Financial Reporting Accountant (3976)
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About the team and role
GBG Finance Team
Our finance team is central to the success of the business. Our aim is to proactively drive business value through informed and insightful decision making. We work in partnership with the business and are agile and responsive to business needs whilst maintaining a transparent system of effective standards, processes and controls. To support this goal, we strive to have the best highly engaged, finance professionals in our team.
Financial Reporting Accountant
Reporting to the Head of Financial Reporting, the role offers the opportunity to contribute towards the financial reporting to both internal and external stakeholders in a growing, global FTSE 250 PLC environment. The role will not only facilitate the development of Plc group reporting skills but provide opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their career within the GBG global finance function.
Due to the technical nature of the role, it also provides exposure to the Group Finance Director.
What you will do
- Assist with the preparation of the interim and annual external financial reporting, including the annual report
- Drafting of technical accounting papers including IFRS 15, IFRS 9 and IFRS 16
- Operational responsibility for overseas European entities
- Liaise with the finance teams of the UK and overseas subsidiaries and take responsibility for the monthly intercompany reconciliation including the management of the intercompany and transfer pricing recharges and settlement
- Take responsibility for the accounting of share-based payments across the Group
- Assist with the preparation the monthly group results and finance board report
- Take the lead on facilitating the year-end audit process
- Review existing processes around reporting with the goal of improving procedures and enhancing automation to improve efficiency whilst ensuring accuracy and consistency
- Providing support in other areas of the Finance Team
- Ad-hoc projects and duties as guided by your line manager
Skills we are looking for
- Qualified accountant (ACA)
- Experience in technical financial accounting (in practice or industry) with up-to-date IFRS accounting knowledge
- Experience of acquisition accounting under IFRS 3
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to respond appropriately to time-sensitive requests
- A working knowledge of multicurrency consolidations and further exposure to an industry environment
- Knowledge of share-based payments
- Microsoft Excel skills and experience of other data manipulation tools are essential as is a high standard of accuracy
- Excellent organisation and planning skills plus a high level of efficiency, happy to be given project work and see it through to completion with minimal of assistance
- Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Workday Adaptive Planning and Power BI would be a distinct advantage
- A highly motivated individual, that brings energy and confidence, that is target driven and able to work as part of a team
- Pace: Ability to work in a fast paced, high tech, rapidly growing and exciting environment
- Ability to balance technical and business issues as well as communicate appropriately with both technical and business experts and non-technical team members
- Commercially astute with a proactive, risk-aware approach to decision making
- Attention to detail but remains strategically focussed on the big picture
To find out more
As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Please inform your GBG Talent Attraction Partner if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process.
To chat to the Talent Attraction team and find out more about our benefits and why we’re a great place to work, drop an email to behired@gbgplc.com and we’ll be in touch. You can also find out more about careers at GBG and check out our current opportunities at gbgplc.com/careers.