Group Accountant

Group Accountant | Buntingford | Construction Company | £55,000-£70,000

A permanent Group Accountant job for an international construction company based in Buntingford paying £55,000-£70,000.

You’ll be working for an industry leading construction company with a truly global footprint based in Buntingford that offer a specialist product that they are constantly developing with technological enhancements.

You’ll be working as a Group Accountant and will be responsible for leading the accounting and financial reporting activities across multiple entities. Your duties will include;

• Oversee all financial transactions for the 16 subsidiaries across EMEA and US, reviewing Trial Balances, Reconciliations and Annual Financial Statements.
• Review bank reconciliation and aging reports prepared by the AP Manager.
• Review payroll reconciliations.
• Post and review Project Revenue and Cost accruals.
• Reconcile intercompany accounts.
• Oversee VAT submissions and CIT calculations (prepared by external tax advisors)
• Participate in external annual audits of various entities within the Group, ensuring compliance with accounting principles and industry regulations.
• Post and reconcile accounts related to Prepayments, Accruals, Fixed Assets, Hire Purchase and taxes.
• Review bank reconciliation and aging reports prepared by the AP Manager.
• Prepare and submit VAT returns for the UK entities.
• Review CIT returns.
• Reconcile intercompany accounts.
• Review payroll reconciliations.
• Issue all Transfer Price Invoices on a quarterly basis.
• Post and review Project Revenue and Cost accruals.
• Post and review EMI (Share Options) expenses, Investment in Subsidiaries, Impairments, bad debts.
• Participate in external annual audits of various entities within the Group, ensuring compliance with accounting principles and industry regulations.
• Prepare the group consolidation (in excel, not automated) including all adjustments to UK Gaap.
• Lead and support the group audit, ensuring compliance with accounting principles and industry regulations.
• Define the timelines and agree with the auditors.
• Set up timelines for closings, communicate and enforce its adherence to.
• Ensure adherence to accounting policies by training users and auditing transactions from time to time.
• Prepare the management accounts and track deviations.
• Prepare the consolidated project report.

You'll need to be a fully qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent) with an excellent working knowledge of consolidating group accounts and preparing group statutory accounts. You'll need to have a comprehensive knowledge of IFRS and UKGAAP and ideally have experience with M&A.

You’ll be paid £55,000-£70,000 and work a 40 hour week in a full time office based role. You’ll be an integral part of shaping the transactional finance function and work for a company that's held in high regard for developing their staff.

If this role is of interest to you, please click apply and we’ll be in touch. If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but you’re in the market for a new role in finance, please get in touch with your local office and one of our finance specialists will be happy to assist.