• 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