AddressWe’re looking for a Fixed Assets Finance Manager to join our team in Bradford.
The Financial Accounts team within the Liberty Shared Services are responsible for developing and delivering financial accounting activity for group entities, including:
· BOCF accounting and reporting (debt, derivatives, SBCE etc);
· Accounting for LG Investment companies
· Cash & bank and Treasury activity accounting
· LG Central Intercompany and Affiliate accounting
· Fixed assets, inventory, and lease accounting
· Group consolidation accounting
· Balance sheet and working capital analysis and reporting, balance sheet governance
· Reporting monthly results to Liberty Global and other parent companies
· VAT and Corporate Tax compliance and reporting; and
· Preparation of subsidiary company statutory accounts (UK and NL), Bank Group and other regulatory reporting.
The role sits in the Fixed Assets team who are primarily responsible for the accounting and reporting of:
· Tangible and intangible Fixed Assets; depreciation, amortization, and impairment.
· Capital inventory.
· Leases.
· Asset retirement obligations.
What will you be doing?
· Monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting and reporting.
· Performing balance sheet reconciliations and fixing issues at source.
· Performance of controls within the controls framework, and liaising with Financial Control to ensure the controls remain appropriate.
· Liaising with business stakeholders to understand planned activities and projects, and their impact on accounting processes.
· Liaising with and provision of information to internal and external auditors.
· Liaising with various stakeholder groups including, Management Accounts, Financial Control; Treasury and the Group Reporting teams.
· Delivers continuous process improvements to simplify and improve efficiency and quality.
· Identifying areas for process automation and liaising with the automation teams to build the solution.
We tend to look for people with:
· Qualified accountant (ACA; ACCA; CIMA etc).
· Knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP.
· Exposure to complex accounting along with experience of working within large corporate structures.
· Strong excel skills essential.
· Financial systems skills beneficial (eg. Oracle, Hyperion/HFM).
Benefits
· Competitive salary
· 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more.
· Personal medical insurance
· Matched pension contribution up to 10%
· Access to our car benefit scheme
· Access to our online learning to continue to grow and develop your career with us
About Liberty Shared Services
Liberty Shared Services (LSS) acts as a central specialty service supporting the wider Liberty Global group with specialisms in areas of Finance, Accounting, People, Legal & Systems. This central team supports a number of businesses across the Liberty Global footprint including Virgin Media.
Liberty Global is one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband and communication companies, with operations in six European countries under the consumer brands Virgin Media, Telenet and UPC.
We invest in the infrastructure and platforms that empower our customers to make the most of the digital revolution. Our international scale and innovation enable us to develop market-leading products delivered through next-generation, fibre-based networks connecting 11 million customers for internet, TV and phone as well as serving an additional 6 million mobile customers. In addition, Liberty Global owns 50% of VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture in the Netherlands as well as significant content investments in ITV, All3Media, ITI Neovision LionsGate, Formula E racing series and several regional sports networks.
It is an exciting time to join us on our journey as we continue to grow our services; offering a wide range of opportunities to experienced talent who embrace a culture of change & collaboration.
Working in our Shared Services function is perfect for anyone interested in pursuing a career within Finance or Automation with plenty of scope for development. If you’re the kind of person who embraces change, challenges the status quo and has a “sky’s the limit” attitude, then our place is your place. Come and join us!
Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. We’re 100% committed to having a workforce that represents every part of our society. So we’re keen to hear from candidates of all background and circumstances.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Transport links
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bradford
Reference ID: REQ_00035054
