Global Accountant

Global Accountant

Location: Bristol (Hybrid)

In this position, you'll be based in the Bristol office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at 

We give you a world of potential

The Global Accounting Centre of Excellence (CoE) coordinate and oversee the month end close activities for Record to Report (Accounting) and Hire to Acquire (Assets). This involves coordination and liaison with colleagues in our primary markets (US, UK, Canada and Australia) as well as our offshore operations in India. 

We are responsible for the majority of the monthly journal postings - allowing FP&A and Group to perform monthly reporting - as well the accounting within Cash Management, Fixed Assets, and Intercompany sub-ledgers.  We also prepare balance sheet reconciliations for Financial Control.

With 20 people in the CoE overseeing the output of Global Accounting, they help to establish the right people, processes and policy compliance to deliver globalised, standardised and automated services.

A role you will love

This role contributes to ensuring the month end close processes are run in an efficient and effective manner, so that the group timetable is met and our outsourcer delivers against its SLA's and KPIs.  The role is responsible for overseeing most accounting processes performed by our offshore provider, as well as reviewing journals and balance sheet reconciliations.   You will be part of a team overseeing at least one of our sub-towers – General Ledger, Intercompany, Fixed Assets for Cash Management – and will also respond to requests from Financial Control as well as our Auditors.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of journals for the month end financial close to agreed month end timetable and group playbook requirements.
• Preparation of accounting processes such as intercompany, fixed assets, balance sheet reconciliations and bank reconciliations to agreed month end timetable and group playbook requirements.
• Review and monitor the quality and timeliness of offshore transaction processing. This will include quality assurance reporting and feeding back to senior management and leading on additional training to colleagues.
• Prepare initial reviews of the P&L to ensure accuracy of the numbers.
• Maintain integrity of balance sheets; ensuring any queried or judgemental items are escalated to Finance Control on an ongoing, timely basis. 
• Review of offshore SOPs to ensure they are up to date and reflect global ways of working.

• Challenge inefficient and/or regionalised processes to drive a globalised, standardised and automated environment as much as possible.

What will you bring to the role? 

We welcome applications from part-qualified accountants completing their final exams. Applicants will have already obtained several years of experience in an Accounts function and be familiar with accounting standards and terms, alongside the use of a complex Financial System (e.g. Oracle or SAP).

Key attributes

• Experience in an accounting role is essential, with the preference for someone who has been in a similar role for that time in a large global business.

• Maintaining/reviewing excel based reports, producing reports and journal calculations, reviewing reconciliations and analysing information, as well as suggesting process improvements. 

• High attention to detail, analytical mindset and strong organisation skills are critical for this role.

• The role requires developed communication skills to be able to provide clear verbal and written communication to stakeholders, including but not limited to responding to queries from group tax, group external auditors, commercial finance teams and supporting the manager when required.

• The ability to perform their tasks efficiently, accurately and effectively is critical in this role as there are several deadlines.  The role will be responsible for meeting deadlines, providing timely support to the offshore team and supporting the team in meeting deadlines.

• Experience in managing/working with an offshore team and reviewing colleagues' work is preferred.

• Studying for an accounting qualification (ACA/CA/ACCA/CIMA) with no more than 4 exams remaining

Rewards designed for you 

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you'll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future

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