Group Reporting Accountant

4 weeks ago


High Wycombe, United Kingdom Gleeson Recruitment Group Full time

Group Reporting Accountant

Reporting to the **Director of Finance** for this impressive Business Service client.

The **Group Reporting Accountant** is responsible for performing the group consolidation, producing financial statements and managing the audit process. Additional areas of involvement will be the group-wide entity rationalisation project, thefinancial reporting system transformation project and providing the wider business with technical accounting expertise

**Your core responsibilities**
- Perform group consolidation and produce financial statements at both half year and year end
- Manage external auditors throughout the year to ensure a smooth year end audit process
- Prepare annual accounts for individual statutory entities
- Support operational finance personnel across the business to solve problems
- Review tax numbers produced by the tax team
- Co-lead the ongoing entity rationalisation project to simplify the group structure and improve efficiency
- Provide a source of expertise on technical accounting areas including pensions, derivatives and service concession arrangements going forward
- Produce technical accounting papers where required
- Exercise judgement on acquisition accounting
- Involvement in the ongoing design, data migration and implementation of the new financial reporting system
- Interact with the treasury team on certain areas such as covenant calculations
- Identify areas where new controls and processes could be established

**Requirements**:

- Recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- Experience from a professional services firm and/or group finance in a large corporate
- Experience of group consolidation and producing statutory accounts
- Strong understanding of IFRS accounting standards and ability to produce technical accounting papers
- Advanced Excel and top class analytical skills
- Confident and able to challenge / influence stakeholders at all levels
- Well organised with excellent attention to detail
- Strong time management with the ability to prioritise effectively
- Adaptable with the ability work effectively under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines

**Benefits**:

- Competitive salary with annual review
- Performance bonus
- Generous pension scheme
- Private medical and dental scheme
- Retail and leisure discounts
- Holiday and travel discounts
- Bike to work scheme
- Flexible working and wfh opportunity. 1/2 per week office based.



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