Senior Group Reporting Accountant

Hays Accountancy and Finance | Warrington | £50,000 - £60,000/year | www.gaapweb.com |
Hays Senior Finance are working with an established global business who are looking to recruit a qualified Senior Group Reporting Accountant. This large and complex business has a large Group office in Runcorn with multiple corporate functions as well as a long-standing manufacturing facility with site finance team.
As a Senior Group Reporting Accountant you will provide consolidated external and internal financial reporting for the Group that is timely, accurate, adheres to accounting standards and fiscal regulations and meets the needs of external and internal stakeholders.

Key Duties
 •  To support with the co-ordination of the month end Group financial reporting processes for multiple businesses, ensuring that the results of all entities are understood and comply with Group reporting requirements.
 •  To prepare the monthly financial statements workings file for review.
 •  To support the manager with the consolidated year-end accounts process. This includes ensuring all sites submit relevant data in accordance with the group year-end timetable, assistance in preparing the statutory accounts and being a key contact with the auditors.
 •  To manage the company's IFRS 16 lease accounting tool and be the main point of contact with external consultants. Provide monthly lease journal inputs to all local finance teams and advise the local finance teams on IFRS 16 lease accounting queries and issues.
 •  To produce consolidated working capital performance reports covering stock, debtors and creditors for the Group, and analyse the data for anomalies and areas of concern.
 •  To prepare the annual statutory accounts and lead the audit process for Group's special purpose securitisation vehicle

We are looking for qualified accountants with broad experience of financial reporting, ideally within a multi-currency, multi-business legal entity environment This could also be someone moving from a recognised Practice with a strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting standards.
Previous knowledge of financial processes and accounting systems is preferred and exposure to to SAP an advantage.

This large and successful business can offer a long-term career for progressive candidates as there are opportunities to progress in both the Group function and also move into the local finance team. The business offers a generous bonus scheme based on company performance as well as a superb pension contribution of 11% based on a 6% employee contribution.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

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