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Controllership Accountant

1 month ago

Warrington, Warrington, United Kingdom AECOM Full time
Job Title: Controllership Accountant

Are you a detail-oriented and analytical professional with a passion for accounting and finance? Do you have a strong understanding of financial reporting and technical accounting principles? We are seeking a skilled Controllership Accountant to join our team at AECOM.

About the Role:

The Controllership Accountant will play a critical role in supporting the preparation of year-end accounting and audit information for our UK and I legal entities. This includes providing month-end close support for our international holding company structure, working with the UK and I Head of External Reporting to provide technical accounting advice across the region, and responding to technical accounting and audit-related queries from our external auditors.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Support the provision of timely, accurate, and relevant technical accounting support to the Europe and India business.
  • Assist with the UK and I external audit process, including preparing extended trial balances and statutory accounting notes, and responding to queries from auditors.
  • Ensure UK and I statutory financial statements are accurate, comply with local GAAP and legal regulations, and are filed in accordance with local timescales.
  • Support with the annual impairment assessment of investments in subsidiaries.
  • Work with our offshore Global Business Services (GBS) team to drive the efficient production of statutory accounts using software to optimize performance.
  • Support with general ledger accounting and the month-end close process for our international holding company structure.
  • Build strong relationships with internal and external finance colleagues, business partners, advisors, and key business leaders to support, optimize, explain, and manage the financial structures in place to support the business.
  • Assist in the ongoing drive to reduce the complexity and size of our legal entity structure by simplifying legal entities and liquidating older legacy companies where possible.
  • Support in collating financial information to assist bid submissions on potential future projects for the business.
  • Participate in special projects and ad-hoc requests where possible.
  • Support the implementation of new UK/US GAAP accounting standards and corporate accounting policies across the Europe and India region in conjunction with our Global Accounting team.
  • Support the internal audit process throughout the period to ensure that as a firm, our internal control environment is strong and compliant with public company requirements and AECOM policies.
  • Work with Tax, Treasury, and legal to ensure that all tax, treasury, and finance matters are compliant and optimized where applicable.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent.
  • Chartered Accountancy Qualification (ACA, ACMA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or similar).
  • Good Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Experience in accounting and reporting: specifically technical financial reporting and audits in a public company environment.
  • Proactive and able to see things through to the end.
  • Ability to manage the detail but also understand the bigger picture.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to be resourceful, hands-on, and work both independently and as part of a high-performing team.
  • Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple duties in a fast-paced environment.
  • Motivated, work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Willingness to work with multiple different colleagues across different geographical regions, on a variety of initiatives.
  • Good technical accounting knowledge and theoretical knowledge in financial reporting.
  • Ability to think creatively, analyze, and solve problems.
  • Professional and works with integrity.
Preferred Skills and Experiences:
  • Engineering & Construction, project management, contract accounting experience preferred.
  • Experience of accounts production software / Shared Service environment preferred.
  • US GAAP and multi-national company experience preferred.