Job Description

• Ensure period end revenues are recorded and reported in compliance with SHLs policies, relevant accounting standards and other applicable regulations in line with published timetable for all business units
• Ensure all revenue balance sheet reconciliations are prepared accurately and completely and signed off in line with agreed timetable
• Establish and maintain a strong financial control environment with appropriate highly efficient processes and compliance for all revenue streams,
• Ownership of the end-to-end revenue recognition process and ensure compliance with IFRS15, including across new products and services.
• Direct, develop and supervise the Revenue Accountant
• Flexibly support the broader Financial Control team where directed, to meet team priorities as they arise.
• Support the Group Finance team in relevant aspects of the group and local audits to ensure timely audit completion and submission of financial statements
• Support the FP&A and Business Partner teams in understanding the revenues on a monthly basis and as required
• Continuously improve existing processes and quality of outputs.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA)
• Min 5 years relevant PQE
• Good accounting system skills
• Strong excel skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Audit background an advantage
• Experience with Tableau reporting tool & Salesforce an advantage

• Qualified accountant with previous revenue experience in a fast-paced finance team
• Experience in an IFRS environment – especially IFRS 15
• Experience reviewing, documenting, implementing, and improving internal controls & processes
• Experience preparing revenue analysis reports and revenue balance sheet reconciliations

Specific Requirements:

• Capable of adhering to tight internal or external operational and financial deadlines
• Ability to effectively plan/manage/prioritise revenue teams’ workload
• Ability to support/guide and influence multiple internal and external stakeholders to achieve role accountabilities.
• Good teamwork and verbal and written communication skills to engage with stakeholders, including FP&A, and FBPs in understanding month on month revenue recognition
• Understands auditing principles and able to efficiently manage requests for support for annual audit of revenues across all business units
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to think conceptually and interpret and define required actions based on guiding objectives rather than requiring step by step instruction.