• Liaison and review of shared service centre activities for designated areas of responsibility.
  • Completion of monthly reporting packs according to the timetable for the designated entities.
  • Responsible for the completion of working papers and drafting of statutory accounts for the designated UK companies, including liaison with the auditors.
  • Ensure compliance with GAAP (local, IFRS & US), Sarbanes-Oxley and Group accounting policies.
  • Support the completion of FCA return inputs and other regulatory return inputs within deadlines for designated regulated entities
  • Assisting other members of the Finance team and completing ad-hoc tasks as requested.
  • Proven accounting experience
  • Prior experience of preparation of statutory accounts under UK GAAP or IFRS
  • Experience of Hyperion and Oracle advantageous
  • Good working knowledge of spreadsheets (Excel - macros, pivot tables), and MS Word
  • Strong technical financial accounting knowledge with good written and oral communication skills
  • Qualified or part qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA) with experience of typically 2 years
  • Qualified by experience of typically 10+ years
  • Confident, professional and friendly in manner, with ability to be self-motivated, organised and flexible
  • Ability to work under pressure but to high levels of numeracy and accuracy
  • Desire to progress career and role