Group Financial Accountant
Headquartered in London, this hybrid role is for a leading entertainment / media client. With more than 25 years of experience and worldwide facilities this is an impressive growing business.
Job overview
This is a superb opportunity for an experienced Group Accountant to step up as No.2 to the Group Controller for this fast-growing business and play a pivotal role in the development of the function.
You will be part of a high performing and expanding team, working closely with the GFC to deliver the monthly-consolidated accounts and consistent management information to the Board, and ensuring appropriate controls are in place.
Main responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the successful candidate will work with local finance teams across the group's subsidiaries and be responsible for:
Consolidated statutory and management accounts
- Gathering and consolidating accounting data from the Group entities on a monthly basis including intercompany eliminations and group adjustments, ensuring the group reporting deadlines are clearly communicated and met.
- Ensuring local accounting data is consistently reported, accurate, detailed and mapped to the Group chart of accounts to allow meaningful analysis and comparison.
- Supporting the establishment and implementation of Group accounting, reporting and control policies across the Group, ensuring their consistent application and providing training and support where necessary (e.g. revenue and cost recognition, foreign exchange transactions, activity-based costing etc.)
- Supporting the development and implementation of a formal Board Pack and delivering group management accounts to relevant stakeholders in accordance to their requirements ( including supplementary analysis for example of revenue/margin by client, service language as well as working with and providing reports to other parts of the business (operations, salesm HR etc.)
- Supporting the group audit and preparation of the annual group statutory accounts
- Working with the team and external advisors to ensure that any global tax considerations are identified and managed, and to support the implementation of the Group's tax strategy.
Budgeting & forecasting
- Supporting the Group's budget / forecast process including the preparation of budgets and forecasts, including presentations and all supporting schedules and analysis as required
- Supporting the implementation of a Group-wide forecasting / analytics platform further in the future
Implementation and administration of financial information system
- Support the rollout of the Group financial system across subsidiaries, including common best practices and processes for the use of the system
- Help identify and nurture key users across locations who are subject matter experts for each of the key process areas, can ensure best practices are followed and embedded controls are complied with
- Support the initial implementation and use of the system ensuring over time are consistent across locations, to enable simpler processes, efficiencies and coherent information
Shared services and internal controls
- Contribute to the definition of the Finance shared services strategy and execute it across functions that are relevant to the Group controllership (e.g. OTC/PTP, treasury ) in order to improve value for money and quality of delivery
- Support the review, improvement and effectiveness of operation of internal controls across the group
- Support the establishment of a group or shared services finance function
Competencies required
- Fully qualified accountant (Ideally ACA/CIMA/ACCA/CA)
- Strong technical skills and experience with UK GAAP, FRS 102 and IFRS standards
- Highly advanced excel modelling skills including building and working with an integrated and detailed P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash flow model is essential
- Ability to identify potential issues associated with unusual or complex transactions, review and approve the appropriate treatment
- Ensure integrity, accuracy and completeness of all financial statements; discuss the need for and nature of appropriate disclosures
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