As the Group Accountant the role will report into the Head of Finance, you will be responsible for delivering accurate, timely and insightful Consolidated Group accounts and financial data for the business.

Working closely with the Finance Control team, you will need great technical skills, a flexible approach, a keen eye for detail and ability to deliver on time. This role is significant to ensuring consistent compliance of the group and you will need to work independently as well as within the wider team.

Responsibilities

Produce accurate monthly consolidated Group accounts to tight deadline.Preparation of monthly balance sheet reporting for the group entities.Completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations for the group entities. Take ownership of smaller entities monthly management accounts.Provide monthly commentary on variances to budget and reforecast.Responsible for all entities VAT return and be the main liaison for VAT queries.Take ownership of Group tax planning and all aspect of taxation matter.Group planning for accounting compliance and new legislation.Owner of Group Policies and ensuring internal compliance.Ownership of intercompany reconciliations and forecasting.Produce monthly bank reporting and commentary.Produce and forecast quarterly banking covenants to ensure compliance.Support and input into the annual budget and periodic forecasting and produce the final consolidation.Continuous review and improvements of internal audit procedures.Assist in preparation of statutory accounts and annual audit.Complete dormant entity statuary accounts to filing.Ad-Hoc reporting and project for the business. Skills & Experience

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).Experience working with group consolidations, accounts preparation and audit in either practice or industry. Experience with communicating financial information to non-finance colleagues.Familiar with accounting packages ideally Unit 4 or similar.Intermediate experience of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.Ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing and over the telephone with individuals and with a wide variety of organisations and audiences.Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise tasks, handle pressure and support finance team.