We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Finance Team as a Financial Reporting Accountant. This great role will deliver accurate, reliable, and timely books of account for the VAL Group and its subsidiary undertakings, overseeing the operation of core general accounting activities and delivering statutory and regulatory compliant reporting, as well as being the SME for technical accounting under IFRS.
Day to Day
You'll be responsible for the following activities
- Deliver Group consolidation (including sub consolidation) accounting processes
- Produce appropriately controlled Group closing, analysis and reporting and reconciliation processes
- Group and subsidiary accounts to meet all statutory, regulatory, shareholder and management reporting requirements
- Coordinate and deliver the external audit process to successful and efficient conclusion
- Deliver balance sheet and cash flow analysis to support financial decision making
- Provide guidance and thought leadership on all aspects of IFRS relevant to the Group’s financial reporting
- Ensure consistency in operation, process and control across all Group locations and drive process efficiency for Group reporting
- Support as required to manage improvements and changes to systems or processes and with any aspects of financial accounting as required
- Any other Financial accounting or project management tasks as required
About you
In addition to the above, we are looking for our successful candidate to demonstrate the following
- ACA/ACCA qualification or equivalent
- Ability to challenge and drive sound accounting decisions
- Strong ability to exercise independent professional judgement and problem-solving skills within an overall business context
- A deep knowledge of both IFRS and FRS101 accounting standards and the ability to articulate technical accounting subject matter to influence the decision making of senior management
- Strong appreciation of management accounting and financial systems – preferably Oracle financials with the skill to implement new systems and accounting processes into the Group reporting space
- Ability to dissect, redesign and implement process change
- Risk assessment and design of appropriate, proportionate controls
- Ability to optimise processes, identifying weak processes and controls for improvement