Duties include

Operational

  1. Lead the preparation of consolidated monthly financial information for the Board
  2. Preparation and ownership of working papers and monthly consolidation journals
  3. Support with annual budget and year-end/interim financial statements
  4. Review and attributionb of head office costs
  5. Business partnering for department heads to better understand their corporate costs
  6. Review of internal control declarations
  7. Oversight of head office statutory accounts, prepared by shared service centre

Projects

  1. Assistance in group M&A and subsequent integration projects as they arise
  2. Support the ongoing development of consolidation software update (BPC)
  3. The role will form part of the team designing new management reporting (SAP A&C)
  4. Working with legal department on various corporate restructuring projects

Key relationships:

CFO, VP Group Finance, Group Reporting Manager, Senior Group Accountant, Group Tax, Group Internal Audit, Divisional VPs

Skills and Knowledge

  • Strong academic record and Accountancy Qualification
  • Recently qualified or 1-2 PQE
  • Finance consolidation processes and systems
  • Strong analytical and Excel skills and technical awareness
  • Confident in dealing with ad hoc requests from senior colleagues