You will provide technical support to local statutory controllers on preparation of local statutory accounts, including goodwill/intangible asset impairment reviews and accounting for investments and intercompany balances
You will develop strong working relationship with local external auditors to ensure smooth audit process and minimize audit issues
You will act as a key point of contact for local statutory controllers, identifying common reporting/control issues and implementing solutions together with the group finance team
You will communicate reporting issues on a timely basis to the Head of Group Reporting and work with the group finance and local finance team to resolve issues identified
You will oversee reconciliation process between local statutory and group reported numbers, and drive improvements in the timeliness and accuracy of the reconciliation process
You will coordinate with local controllers, treasury and group finance team to identify and drive improvements to intercompany accounting process, including mitigation of material FX exposures and settlement of intercompany positions
You will work closely with Head of Group Reporting on any other ad hoc activities and projects
REQUIREMENTS
You should be a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA) with proven experience of working in multi-national reporting environment
You should have proven organizational, written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to interact at all staff levels
You should be fast and responsive – working to tight deadlines
You should be a team player, maintaining close working relationship with relevant teams across the group
You should have good analytical skills and close attention to detail
You should have up to date knowledge of IFRS reporting and proven track record on preparation/sign off of statutory accounts
You should have exposure to consolidation / Multi currency / Intercompany positions
You should have exposure of Oracle ERP system
SOME OF OUR BENEFITS include
Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
Study leaves: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development
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