. You'll work collaboratively with procurement, outsourced finance providers and senior finance leaders to enhance end-to-end financial processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

You'll also provide technical accounting guidance across the business, supporting colleagues with IFRS compliance, financial policies and best practice while helping strengthen VIVO's overall financial control environment.

About You

We're looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with at least three years' post-qualification experience in financial reporting or financial control.

You'll bring strong technical knowledge of IFRS together with experience of statutory accounts, treasury and cash flow management, external audit and financial governance. Previous experience managing or developing a finance team is important, along with a strong understanding of Purchase to Pay processes.

You'll be confident working with senior stakeholders, able to communicate complex financial information clearly and influence positive outcomes across the business. Strong Excel skills are essential, and experience with SAP or similar ERP systems would be highly beneficial.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who enjoys improving processes, developing people and helping build a high-performing finance function.

This is an opportunity to join a business with ambitious growth plans where finance plays a strategic role in supporting operational success. You'll work on meaningful projects that contribute to the delivery of vital Defence infrastructure while developing your own career within a collaborative and supportive environment.

We offer hybrid working, with one day each week based at Ingenuity House in Birmingham and flexibility to work from home for the remainder of the week, alongside occasional UK travel to support business and stakeholder requirements.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical expertise, leadership and continuous improvement while making a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

What We Offer

• 6% employee matched pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Private medical cover for self and partner
• Bonus
• Company car/Car allowance
• Life assurance 2x annual salary

VIVO Defence Services

The role you have applied for is with VIVO Defence Services, a joint venture between Serco and EQUANS. By applying for this role, please be aware that information contained within your CV may be shared between VIVO Defence Services, Serco and EQUANS during the recruitment process.

At VIVO, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. Therefore, we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool.

We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.