Job Description

The position requires an ambitious and suitably qualified accountant who is a comfortable with a complex multi-currency consolidation, has a solid understanding of IFRS as well as combined with a proven ability to articulate not only what is in a Group’s Balance sheet and its cash flows, but also what has changed and what is driving the trends.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for reconciling all balance sheet accounts and consolidating detailed analysis to ensure control and eliminate risks
• Facilitating the maintenance of accurate local records and ensuring that these are communicated to group in a timely manner in the required format, ensuring all balance sheet accounts are appropriately reconciled, documented and understood
• Responsible for the monitoring of the Group’s intercompany balances to ensure completeness of all local postings
• Assist with the preparations for year-end audit and be main audit contact with the external Group audit manager
• Prepare Group and key corporate entity financial statements that accurately report those entity’s financial status together with supporting analytical review against comparative periods, targets and forecast with variance commentary thereon
• To enhance the understanding of financial information through the provision of documented guidance, training and day to day support.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal skills and experience of challenging control environments across multiple global Centre’s
• Strong organizational / project management skills and ability to successfully manage multiple tasks; particularly in relation to external audit engagements
• Diligent and a high attention to detail
• Ability to priorities, meet deadlines and deliver high quality, well considered solutions
• Ambitious and willingness to challenge the status quo to support strategic change
• Conscientious, self-motivated, resilient and goal oriented
• Excellent analytical skills and proven ability to take decisions and implement
• Ability to develop new skills and understand new technology as required
• Qualified Accountant with 5+ year’s experience.
• Understanding of IFRS accounting policies.
• Microsoft Excel knowledge to an advanced level is essential.
• Experience with Oracle and Hyperion business suite of analytical tools beneficial.