Description

Search Criteria:

1. Fully-qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) candidate with Group financial reporting or consolidations experience, preferably from a Big 4 (or top 10 chartered accountancy practice) or from industry (within a medium or large company)
2. An individual with a good understanding of financial statement concepts and principles and end-to-end financial statement preparation
3. Strong technical skills: the individual will need to have a proven track record in preparing complex consolidations together with an understanding of IFRS and IFRS to local GAAP adjustments
4. Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
5. Confident user of Excel with experience using HFM or OneStream being nice to have (but not essential)

Role purpose:

The role will work closely with the wider Finance team, Global Process Owners, Regional and Divisional CFO's broader Finance teams. Key deliverables include the monthly Group consolidation, as well as support of the annual and interim results of the Group.

Key responsibilities include:

• • Ownership of the Group's multi-currency consolidation process for both internal management and statutory purposes.
  • Liaison with global process owners to ensure a timely and accurate close across 27 countries.
  • Preparation of individual notes to the Group's consolidated accounts under IFRS and associated analysis.
  • Review of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations to ensure integrity and appropriate understanding / analysis of business unit submissions and overall consolidated results.
  • Preparation of monthly consolidated Balance Sheet and Cash Flow, along with process reporting to show both what the results are and how we know if they accurate and not misstated.
  • Liaison with other Group functions (Tax, Legal, Company Secretarial, Treasury and Compliance) to ensure that supporting analysis for the annual report is prepared in a timely manner and delivered to fulfil the Group's reporting requirements.
  • Liaison with the external audit teams.
  • Support of the annual budgeting and planning processes including working with the Group FP&A team to prepare quality forward looking consolidated reports.
  • Developing the functionality inherent in the consolidation tools and building controls and reporting in line with best practice.
  • Developing and implementing best practice end to end processes.
  • Support for the wider team's delivery requirements including ad hoc project work as required.