Group Financial Accountant

Group Financial Accountant

Cheadle - Hybrid 3 days in office/2 home

£60-65k plus bonus

Exciting opportunity to join a leading tech business who operate internationally and will report into the Finance Director – EMEA & Global Shared Services who is extremely supportive and able to develop keen individuals.

This role will suit a Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA Financial Accountant with experience in multi entity/multi-currency business and will have responsibility delivering financial accounting services to internal and external stakeholders and adding value to the business by sound tax and VAT management.

Key responsibilities

• Managing external statutory reporting and overseeing the audit process for the multi-entity and multi-currency Swiss Group and subsidiary accounts (one trading company and one holding company).
• Monthly preparation of the group consolidation, incorporating significant judgment areas.
• Monthly reporting to shareholders and banks.
• Preparing monthly financial accounts for the Swiss entities, including full balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reviewing accounting entries to ensure the financial ledger's integrity.
• Invoice and payment run approvals
• Ensuring internal and external reporting deadlines are achieved.
• Ensure local (Swiss) GAAP and IFRS compliance requirements are met.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including external fiscal authorities (tax/VAT).
• Assisting in calculating and maintaining tax balances in the ledger.
• Assisting in the implementation of the group's transfer pricing policy.
• Managing the group's WHT position, including the recovery and submission of CT61s.
• Managing group debt arrangements.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified (3 years post qualification experience with strong technical accounting/compliance background - exposure to Swiss GAAP and IFRS advantageous)
• Experience in preparing group consolidations with multi-currency entities in the UK
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities
• Strong IT skills
• High level of accuracy
• Experience in finance projects and systems improvements.
• Strong business partnering and interpersonal skills.
• Oracle NetSuite experience advantageous or other ERP systems

Full right to work permanently UK and relevant UK experience is essential as no sponsorship is available.