Accountant - Senior

Cummins; North East; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join its Global Centre of Accounting in Darlington, UK, focusing on statutory accounting across multiple entities. The role will drive standardisation, improve controls, and lead statutory reporting in a complex international environment.

You will partner with senior leaders, auditors, tax and legal teams to ensure timely regulatory filings while building capability and continuous improvement across the global finance function.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.
• Professional qualification such as ACCA/ACA/CPA/ CMA/ CA preferred.
• Significant experience in accounting, financial reporting, and statutory reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead accounting activities for corporate holding companies, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance, and governance across multiple legal entities.
• Drive standardisation and optimisation of accounting processes, improving efficiency, consistency, and control across global operations.
• Lead statutory reporting activities across multiple countries, ensuring all regulatory filing obligations are met accurately and on time.
• Act as a trusted subject matter expert, providing technical accounting guidance on complex reporting, audit, regulatory, and compliance matters.
• Strengthen the organisation's control environment by leading internal control compliance activities and identifying opportunities for risk mitigation.
• Partner with senior leaders, external auditors, tax teams, legal teams, and service providers to deliver successful outcomes in a complex international environment.
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives, supporting automation, operating model improvements, and global finance standardisation efforts.
• Contribute to the future of the Global Centre of Accounting by driving capability building, continuous improvement, and scalable statutory accounting practices.

Skills

Statutory accounting

Financial reporting

Internal controls

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Audit experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline

ACCA/ACA/CPA/CMA/CA or equivalent professional qualification preferred

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a talented Accountant - Senior to join our team, specialising in Statutory Accounting within our Global Centre of Accounting organisation in Darlington, United Kingdom.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Lead accounting activities for corporate holding companies, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance, and governance across multiple legal entities.
• Drive the standardisation and optimisation of accounting processes, improving efficiency, consistency, and control across global operations.
• Lead statutory reporting activities across multiple countries, ensuring all regulatory filing obligations are met accurately and on time.
• Act as a trusted subject matter expert, providing technical accounting guidance on complex reporting, audit, regulatory, and compliance matters.
• Strengthen the organisation's control environment by leading internal control compliance activities and identifying opportunities for risk mitigation.
• Partner with senior leaders, external auditors, tax teams, legal teams, and service providers to deliver successful outcomes in a complex international environment.
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives, supporting automation, operating model improvements, and global finance standardisation efforts.
• Contribute to the future of the Global Centre of Accounting by driving capability building, continuous improvement, and scalable statutory accounting practices.

Responsibilities

To be successful in this role, you will need the following:

• Strong expertise in statutory accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience with adjustments & conversions within UK-to-US GAAP.
• The ability to analyse complex accounting issues, exercise sound professional judgement, and provide practical solutions to stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions and collaborate effectively across global teams.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with experience driving process optimisation, standardisation, automation, and transformation initiatives.
• Some 'Big 4' and audit experience would be highly beneficial.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline required.
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Chartered Accountant (CA), or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Significant experience in accounting, financial reporting, statutory reporting, audit, or related finance disciplines within a complex global organisation.
• Experience working with accounting standards, internal controls, regulatory requirements, and multinational legal entity structures is highly desirable.

About Us

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.