Job Description

The role has responsibility for financial reporting and ensuring accounting implications are carefully considered in all commercial, operational and strategic decisions.
 Key remit:
- Executing and improving key statutory reporting processes (e.g. annual accounts preparation and approval, liaising with other key stakeholders such as Tax, FP&A and External Audit)
- Involvement with and oversight of the smooth-running of the month-end close process, including the posting of specific manual journals.
- Ensure robust financial controls are established, well understood and being followed across the finance team
- Pro-active engagement with external auditors on critical areas and judgments, ensuring treatments are agreed well in advance.
- Preparation / review of key monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Participating in cross functional projects which improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the statutory reporting processes and corporate structure

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- You will be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) - A strong business partner - Great analytical skills - Experience of delivering high quality financial reports - Able to communicate complex accounting matters effectively