Job Description

We are delighted to be partnering with this Hatfield based market leader, in securing an interim Financial Reporting Accountant for a minimum 3-6 month period. With the recent and sustained growth of the business, they are looking to appoint a Reporting Accountant to lead the preparation and filing of the statutory accounts for the Group subsidiary companies as well as the preparation and delivery of the half year and year-end audit processes.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and deliver the production of high quality subsidiary statutory accounts for all subsidiary entities of the Group to meet deadlines 
• Build goodwill impairment models for various acquisitions as part of the annual planning process that satisfy the requirements of the external auditors
• Develop standard monthly subsidiary level reporting for relevant Boards and management committees 
• Work with the Group Accountant, the Finance Leadership Team and External Auditors to build a detailed plan of annual audit activity covering both the half year and year end audits
• Work with stakeholders around the business to ensure that audit requirements are understood and that required information is collated throughout the year in order to improve the efficiency of the audit process 
• Act as a central point of contact for the coordination of audit work, triage requests and track and provide oversight of audit responses, reviewing responses and artefacts before submission to auditors to ensure they satisfy requirements and to check overall quality/reasonableness. Provide regular updates on audit process
• Support the Group Accountant with the preparation of the Group monthly management accounts for the Board 
• Review current ways of working to identify improvements to ensure that accurate information is provided in an efficient manner for subsidiary reporting
• Support the Finance team with preparation for Audit Committee meetings including supporting with the preparation of technical papers and providing quality assurance to ensure that papers are fit for purpose 
• Support with other ad-hoc projects as and when required with finance and other departments

This role is deemed Inside IR35, and on offer is a day rate of £400-£450 per day depending on experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified chartered accountant (ACA, ACCA) with minimum 2 years PQE 
• At least 2 year’s experience in an audit department of a large professional firm with experience of sizeable audits, in a PLC environment.
• Strong technical financial knowledge including IFRS accounting standards application 
• Experience of working with external auditors
• Experience leading the preparation of statutory financial reporting 
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel especially in the use of spreadsheets