Job Information

Key Duties

• Support for the co-ordination of year-end process of the annual financial statements for the Group.
• Prepare annual financial statements ensuring they are in compliance with IFRS and legal requirements;
• Maintain a good working relationship with external auditors and tax advisers.
• Prepare regulatory, tax and other external reports and associated supporting documents.
• Oversee legal entity life cycle activities during the corporate expansion plans.
• Provide technical accounting, regulatory reporting and tax insight including horizon scanning.
• Ensure activities align to the established control framework.
• Provide appropriate information to external audit in efficient timescales to ensure year-end timetables are met.
• Work collaboratively with other Finance Teams to ensure auditor requests are met in an efficient and effective manner

Skills/ Experience

• Good experience of working in an external reporting environment.
• Excellent hands-on experience of producing complex consolidations and consolidated financial statements.
• Good working knowledge of chart of accounts, accounting ledgers and reporting systems.
• Extensive working knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and statutory financial statements requirements.
• Understanding of corporation tax computations and processes.
• Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to resolve issues;
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft office including advanced excel.
• Good planning skills and focus on delivery to tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage several competing priorities as well as key stakeholders.
• Good track record of challenging current process, identify and deliver efficiencies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written);
• Team player with flexible attitude.
• Collaborative working style.
• Professional, energetic, enthusiastic; and persistent and adaptable.

The Ideal candidate will be ACA, ACCA Qualified.