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SalaryPurpose Of The Role
The role is part of the Finance Controllership team for our prestigious client. The role will report into the Technical Accounting Director, and it will be responsible for addressing complex, significant and one-off accounting issues (involving IFRS, FRS 102 and FRS 101) impacting our clients entire Group, as well as significant issues specific to individual segments/divisions.
Our client is a large (circa 12,000 employees and growing), acquisitive and highly complex private-equity backed group. There are consequently a multitude of significant and one-off Technical Accounting issues to address. This role involves regular interactions with the business and requires timely decision-making, whilst nevertheless documenting important decisions in an accounting memorandum or briefing note. Updating of accounting policy manuals is an important part of the role, but the primary focus of this job is on resolving business issues (application, not just theory). This role requires a technically-minded person who is delivery-focussed and a doer.
Strong oral and written communication skills are a prerequisite. You will interact on a regular basis with senior individuals, auditors and legal advisors.
Qualifications And Experience
·Education - Degree (or equivalent).
·Specialised Knowledge - IFRS, FRS 102, FRS 101.
·Microsoft Office - Intermediate or advanced level.
·Professional Certification - ACA, with significant post-qualification experience (including Big 4 and industry experience).
·Experience - Technical accounting/accounting policy, particularly IFRS.
Essential
Person Specification:
·ACA, fully qualified, with significant post-qualification experience.
·Big 4 (within external audit) and industry experience.
·IFRS Technical Accounting/accounting policy experience.
·Ability to write well, and strong communication skills generally.
Desirable
·FRS 102/ FRS 101 experience.
·Strong Excel skills.
·Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
·Initiative, proactivity, enquiring approach, resourcefulness.
·Adaptability, ability to embrace and respond positively to change.
·Analytical and investigative skills, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills, individually and collaboratively.
·Ability to work under pressure.
·Integrity and assertiveness when dealing with complex and/or business critical issues.
·Flexibility of working practices, priorities and hours to meet business demands.
In an industry that never stands still, neither does our client. The Group was founded in 2017 and has grown to become one of the UK’s largest independent insurance distribution platform and a top 20 broker globally.
Our best-in-class entrepreneurial and specialist brands span a network of 150+ locations worldwide and have a combined workforce of more than c.10,000 people. Across our portfolio, we offer a highly diversified range of insurance-related products and services across the full insurance value chain in the UK, Ireland and broader international markets.
From complex multinational corporations to individuals purchasing personal insurance policies, our understanding of the communities we serve, together with our scale and breadth, allows us to deliver a broad range of product and risk solutions to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving market.
