Senior Accountant - UKI

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The UK&I Financial Control Team's purpose is accurate and timely financial reporting for all legal entities within UK&I. This includes extensive Group as well as statutory audit requirements, and our aim is to be a world class record to report function!

• Key contributor to the delivery of the external Group and UKI statutory audits partnering with external auditors with the aim to find efficiencies and deliver a high quality audit on time for all entities.
• Lead and contribute to significant departmental initiatives, including improving the control environment, redesigning and standardising workflows (leveraging automation and AI tools), and integrating newly acquired entities into existing finance processes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on core finance systems and reporting tools, acting as a key point of contact for system knowledge, troubleshooting, and process guidance.
• Reconcile multi-currency intercompany accounts within a complex, matrixed environment.
• Review assigned account reconciliations, journal entries, and audit samples prior to submission to external auditors.
• Play a key role in delivering the monthly close, including analyzing transactions, identifying issues, and preparing complex or judgmental journal entries fully supported by clear working papers suitable for management review and audit scrutiny.
• Champion thorough documentation and serve as a pillar for change, promoting best practices, driving process improvements, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptability within the team.
• Take a proactive approach to risk and control management, ensuring accounting risks and issues are identified early, addressed effectively, and escalated when necessary.
• Provide mentoring, training, and technical guidance to junior team members, fostering capability building, knowledge transfer, and effective onboarding.
• Support the broader accounting function as needed, undertaking additional responsibilities and projects aligned with business priorities.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), with strong grounding in financial accounting and month-end close.
• Prior experience working as external auditor, preferably within a Big 4 or mid tier firm.
• Strong technical knowledge of FRS 102 and IFRS accounting standards including points of difference, with the ability to apply guidance using sound judgement in ambiguous or non-standard scenarios.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, identify issues, and drive problems through to resolution without requiring detailed instruction.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, changing environment, with the ability to prioritize, manage ambiguity, and adapt as requirements evolve.
• Advanced MS Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics F&O preferred).
• Communication:
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills including to external stakeholders.
• Deadline-driven,…