Senior Head Office Accountant

£80-95k package – Thames Valley based with flexible working.

Super fast track career role for qualified accountant, ideally Top 6 trained and either a current Senior Manager or Associate Director in practice or with PQE in a head office / large listed business finance function.

This role works with the FD and is seen as a staging post for an ambitious individual with first class technical and business partnering skills who wants to be a divisional FD in the future. The business is a mid-sized listed group that is growing rapidly on a worldwide basis and operates in the technology sector.

Duties are typical for a Group Head office Role but include.

• Extensive stakeholder business partnering from a commercial perspective
• Preparation of the Group’s consolidated statutory accounts
• Consolidation of the Group management accounts for month end, budget and forecasts;
• Support the Board with preparation of the annual report
• Team management and development
• Involvement in the central business unit accounts including reviews
• Researching and implementing accounting standard changes and application of existing standards as and when they become relevant to the Group.
• Liaising with auditors and managing auditor queries
• Group consolidation systems optimisation.

The candidate

• ACA or CIMA qualified with a strong academic background
• Worked in or with multinational companies or the Top 6
• Experience of working in or with a plc environment
• Knowledge of IFRS and an interest in researching and interpreting overseas GAAP if required as a result of acquisitions
• Awareness of financial standards and financial reporting developments and ability to review and interpret new standards

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