Group Accountant

Our client is a global brand who seek to hire a Group Accountant to join their EMEA HQ in Bracknell. The role will suit someone looking to make their first step into industry from Audit. They require a strong collaborator as this role will be the main conduit between the auditors and the business/ rest of finance and will offer the right person the ability to strengthen their technical capabilities with c20 EMEA entities which is growing year on year. The Group Accountant will also be involved in putting together the statutory accounts for the entities and reporting into HQ in the US.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with the various departments, for the external audit. Provide the auditors any deliverables required for them to complete their audit fieldwork and if recommendations are made, incorporate these into the day-to-day activities of the management accountants
• Prepare and submit FRS101 financial statements for all the UK entities within the filing deadlines, including assisting with the Group consolidated financial statements.
• Liaise with external accountants to ensure all non-UK financial statements submission deadlines are met and within their local GAAP requirements
• Review the monthly intercompany differences and revenue/expense eliminations checks.
• Supporting our US counterparts with annual audit related financials.
• Calculate and post the quarterly interest on intercompany balances
• Support the bid team with any requests that they have in relation to bids as well as creating and maintaining the share point
• Liaise with the Sustainability Reporting Specialist to assist with financials for sustainability reporting, such as SECR.
• Maintaining thresholds checklist for all financial reporting.
• Ad hoc financial analysis and investigative tasks

A salary of £45,000-£50,000 is on offer plus 10% bonus and benefits