Job Title: Senior Reporting Accountant
Location: Flexible within the UK (with travel to the North for collaboration sessions)
Full Time - 37 Hours
Lengh 12 Month Contract ( possibilty for extension)
Salary: £56,015.24 PAYE/ PA
Job Overview:
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Financial Controls Specialist to join our dynamic team. This hybrid role provides flexibility to work from anywhere in the UK, with regular travel to the North for pre-arranged in-person collaboration. For colleagues traveling from the South, corporate flights will be provided. Initially, weekly in-person collaboration will be required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Process Improvement: Collaborate with the Head of Financial Control Shared Services to identify and implement process enhancements, ensuring finance operations are efficient, resilient, and robust.
- Internal Controls: Identify weaknesses and strengthen controls within the finance team to maintain accurate P&L and Balance Sheet records. Design, implement, monitor, and maintain internal control procedures to protect company assets.
- Compliance: Conduct regular assessments of internal controls, recommend improvements, and ensure financial and operational processes align with company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Risk Mitigation: Identify areas of financial risk and work with teams to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Training and Collaboration: Provide training on financial control best practices and collaborate across departments to achieve financial goals.
- Documentation: Ensure control compliance documentation is comprehensive, up-to-date, and well-organized.
Secondary Responsibilities:
- Continuous Improvement: Lead and participate in user groups to implement standardized processes, improving overall process efficiency and reporting.
- Business Support: Assist in cross-departmental projects, manage asset registers, and oversee activities related to new assets, disposals, depreciation, impairments, and verification.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Qualifications: Professional certifications such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
- Experience: Proven experience in internal controls or external audit with up-to-date knowledge of UKGAAP/IFRS, including IFRS 16, IAS38, and IFRS15.
- Skills: Strong focus on corporate governance and internal audit, especially in the context of UK SOX implementation. Extensive knowledge of financial control and experience with ERP systems, particularly SAP.
- Attributes: Exceptional analytical skills, attention to detail, and a high degree of integrity and confidentiality. Strong communication and training abilities, self-starter mentality, ability to work independently, and manage multiple tasks effectively.
- Advantageous: Experience in a Shared Service environment and familiarity with internal control systems and financial software.
Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge and experience with the Tagetik system.