R2R Lead - #2163243

Marc Daniels are working with a well-renowned brand to look for an experienced R2R Lead to take ownership of a large, high-performing team and drive balance sheet integrity across a complex, multi-entity environment. This is a high-visibility role where you'll shape controls, elevate reporting quality, and influence senior leadership.

You'll lead a sizeable R2R function, ensuring the business delivers a fast, accurate and well-controlled month-end close. You'll be the guardian of the balance sheet, driving reconciliation discipline, surfacing risks early, and embedding best-practice governance. With a strong transformation agenda, you'll also play a key role in standardising processes, improving systems, and strengthening financial control across the group.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a large R2R team within a fast-paced, global environment.
• Own balance sheet governance: reconciliations, ageing reviews, risk identification and remediation.
• Drive a timely and accurate month-end close, ensuring robust journals, accruals, prepayments and intercompany activity.
• Maintain general ledger integrity across multiple entities.
• Partner closely with FP&A, Commercial Finance and Operations to align reporting with business performance.
• Lead on audit readiness, statutory compliance and internal control frameworks.
• Champion process improvement, automation and standardisation across the R2R landscape.
• Support finance transformation, system upgrades and scalability initiatives.

About You

• Proven experience leading a large R2R or Financial Accounting team in a complex, multi-entity organisation.
• Strong technical accounting background with deep experience managing the balance sheet end-to-end.
• Confident communicator able to influence senior stakeholders and challenge constructively.
• Highly organised, resilient and comfortable operating in a dynamic, evolving environment.
• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)