Accounting Manager

At Reed & Mackay, we are more than a global leader in travel and event management; we are a team united by passion, care, and entrepreneurial spirit. As a unique brand within the Navan Group, we provide deep sector expertise and customised programmes from offices across the globe.

With over 60 years of innovation in service, our success is built on delivering flexibility, reassurance, and insight to our clients. Our built-for-service technology and high-touch expertise removes the hassle from travel and event management, connecting businesses globally while keeping their people productive and safe and their costs down.

Looking for the next opportunity? Join our dynamic, inclusive culture, where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape the future of global travel and events.

We are seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA, ACA or ACCA) to join our London-based team as an Accounting Manager. In this role, you will support IFRS and US GAAP reporting, technical accounting matters, international audits, and global accounting activities across multiple jurisdictions.

Working closely with local accounting teams, global finance stakeholders, and external audit firms, you will play a key role in ensuring high-quality financial reporting, compliance, and technical accounting excellence across the business.

• Support IFRS and US GAAP financial reporting requirements across the group.
• Manage and coordinate external audit processes with audit firms across multiple jurisdictions.
• Prepare and review audit working papers, technical accounting documentation, and financial reporting support schedules.
• Support month-end close activities, including balance sheet reconciliations and financial statement preparation.
• Partner with local accounting teams to understand and apply local GAAP and statutory reporting requirements.
• Identify and assess differences between local GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP, and group reporting requirements.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and clearly communicate complex accounting matters to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Collaborate with global finance teams to support international accounting and reporting initiatives.
• Contribute to accounting transformation, process improvement, automation, and standardisation projects where applicable.
• Ensure deliverables are completed accurately and on time, particularly during audit and reporting cycles.

• Experience with in an audit firm
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA, ACA, or ACCA)
• Strong technical accounting expertise and a thorough understanding of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Experience in a global statutory reporting, technical accounting function.
• Experience with Workiva.
• Practical experience applying both IFRS and US GAAP.
• Experience with Net Suite or other enterprise resource planning systems.
• Experience supporting accounting transformation, automation or process improvement initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex accounting concepts clearly.
  
  Strong attention to detail, organisation, and ownership of deliverables.
  
  Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  
  Genuine interest in technical accounting and complex accounting matters.

At Reed & Mackay we welcome everyone with an open mind and an open heart. This is because we know peoples' different experiences, identities and backgrounds helps us to build a culture where everyone cancollaborate and be their authentic selves, whilst feeling safe, valued and included.

Reed & Mackay is committed to providing equal opportunities by assessing all potential candidates according to their skills, knowledge, qualifications and capabilities. No regard will be given to factors such as age, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion,disability or neurodivergence, or other applicable legally protected characteristics when making any employment decisions, including hiring.

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