Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Take responsibility with the financial reporting manager, for the production of all group and subsidiary statutory financial reporting ensuring accuracy, adherence to deadlines, technical and business relevance
• Ensure that all disclosures in the financial statements are supportable and are of audit quality
• Assist in the writing and checking of strategic reports and directors’ reports
• Help drive the accounting policies of the group and develop the accounting policy manual so that it remains fit for purpose
• Work with the group tax accountant to ensure statutory responsibilities are meeting a high standard and that compliance risk to the group is minimised
• Proactively assist the external audit of financial statements, managing the relationship with the internal audit team and other professional services providers as required
• Ad hoc projects as required

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday per year (plus public hols)
• Competitive contributory pension
• Life assurance scheme funded by Karro

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

ACA (+ post qualification experience either within practice or industry) Audit experience preferable Flexible, able to consistently meet deadlines whilst remaining consistently motivated and focused on delivery Excellent technical accounting skills Able to work proactively either independently or as part of a team Provides appropriate solutions to problems, combined with proven experience of decision making Appreciates the concept of materiality together with the benefit of detail Appreciates an excellent control environment and consistently aims for improvement Demonstrates initiative and maximises opportunities for improvement Able to build and maintain effective working relationships quickly and effectively with colleagues Objective, maintains unbiased approach and displays integrity at all times Excellent communicator (both written and in verbal form to a wide variety of audiences including those at the highest level), whilst also able to adapt style to suit situations