Group Financial Accountant

3 weeks ago

Milton Keynes UK, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom CHRISTIE GROUP CENTRAL SERVICES LTD Full time

About us


Christie Group Central Services (“CGCS”), the accounting services support company to Christie Group plc and its subsidiaries, requires a bright & ambitious individual to join the finance and accounting team at its Central Milton Keynes office. This role is 37.5 hours per week, hybrid working model.


As a member of the Group Finance team, your role will involve supporting a broad range of financial reporting, accounting, budgeting, tax, analysis, and treasury tasks. These duties are vital to ensuring that the finance function of this AIM-listed professional services Group can supply accurate and timely financial data that senior management requires.


Working with the Group Reporting and Tax Manager, you will help them deliver group-wide projects, including process improvement and implementing new systems and processes. You will be part of a team that facilitates planning, implementation, training, and support of new systems and projects. You may be helping to produce documentation, data flows, reports, and integrated workflows underpinned by your commercial financial skills and experience.


As you would expect, this role requires effective people and communication skills in person, online and written. Confidence at an intermediate level or above in Excel, with strong Word, PowerPoint, and other applications. Knowledge of Power Bi and its application would be an advantage.


We are looking for someone who has a passion for data, someone who can take complex, multiple source data sets, collect, model and analyse them effectively to extract insights, and then be able to interpret and summarise findings in a way that is appropriate for the audience.



This is an excellent opportunity for an ACA or ACCA-qualified professional with demonstrable post-qualification experience in a similar commercial environment seeking to progress their career. Working closely with the Group Subsidiary Finance Directors and their teams,


You will work closely as a team but must have the ability to complete tasks efficiently using your initiative while at the same time being adept at delegation and working with others to achieve key objectives and deadlines.


Responsibilities


  • Supporting the budgeting process for Christie Group Central Services (CGCS) and consolidation of budgets for the subsidiary companies in
  • Review the monthly reporting and helping to train colleagues
  • Help with the preparation of Group full-year and interim financial statements
  • Help coordinate and manage the annual budgeting process for central companies, with the preparation of the consolidated budget
  • Review of all central management accounts
  • Support the preparation of central and consolidated forecasts
  • Co-ordinate the preparation of Group board presentations
  • Administration of the treasury of the Group
  • Review of balance sheet reconciliations
  • Assist in the payroll of the Group
  • Interaction with subsidiary Finance Directors and their teams within the overall group finance department, all based in MK
  • Continually review systems and processes to ensure that they are robust and operate to the highest practical levels of efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Group wide initiatives - Project work
  • Ad hoc tasks as required


About you


  • ACA or ACCA qualified
  • Excel (minimum intermediate), and data analytics skills
  • Power Bi working knowledge desirable
  • Ability to communicate effectively, demonstrating emotional intelligence skills
  • Ability to manage and work effectively being part of internal (finance) and cross-functional/group/external teams
  • Able to operate on own initiative, proactive in approach
  • Thirst to learn, able to listen, be curious, and demonstrate good common-sense judgement
  • Self-awareness of skills/experience limitations and learning needs, accountable for driving own learning
  • Demonstrable commercial awareness
  • Attention to detail, accuracy and high standards of delivery
  • Flexible in approach – understanding of a group function
  • Lead by example, able to demonstrate ethical, inclusive leadership behaviours


Benefits


  • 25 days holiday (plus two at Christmas)
  • Flexible/hybrid working
  • Income Protection if you fall ill
  • Pension
  • Life Assurance x 4
  • Professional and personal development, leading to career opportunities

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