Management Reporting Excellence Manager
| Posting date: | 14 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £62,000 to £69,105 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 455116 |
Summary
Tasks
Provide effective leadership including effective management and development of the Management Accountants. This will include setting objectives, actively and effectively communicating, managing performance, and creating an inclusive environment where people feel valued, respected, safe to challenge and where contribution is recognised.
Lead the delivery of a high‑quality, consistent and user‑focused management reporting service across Core Defra and multiple ALBs, ensuring reporting outputs are timely, accurate and aligned to senior stakeholder needs.
Provide strategic oversight of management reporting processes, ensuring reporting standards, templates, methodologies and data presentation approaches are continually refined to support clear, compelling and decision‑ready outputs.
Ensure the team delivers intelligent analysis, drawing out key themes, linkages and dependencies across financial information, and provide clear narrative, insight and interpretation for senior leaders.
Maintain awareness of the overall financial position across the supported business areas, ensuring key issues, risks and opportunities are highlighted early and effectively communicated to Finance Business Partners and senior stakeholders.
Oversee the governance of month‑end processes, ensuring timelines are understood, quality standards are met, and operational delivery teams are supported to produce accurate and consistent outputs.
Provide strategic leadership of the Finance Assist Query Management Tool, ensuring it acts as an effective single route into Finance and supports efficient workflows, visibility of demand, and improved customer experience.
Manage a range of portfolios – Customer Experience; Reporting; Forecasting & Risk/Opportunities; Budgets & Recharges; and Continuous Improvement – ensuring delivery through teams, promoting involvement, and building knowledge across the Defra group.
Lead the delivery of a continuous improvement culture, driving process optimisation, simplification, automation, digital adoption and the development of more consistent, user‑friendly services in line with GCS ambitions.
Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the management reporting audience, commissioning solutions that meet user needs and evolve in line with organisational priorities, maintaining regular feedback loops and service reviews.
Ensure service metrics, KPIs and quality assurance frameworks are monitored and regularly reviewed, using insights to inform service development and ensure high performance across the MRE team.
Work collaboratively with cross‑finance colleagues, including Financial Control, Strategic Finance and Business Intelligence, to ensure alignment of processes, data flows, reporting standards and customer experience.
Key Relationships
Senior Civil Service budget holders
Finance Business Partnering G6/G7 Leads
Management Reporting G7 Partnering Lead
Business Intelligence and data specialists
Strategic Finance and Financial Operations colleagues
ALB finance teams and cross‑departmental partners
Provide effective leadership including effective management and development of the Management Accountants. This will include setting objectives, actively and effectively communicating, managing performance, and creating an inclusive environment where people feel valued, respected, safe to challenge and where contribution is recognised.
Lead the delivery of a high‑quality, consistent and user‑focused management reporting service across Core Defra and multiple ALBs, ensuring reporting outputs are timely, accurate and aligned to senior stakeholder needs.
Provide strategic oversight of management reporting processes, ensuring reporting standards, templates, methodologies and data presentation approaches are continually refined to support clear, compelling and decision‑ready outputs.
Ensure the team delivers intelligent analysis, drawing out key themes, linkages and dependencies across financial information, and provide clear narrative, insight and interpretation for senior leaders.
Maintain awareness of the overall financial position across the supported business areas, ensuring key issues, risks and opportunities are highlighted early and effectively communicated to Finance Business Partners and senior stakeholders.
Oversee the governance of month‑end processes, ensuring timelines are understood, quality standards are met, and operational delivery teams are supported to produce accurate and consistent outputs.
Provide strategic leadership of the Finance Assist Query Management Tool, ensuring it acts as an effective single route into Finance and supports efficient workflows, visibility of demand, and improved customer experience.
Manage a range of portfolios – Customer Experience; Reporting; Forecasting & Risk/Opportunities; Budgets & Recharges; and Continuous Improvement – ensuring delivery through teams, promoting involvement, and building knowledge across the Defra group.
Lead the delivery of a continuous improvement culture, driving process optimisation, simplification, automation, digital adoption and the development of more consistent, user‑friendly services in line with GCS ambitions.
Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the management reporting audience, commissioning solutions that meet user needs and evolve in line with organisational priorities, maintaining regular feedback loops and service reviews.
Ensure service metrics, KPIs and quality assurance frameworks are monitored and regularly reviewed, using insights to inform service development and ensure high performance across the MRE team.
Work collaboratively with cross‑finance colleagues, including Financial Control, Strategic Finance and Business Intelligence, to ensure alignment of processes, data flows, reporting standards and customer experience.
Key Relationships
Senior Civil Service budget holders
Finance Business Partnering G6/G7 Leads
Management Reporting G7 Partnering Lead
Business Intelligence and data specialists
Strategic Finance and Financial Operations colleagues
ALB finance teams and cross‑departmental partners
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