Associate Director Financial Accounting

Associate Director Financial Accounting S&P Global
• London, England, UK

Grade Level (for internal use):

12

S&P Global Corporate

The Role: Associate Director - Financial Accounting

This role supports the EMEA Controllers organization with UK and other jurisdictions managed out of the London office to ensure that the accounting operations are timely and accurately reported and that local statutory and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) requirements are adhered to in addition to supporting enterprise-wide initiatives.

The Team: Reporting to the Assistant EMEA Controller you are part of the EMEA Enterprise Controllership Leadership team which is a team of 30 responsible for managing the accounting operations in the region and supporting the Companys accounting and finance activities. The global Controllers organisation is a team of 300 globally.

The Impact: This position supports the EMEA Controllers team locally to ensure internal and external reporting is reported timely and in compliance with IFRS or other local statutory requirements. This position also supports the EMEA Controller in partnering locally with business and operations to ensure that governance and internal controls are adhered to driving operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for month end processes including the preparation & posting of journals preparation/review of balance sheet reconciliations and preparation of management accounts
• Analysis/interrogation of key balance sheet & P&L accounts with preparation and posting of any associated journals
• Preparation of financial statements for legal entities in accordance with IFRS and UK GAAP
• Liaising and interacting with external auditors pursuant to the timely completion of statutory audits carried out on legal entities.
• Ensuring timely submission of financial/non-financial information to local authorities
• Support with preparation of tax returns and associated accounting workflows including processing of payment and balance sheet reconciliation of related accounts
• Support with preparation of VAT returns and associated accounting workflows including processing of payment and balance sheet reconciliation of related accounts
• Support with merger acquisition & disposal projects and legal entity restructuring projects impacting the region
• To support on process improvement projects identifying and implementing best practice processes across the region

What We're Looking For:

Basic

Required Qualifications:

• 8-10 years experience in a finance or accounting role preferably in Public Accounting including a thorough understanding of IFRS and accounting standards generally accepted in the United States (US GAAP)
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Good interpersonal written and oral communication skills
• Well organized and able to prioritize conflicting deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Strong desire to exceed expectations
• Results orientated

Additional

Preferred Qualifications:

• ACA / CPA / CA(SA) or equivalent certification
• Bachelors Degree in Public Accounting, Accounting, Finance or equivalent
• Good understanding general tax accounting and local tax regimes
• Experience of financial statement preparation under IFRS and US GAAP
• System experienced in Oracle Workiva, Alteryx and Smartsheet
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Amenable for Hybrid work setup
• Work shift:
  
  London Standard Hours

Whats In It For You

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We are more than 35,000 strong worldwide. We were able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it.

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