Your Role
We're looking for a Head of Apollo Group Reporting to lead the day-to-day delivery of our Apollo Group Reporting function.
This is a high-impact operational leadership role at the centre of Apollo's financial reporting and controls environment. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining team leadership with direct involvement in group reporting activities. You'll lead a team with responsibility for close governance, group consolidation, statutory reporting, US reporting deliverables, SOX processes and audit coordination, ensuring reporting outputs are accurate, timely, well-controlled and capable of supporting informed business decisions.
You'll partner closely with colleagues across FP&A, Tax, Finance Operations, US Finance and external auditors, acting as a trusted technical expert and helping ensure Apollo continues to strengthen reporting quality, governance and control.
What you’ll do
- Lead the day-to-day operation of the Apollo Group Reporting function.
- Own the close and reporting governance cycle including timetables, dependencies, prioritisation, escalation and delivery across Finance functions.
- Oversee statutory reporting for non-syndicate entities and support the production of Board-ready reporting outputs.
- Lead group consolidations across UK GAAP and US GAAP reporting frameworks.
- Lead US reporting deliverables and support reporting requirements across the wider Apollo Group, including activities supporting SEC reporting obligations and Group consolidation requirements.
- Act as the day-to-day SOX process lead for relevant reporting processes and controls, ensuring evidence quality, documentation and timely remediation.
- Manage relationships with internal and external auditors, ensuring high-quality evidence and timely resolution of reporting matters.
- Lead technical accounting analysis and documentation for significant accounting matters.
- Review and challenge key reporting outputs, reconciliations, accounting papers and control evidence.
- Collaborate with FP&A to ensure reporting outputs support meaningful performance analysis and insight.
- Drive continuous improvement across reporting, controls, reconciliations and financial processes.
- Develop, coach and lead a high-performing reporting team.
- Escalate significant risks, judgements and delivery issues appropriately.
What we are looking for
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent).
- Significant hands-on experience leading and delivering group reporting, statutory reporting and financial close activities.
- Strong group consolidation experience across complex, multi-entity environments, with practical knowledge of UK GAAP and US GAAP reporting requirements.
- Experience supporting US reporting requirements, including SEC reporting deliverables and reporting within complex international group structures.
- Experience operating within a SOX or Internal Controls over Financial Reporting environment.
- Strong technical accounting capability, including preparation of robust accounting papers and technical conclusions.
- Experience managing internal and external audit processes.
- Proven experience leading and developing finance professionals.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at senior level.
- A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on quality, efficiency and control.
- Exposure to insurance or financial services
