Senior Group Accountant

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Howden Group Holdings Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Group Accountant to join our Group accounting & External Reporting team at Howden Group Holdings. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for assisting with Group consolidation and aspects of the Group's internal and external reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist with the production of disclosures for IFRS consolidated annual and interim financial statements, including detailed note workings.
  • Assist with significant M&A accounting related activity, including maintenance of Business Combinations model and Intangible assets reconciliation.
  • Assist with the production of annual statutory accounts of several holding / treasury companies.
  • Assist with the external audit, proactively monitoring requests and helping team members to deliver, clarify requests and re-arrange timelines when needed.
  • Assist with M&A accounting related activity, including calculating purchase consideration, review of acquired balance sheet, etc.
  • Assist in collecting and reviewing new or changed leases and updating of IFRS 16 model.
  • Ad hoc reporting requests both internally and with other teams, including Treasury, Tax, M&A, and Divisional Finance.
Key Accountabilities
  • Timely and accurate production of various reporting packs, as well as production of quality detailed reconciliations, suggestions for process and system improvements.
  • Efficiently coordinate with business partners throughout the month-end cycle.
  • High-quality outputs presented in a concise and easy-to-follow manner.
  • Clear understanding of the aim of the task/process and asking questions early when this is not clear.
Requirements
  • Knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, and familiarity with UK Law.
  • Prior experience of large multi-currency group consolidation is a bonus.
  • Prior experience in using OneStream or HFM and Unit4 is a bonus.
  • Ability to work under tight timelines while maintaining quality of deliverables.
  • Plans ahead, with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
  • Apply professional skepticism to identify when information may not be correct or may not make sense and understanding that one data set needs to reconcile to other in some way (which always needs to be presented).
  • A personal drive for producing high-quality work.
  • Problem-solving capability.
  • Effective interpersonal skills and a team player.
  • Advanced MS Excel (SUMIF, VLOOKUP, and Index match formulae), data manipulation, and analysis.
Professional Qualifications
  • Graduate-level education (or equivalent).
  • Previous audit experience would be highly beneficial.
  • Qualified accountant: 3-5 years PQE, ACA/ACCA/CA(SA) or equivalent.


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