Job Description

This is a key role reporting into the group financial reporting manager with responsibility across financial accounting. The primary purpose of the role is to ensure there are financial controls and accurate reporting across the group and to ensure we are compliant across statutory reporting and compliance. One colleague in our Indian SSC supports this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take first level responsibility over financial reporting tasks allocated to SSC.
• Balance sheet ownership and reconciliation. Present Balance Sheet reconciliations to FD on a monthly basis and be able to explain variances, and support for the balances.
• Review of corporation tax submissions.
• Support annual external audit, ensure evidence submitted are of good quality.
• Production of the statutory accounts for the group and subsidiaries.
• Calculation of legal and dilapidation provisions.
• Deal with goodwill impairment assessment and shareholder loan accounting.
• Ensure accurate accounting for the DB pension schemes.
• Support the Group financial reporting manager on the group consolidation process.
• Understand and posting of hedging journals with the support from external consultants.
• Taking ownership around IFRS 9 and Expected Credit Losses accounting.
• Taking ownership of Purchase Price Allocation from historic acquisitions.
• Reviewing Capex posting and produce monthly summary reporting and quarterly forecast.
• Support future M&A activities from financial reporting perspective.
• Implementation of risk and control framework. Ensure controls are updated and followed. Independent annual audit of the controls to ensure compliance across the business.
• Implementation of UK SOX framework when applicable.
• Take ownership of intercompany process and mismatch report.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Effective communication skills to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Innovative and forward thinking about streamlining processes for ultimate efficiency.
• Ability to multitask, deal with complexity and conflicting priorities/projects/ deals at the same time.
• Able to think both strategically and tactically.
• Commercial awareness.
• Capability to engage with stakeholders at different levels.
• Accomplished at working effectively across teams in a matrixes operating model.
• Proven ability to identify opportunities for process improvements and to implement these successfully.
• Strong organization and planning skills, effective time management and the ability to use efficient work methods and tools.
• Detail oriented, thorough and focused on all aspects of the job to ensure accuracy
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to proactively plan resource and achieve highly multi-skilled teams with the agility and flexibility to meet multiple stakeholder demands.
• Fully qualified chartered accountant, preferably with >1 year post-qualification experience.
• Solid experience of working in a finance team or accountancy practice (Big 4 preferred) with good understanding of the reporting cycles.
• Must have proven experience of preparing or auditing statutory accounts to group consolidation level under IFRS (including strong knowledge of IFRS and FRS101, especially IFRS 9, IFRS 15 & IFRS 16).
• Experience of operating and improving controls is preferred.
• Experience with tax provision and compliance work would be an advantage, as well as employee related tax knowledge.
• Strong proficiency with MS Excel. Experience with MS Teams, Visio, Outlook would be an advantage.
• A team player with experience of working with an offshore SSC would be an advantage.
• Proactive, stress resilient, thought provoking, challenging mindset with ability to manage upwards, downwards, and influence across multiple teams and stakeholders. Able to build strong interpersonal relationships and able to influence and interact with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• NetSuite experience preferable but not essential.