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Global Live entertainment company are looking for a technical group financial accountant to join their team in Woking.
Reporting to the Group Finance Manager and be indirectly responsible for the on-going training of two group financial accountants. You'll also work closely with the regional finance team, group treasury and group FP&A.
The Senior Group Financial Accountant supports the Group Financial Manager in delivering accurate consolidated financial information, that is compliant across Group finance policies and IFRS. You will be a technical accounting expert but also an effective business partner, able to support subsidiary finance teams in meeting their reporting requirements.
Key skills
Essential
- 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
- Ability to step back from the detail and effectively problem solve when issues arise
Desirable
- Multi-regional group finance experience
- Experience in UK statutory accounts (audit or industry)
Day to Day
- Work with the rest of the group finance team to ensure that the monthly consolidation of c.130 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 our 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.
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.
