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Group Financial Accountant -Entertainment

  • Location: Woking
  • Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 per annum
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 20 days ago

  • Sector: finance
  • Type: hybrid
  • Contact: Monica Vaja
  • Contact Email: monica.vaja@handle.co.uk
  • Expiry Date: 16 October 2024
  • Job Ref: BBBH110813

Global Live entertainment company are looking for a technical group financial accountant to join their team in Woking.

Reporting to the Group Finance Manager and be indirectly responsible for the on-going training of two group financial accountants. You'll also work closely with the regional finance team, group treasury and group FP&A.

The Senior Group Financial Accountant supports the Group Financial Manager in delivering accurate consolidated financial information, that is compliant across Group finance policies and IFRS. You will be a technical accounting expert but also an effective business partner, able to support subsidiary finance teams in meeting their reporting requirements.

Key skills

Essential

  • ACA or equivalent qualified with experience working in a group finance function

  • Multi-currency complex consolidation experience

  • Technically minded, with a good understanding of IFRS

  • Strong systems skills in all MS Office applications, with advanced Excel

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Experience working with consolidation and reporting systems; Cognos Controller preferred, but not required

  • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing

  • Ability to successfully operate in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities

  • Ability to step back from the detail and effectively problem solve when issues arise

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Desirable

  • Multi-regional group finance experience

  • Experience in UK statutory accounts (audit or industry)

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Day to Day

  • Work with the rest of the group finance team to ensure that the monthly consolidation of c.130 entities is executed correctly. All intercompany balances are matched and reconciled and intra-group transactions eliminated; holding company postings and review; loan interest calculations and postings; group costs and recharges reconcile; IFRS16 journals are calculated and posted correctly.

  • Understand and process quarterly derivative accounting entries.

  • Prepare monthly balance sheet and cashflow reporting for distribution to the Board, investors and banks.

  • Participate in quarterly balance sheet reviews with subsidiary finance teams. Track agreed actions through to completion.

  • Assist in the integration of new acquisitions onto the finance platform, ensuring consistency in reporting and financial controls and processes.

  • Become an expert user of our consolidation system - Microsoft Cognos Controller - to be able to maintain and develop the system to meet new requirements. Training and support will be provided.

  • Contribute to the production of the annual statutory accounts of all UK subsidiaries (FRS101).

  • Assist the Group Financial Manager in the production of the consolidated annual financial statements and report (IFRS).

  • Calculate annual joint venture accounting adjustments for statutory accounts purposes.

  • Be a key contact for the annual group audit, helping the Group Financial Manager to collate all audit evidence and manage auditor information requirements.

  • Draft technical accounting memos on accounting judgements, unusual transactions, acquisitions, disposals, and debt refinances.

  • Support the Group Financial Manager in ad hoc tasks and investigations, seeing these through individually to resolution.

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