Senior Group Financial Accountant

2 weeks ago

England London London, UK, United Kingdom Handle Recruitment Limited Full time


Group Financial Accountant - ASAP Start - Live Entertainment

Are you a Senior Group Financial Accountant looking for your next challenge? Are you immediately available to bring your expertise to my clients' team?

This is a perfect opportunity to join them on an interim basis initially with the possibility of this becoming a permanent position.

Who are they?

My client stands at the forefront of the live entertainment industry.
Their expertise and capabilities enable producers and other creatives to bring their visions to life and create unforgettable performances for audiences, presented in their landmark venues and delivered with exceptional hospitality.
It is the passion of their teams, that cover every discipline across the live entertainment industry, that underpins their continuing strategic growth and success.

What will I do?

  • Review and challenge monthly financial data submissions from regional teams and follow up queries through to resolution, ultimately providing a month end commentary on key movements.
  • Business Partner to the regional finance teams across the group to support them in meeting Group policies and reporting requirements.
  • Collaborate cross functionally with the relevant stakeholders to identify accounting impacts of operational initiatives, unusual transactions, new agreements & projects. Provide valuable insight that goes beyond just the journals posted into the accounts.
  • Work with the rest of the group finance team to ensure that the monthly consolidation of entities is executed correctly. All intercompany balances are matched and reconciled and intra-group transactions eliminated; holding company postings and review; loan interest calculations and postings; group costs and recharges reconcile; IFRS16 journals are calculated and posted correctly.
  • Understand and process quarterly derivative accounting entries.
  • Prepare monthly balance sheet and cashflow reporting for distribution to the Board, investors and banks.
  • Participate in quarterly balance sheet reviews with subsidiary finance teams. Track agreed actions through to completion.
  • Assist in the integration of new acquisitions onto the finance platform, ensuring consistency in reporting and financial controls and processes.
  • Become an expert user of their consolidation system - Microsoft Cognos Controller - to be able to maintain and develop the system to meet new requirements. Training and support will be provided.
  • Contribute to the production of the annual statutory accounts of all UK subsidiaries (FRS101).
  • Assist the Group Financial Manager in the production of the consolidated annual financial statements and report (IFRS).
  • Calculate annual joint venture accounting adjustments for statutory accounts purposes.
  • Be a key contact for the annual group audit, helping the Group Financial Manager to collate all audit evidence and manage auditor information requirements.
  • Draft technical accounting memos on accounting judgements, unusual transactions, acquisitions, disposals, and debt refinances.
  • Support the Group Financial Manager in ad hoc tasks and investigations, seeing these through individually to resolution.
  • Identify risks and provide the appropriate solutions along with the ability to implement those solutions with the help of the wider finance team and business.


Who am I?

  • ACA or equivalent qualified with experience working in a group finance function
  • Multi-currency complex consolidation experience
  • Technically minded, with a good understanding of IFRS
  • Strong systems skills in all MS Office applications, with advanced Excel
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Experience working with consolidation and reporting systems; Cognos Controller preferred, but not required
  • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
  • Ability to successfully operate in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities


If you match the spec and are confident you can be the one to make a difference in this role then apply today.

Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

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