Acquisition Accountant

Grafton Banks Finance is pleased to be exclusively recruiting on behalf of a market leading insurance broker. Our client is growing quickly via acquisition and is keen to bolster its finance department with the permanent appointment of an Acquisition Accountant. Reporting to the Head of Shared Service Centre, the purpose of this role is to provide robust financial control to the business at an exciting phase of development and growth. This role is 100% remote working.

Role requirements to include:

• Overall responsibility for the integration of all finance activities for new acquisitions.
• Key finance contact to support with all finance integration related activities.
• Ensure that any queries raised in relation to Finance & Accounts are fully understood.
• Ensure that all outstanding issues identified throughout the due diligence process are resolved.
• Integrate monthly reporting into core management accounts process in accordance with the group timetable.
• Control of working day one income reports in the initial months.
• Review of acquired businesses accounting policies, identification of variances to group policies (eg. revenue recognition) and make recommendations for alignment.
• Review of recently acquired entities internal controls and initial assessment of control environment.
• Implementation of group controls in acquired entities.

To be suitable for the role your profile will be similar to the following:

• A qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) with at least 3 years PQE.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Experience within a financial services business.
• Excellent relationship skills - able to operate effectively at all levels of the organisation and with external suppliers and partners.
• Experience working across multiple areas, platforms and software systems due to the business integration currently being underway.
• Vision to identify and implement further process improvements to simplify and streamline future integrations.

In return this role will offer the following:

• Competitive salary and bonus package
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Holiday purchase option
• Health cash plan
• 100% remote working (expenses paid on rare office days)