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Finance Policy Accounting Manager

2 months ago

Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Allwyn UK Full time
About Allwyn UK:

We are a leading multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in several countries. Our company is part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group, which has a proven track record of making lotteries better.

We are currently undergoing a large-scale transformation journey to build a bigger, better, and safer National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes.

Job Purpose:

This role sits within the Financial Accounting team within Finance, reporting to the Financial Reporting Manager. The team is responsible for ensuring the reporting integrity of our Group and Statutory accounts through robust accounting and controls.

The Financial Accounting team is responsible for:

  1. Monthly reporting to Group
  2. Delivery of enhanced reporting requirements on a quarter and year end basis to Group
  3. Delivery of the statutory accounts for Allwyn, our financing company and holding companies
  4. Owning the relationship with the external auditors
  5. Owning the relationship with Group Finance
  6. Ensuring our financial statements are aligned to IFRS at all times
  7. Robust balance sheet governance and risks and opportunities management.

The IFRS and Policies Finance Manager has primary responsibility of ensuring our group and statutory accounts are IFRS compliant. This will be achieved through the creation of an IFRS policies library which needs to reflect the operations of Allwyn and also be aligned to Group policies.

This role will be a co-ordination role, requiring effective communication and the ability to forge good relationships with the commercial team to understand how we operate as a business. This will enable you to ensure that Allwyn is applying the most suitable policies and accounting estimates.

As Allwyn is in its first year of operation as the national Lottery operator, this person will need to work at speed to ensure that policies are updated and fit for purpose before we head into our year-end, therefore an excellent knowledge of accounting standards is a pre-requisite to being successful in this role.

This role will also support the Senior Financial Reporting Accountant and the Financial Reporting Accounting by introducing and maintaining an effective balance sheet monitoring, balance sheet risk and ops and balance sheet controls process.

  1. Reporting to the Financial Reporting Manager, with primary responsibility for creating best-in-class robust accounting policies for Allwyn.
  2. Collaborate with and get buy-in from internal stakeholders across Finance to inform understanding enabling the delivery of the most appropriate accounting standards.
  3. Where you have identified a need to change accounting estimates, ensure that the Financial Controller, Finance Director and Commercial Finance director are fully informed including communication of the financial impacts.
  4. Introduce a robust balance sheet reporting and monitoring process to include random sampling, reporting of risk and opportunities and updating the existing policy.
  5. Create a centralised accounting policies library that all finance colleagues can access.
  6. Be the go-to technical expert for all IFRS accounting queries.
  7. Deliver regular reports and updates to senior leaders on the progress and evolution of accounting policies including any financial impacts from changes to policies or accounting estimates.
  8. Support the commercial team by tracking and regular reporting of the impacts of adopting changes to accounting policies or estimates.
  9. Oversee the production of accounting memos and provide high level technical accounting guidance, challenging and aligning with auditors.
  10. Provide analysis and recommendations to Allwyn from an operational and reporting standard.
  11. Creation of a Central Accounting Policies library.
  12. No surprises – any changes to accounting policies/accounting estimates are communicated clearly and in a timely manner with effective progress tracking and risk monitoring.
  13. Creation of an effective balance sheet policy to include monitoring, risk and ops reporting and random sampling.
Key Skills and Experience:
  • ACA, ACCA, CIMA or ACT qualified.
  • Strong academics; li>
  • At least 3 years PQE, ideally from a similar role, or ex-audit.
  • Strong stakeholder management with the ability to forge strong relationships across the business.
  • Experience of using SAP desirable.
  • High level of integrity and independence whilst also able to successfully partner with the business in meaningful ways through building trusting relationships and connections.
Benefits:
  • 26 days paid leave (plus bank holidays).
  • Annual bonus scheme.
  • 4 x Salary of Life Insurance.
  • Pension: we'll match your contribution up to 8.li>
  • Single Private Health Cover.
  • £500 Wellness Allowance.
  • Enhanced parental leave (maternity and paternity).
  • Eye Care, Dental and Cycle To Work schemes.