Group Accountant

Group Accountant

Harlow, Essex – 100% office based

£60,000 per annum

37.5-hour week, 10am – 3pm core hours (offices open 7am – 6pm)

Group Financial Controller

This newly created role is ideal for a professionally qualified accountant who enjoys Financial Accounting and Group consolidation.  You could be looking to leave Accountancy Practice and looking for your first role in industry or currently working in a similar role in industry.  The role requires a confident excel user, a clear and confident communicator who is passionate about accuracy, solving problems and getting the job done.

Experience of managing, testing or working within SOX controls would also be useful (Sarbanes-Oxley).

Tasks and responsibilities:

Ensure all UK and Group consolidated internal and external reporting deadlines are met.

Delivery of individual entity and group consolidated management accounts pack for review by Group Controller. 

Includes actual P&L/BS, forecast P&L/BS, cashflows, BS recs, inventory KPIs.

Ownership of consolidated group cashflow forecast.

Support of day-to-day bookkeeping activities in UK

Support the UK accounting team to ensure a smooth, clean and three-day month end close process

Preparation of monthly management reporting pack

Fully reconciled and supported Balance Sheet

Support other entities with delivering same

Manage annual audit process for Group.

Provide statutory information for UK statutory accounts.

Preparation of Group statutory accounts including group consolidation schedules and reconciliation of intercompany transactions. 

Support group audit work for subsidiaries

Manage company Tax affairs including:

UK Corporation Tax

UK VAT – UK + EU

EU VAT

P11d returns

Global Tax Planning

Assist Group Financial Controller in supporting and developing strength of finance teams and accounting controls in group subsidiaries:

Maintain documentation of business processes and controls. 

Regular testing of controls.

Management of company expenses policies

There will also be various interesting immediate and future projects to take ownership of.

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications we may receive for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes.

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