Description
Main Aspects of Job:
- Primary responsibility for the monthly, quarterly and annual consolidation of the Group’s financial results as well as the preparation of the Group’s externally reported financial statements
- Submission of monthly, quarterly and annual Group financial results to ultimate parent company
- Facilitate sound business decisions by providing timely, relevant and accurate financial advice and information
- Provide technical financial advice to the Group under IFRS and other local GAAP as required
Main Roles and Responsibilities:
Consolidation and Group Reporting
- Owning the process for consolidating operating entity results and preparing monthly, quarterly and annually consolidated income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
- Production of monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial reporting packs with insightful analysis and commentary
- Production of quarterly consolidated financial forecasts with analysis and commentary
- Assist in providing analysis and input in the annual budget process
- Submission of monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial information to parent company
- Preparation of financial group reporting senior management and parent company
Audit Related and Internal Control
- Manage the year end audit process, liaising with auditors in respect of the preparation and audit of the Group and relevant subsidiary financial statements
- Preparation of the consolidated financial statements under IFRS ensuring that they are delivered to a high standard with relevant disclosures in a timely manner
- Preparation of subsidiary accounts (including dormant companies)
- Assist in creating and maintaining formal documentation of procedures and processes and ensure compliance across the Group
Accounting
- Owning the Group accounting items including, but not limited to, inter-company eliminations, inter-company interest, investments, research and development, impairment reviews etc.
- Direct contact for local bookkeepers in Spain and ensuring their ledgers are complete and accurate
- Review of balance sheet reconciliations, including the preparation of the monthly agent commission reports and quarterly sales commission statements and reports.
- Review of all Group ledgers on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with IFRS and local GAAP
Other responsibilities
- Proactively research technical accounting and reporting matters and assess their potential impact on the Group
- Proactively identify improvements in system or processes to further improve the financial control framework
- For any new acquisitions assist in the successful integration into the Group's financial reporting processes
- Assist in ad-hoc tasks and projects, which typically have a commercial focus and exposure to senior management
- Provide support to the Group Tax and Treasury Manager as required
- Provide transactional processing support as and when required to the UK finance team
- Other duties as delegated by Group Financial Controller
Position Requirements:
- Fully qualified ACA/ACCA, or equivalent
- Financial reporting experience for a UK company, including IFRS and GAAP, would be preferable
- Expert Excel user
- Experience with group consolidations and foreign exchange
- Good organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (excellent English skills, both written and oral) and the ability to liaise with colleagues and clients professionally
- Excellent analytical skills
- Self-motivated, pro-active approach and ability to think independently
- Ability to work well in team environment under supervision and willingness to assist others
- Display a high level of professionalism towards colleagues and as an ambassador of the company