Group Accountant

Mission

We have a fantastic opportunity in our Group Finance Team based in London, in the UK. This is a challenging role, reporting to the Group Reporting Manager, in which you will be involved in financial reporting and consolidation, analysis, process formalisation, and external reviews.

• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Ensure timely and accurate closure of group financial reporting and consolidation, provide analyses and add value through participation in ad-hoc projects.
• Process Formalisation: Contribute to formalising key internal processes within our Group Reporting team to establish robust control and high quality of the team's output.
• Team Capability Building: Aid in developing the in-house team's capabilities to ensure successful quarterly external reviews and annual external audits for the Group.
• New Consolidation System Improvements: Support testing improvements to the new Group consolidation system.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous process improvement in all areas of consolidated financial reporting, with a focus on efficiency and automation.
• Review monthly results submitted by the Group's subsidiaries and work with the region and entity financial controllers / managers and the shared service centre to understand, correct and explain irregularities to ensure integrity and accuracy. 
• Review intra group balances and transactions to ensure they eliminate on consolidation
• Prepare and load monthly consolidation journals and eliminations that are not automatically done by the consolidation system
• Prepare schedules and disclosure notes for the Group's quarterly and annual financial statements under IFRS.
• Prepare internal financial reports and reporting to private equity owners and bond holders.
• Help develop the in-house reporting team's capabilities to ensure successful quarterly and annual investors' reporting and external audits for the Group.
• Escalate accounting issues internally on a timely basis to ensure that they are cleared ahead of the quarterly reporting and year-end reporting dates.
• Perform variance analysis and provide commentaries for senior management and for audit analytical reviews. 
• Support testing improvements to the new Group consolidation system.
• Assist in the preparation of working papers for the external auditors. 
• Contribute to the development of the Group's policies.
• Provide financial ad hoc analyses for Senior Management and take part in projects as required.
• Assist the Group Technical Accounting Manager in answering technical IFRS questions

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant: Must hold ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification gained in a Big 4 or mid-tier accountancy firm, with minimum of one year of post-qualification experience.
• Group Finance Expertise: Experience in a group finance environment, specifically in group consolidations within a multicurrency context for large international UK-based groups or via Audit of group consolidations within a multicurrency context for large international UK-based groups.
• Consolidation and Statutory Accounts: Experience in preparing group consolidated statutory accounts, individual entity accounts and disclosure notes or via Audit of group consolidated statutory accounts, individual entity accounts and disclosure notes.
• Consolidation Systems Proficiency: Familiarity with Oracle FCC or similar consolidation packages.
• IFRS Knowledge: Strong understanding of IFRS, including providing accounting solutions to complex issues.
• Audit Collaboration: Experience working closely with external Big 4 auditors for interim and annual audits.
• Specialised Accounting Areas: Experience in pensions, group eliminations, IFRS16, hyperinflation, impairment testing and treasury-related accounting.
• Software Skills: Proficiency in MS Office applications with at least intermediate Excel skills.
• Process Improvement: Capable of driving process improvements and providing solutions.
• Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail and analytical mindset.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, able to engage with a range of stakeholders.
• Deadlines: Used to working to tight deadlines, prioritising multiple tasks.