Are you a financial reporting leader who thrives on delivering high-quality external reporting in a complex, global environment?

Do you enjoy leading technical accounting, driving reporting excellence, and partnering with senior stakeholders to support strategic decision-making?

About our Team

The role manages a team of 4 people, and acts as a link with groups including Business area finance teams, Group FP&A, Investor Relations, Treasury, Tax and Company Secretariat, ensuring that all external financial reporting is timely, clear and accurate.

About the Role

Leads the external financial reporting activities of RELX PLC, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compliant and timely financial reporting for shareholders, and other stakeholders. The role is responsible for the Group financial statements included in the Annual Report and Half Year Results Announcement, oversight of subsidiary statutory reporting, external reporting compliance and management of the external financial reporting process and timetable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group’s external financial reporting process, overseeing the production of the Annual Report, Half Year Results and 20-F filings, ensuring compliance with IFRS and regulatory requirements.
• Manage reporting governance, timetables and stakeholder review cycles, coordinating inputs across Finance, Legal, Company Secretariat, Investor Relations, Sustainability and business teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting quality, efficiency and controls, including oversight of electronic tagging and external reporting processes.
• Serve as the Group’s technical accounting expert, providing IFRS guidance, supporting finance teams, and maintaining Group accounting policies.
• Lead the assessment and implementation of new accounting standards, reviewing significant accounting judgments, estimates and disclosures to ensure compliance.
• Monitor regulatory developments and reporting best practice, driving high-quality financial reporting and disclosure across the Group.
• Act as the primary finance contact for external auditors, managing the Group financial statement audit, coordinating deliverables, and ensuring timely completion of reporting milestones.
• Lead, coach and develop the external reporting team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement while supporting succession planning and talent development.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience in Group reporting, external reporting and technical accounting within large multinational organisations.
• Extensive knowledge of IFRS and UK/US listed company reporting requirements, with experience leading annual and interim reporting processes and managing external audit relationships.
• Excellent communication, project management and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to deliver high-quality reporting under tight deadlines.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs more than 36,000 people over 40% of whom are in North America. The headquarters is in London. The market capitalization is about £60bn ($80bn), making it one of the 10 largest listed companies in the UK. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext, and NYSE. The company has four market segments. It develops information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers in the Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions sectors.

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