Finance Systems Accountant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a newly qualified ACA/ACCA to join a FTSE 100 international group, with a strong focus on Group Consolidation, Financial Reporting and Finance Systems
.

This role sits within Group Finance and offers the opportunity to develop expertise across both technical consolidation and the systems that underpin Group reporting
. You will play a key role in supporting the Group's consolidation platform, month-end and year-end reporting cycles, while helping improve how financial data is consolidated, controlled and reported across a complex international business.

• Support the Group's consolidation and financial reporting system
  , including ongoing administration, maintenance and improvement.
• Play a key role in the Group consolidation process
  , supporting monthly, quarterly and year-end reporting.
• Investigate and resolve consolidation, intercompany, reporting and data quality issues across multiple entities.
• Work closely with Finance teams to ensure accurate data flows into the consolidation system.
• Partner with external system providers and consultants to test and implement system enhancements
  .
• Support UAT, system upgrades, configuration changes and reporting improvements
  .
• Assist with the preparation and review of consolidated financial statements and statutory reporting
  .
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate consolidation and reporting processes.
• Support changes arising from new accounting standards and Group reporting requirements.

• Newly qualified ACA, ACCA or equivalent
  .
• Strong grounding in financial reporting, statutory accounts and consolidation
  .
• Experience in a Big 4, Top 10 or complex multinational environment.
• Good understanding of IFRS and Group reporting principles
  .
• Exposure to multi-entity or multinational consolidations
  .
• Experience with consolidation/EPM systems such as Tagetik, One Stream, HFM, Oracle FCCS or Cognos Controller would be highly advantageous.
• Strong interest in developing your career across consolidation, EPM and finance systems
  .
• Comfortable investigating data, reporting and system issues and working with both Finance and Technology stakeholders.

This would suit a newly qualified accountant who enjoys the technical side of consolidation and Group reporting but doesn't want their career to remain purely accounting focused.

You’ll gain hands-on exposure to the systems behind the Group close and consolidation process
, providing a strong route into Finance Systems, EPM and Group Finance transformation over time.