Group Senior Accountant

The Group Senior Accountant is a key role within the Group Financial Control team. The primary responsibilities are the preparation and reporting of the consolidated management and financial results in a timely manner ensuring accuracy and integrity in the numbers to multiple stakeholders. This specific role has a focus on the accounting for debt.

Client Details

This is an international organisation within the leisure, travel & tourism industry, employing more than 10,000 people globally. They have an established presence in the market with their headquarters located in Chiswick, London.

Description

• Support the delivery of timely and accurate monthly management reporting pack, responding to queries from international subsidiaries and head office management and ensure integrity of numbers.
• Taking full ownership of all group cash flow reporting in various forms to multiple stakeholders.
• Support the production of the Group's Quarterly and Annual Reports for presentation to stakeholders together with any associated presentations.
• Support all large transaction reporting across restructuring, financing, disposals and M&A.
• Business partner to allocated territory and review of their month end submissions.
• Assist in preparation of balance sheet reconciliations for cash, debt and other financial instruments for the Group.
• Ensuring all reporting obligations under external debt facility agreements are met including the preparation and submission of compliance certificates, covenant and leverage calculations.
• Posting of quarterly interest hedge accounting entries
• Evaluate current processes and procedures, design and implement new methodology/improvements as required.
• Supporting simplification and automation projects including testing and feedback
• Support all year end statutory account preparation including disclosure notes.
• Preparation of external debt and finance cost budgets and forecasts
• Performing post call analysis.
• Proactively manage the workload and your manager's expectations ensuring all deliverables are completed to avery high quality and in a timely manner.
• Good working knowledge and understanding of the wider month-end/year-end process enabling provision of support and cover as required by the Group Finance team.
• Develop and maintain a good communication channel with the Group FP&A team as well as local finance teams.
• Develop and own relationship with the allocated territories and have an in-depth understanding of the respective financials.
• Assist in other ad-hoc projects undertaken by the wider Group Finance team.

Profile

A successful Group Accountant should have:

• Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or overseas equivalent)
• Previous experience with consolidations.
• Working knowledge of cash flow reporting in a business environment.
• Technically minded with strong working knowledge of IFRS.
• Solid experience within a multi-currency reporting environment.
• Experience in introducing new processes to reduce risk, improve efficiency of reporting and aid Management decision making.
• Able to work with foreign subsidiaries to ensure Group objectives are met and deadlines adhered to.

Job Offer

• A competitive salary in the range of £70,000 - £79,000 per year.
• An inclusive and supportive company culture.
• Hybrid Working - currently 3/4 days office in Chiswick/Westfiled (core days Tuesday & Thursday), remaining days WFH.
• 23 days holiday per year, and at beginning of each holiday year increasing by one day per year, to maximum 25 (holiday year Jan - Dec)
• Pension - personal contribution 5%, company contribution 3%
• Term: 9-12mths