Accounting, Tax & Treasury Team Leader (birmingham & Hereford)

Schaeffler; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company in Birmingham is seeking an experienced professional to lead their accounting, tax, and treasury functions. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in finance, strong leadership skills, and will be a UK qualified accountant. This full-time position offers exciting assignments and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in practice and finance functions, preferably within a large corporation.
• Proven ability to manage and develop teams.
• Strong skills in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and submit monthly financial statements in accordance with IFRS.
• Manage Accounting, Tax, and Treasury team.
• Prepare annual statutory accounts and other ad hoc financial reports.

Skills

Team management

Financial analysis

Technical accounting

Communication skills

Education

UK qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced professional to lead our accounting, tax, and treasury functions across our locations within the UK.

Key Tasks

• Coordinate and submit monthly financial statements in accordance with IFRS for the UK entities.
• Work closely with the Financial Shared Service Centre on sub-ledger processes.
• Prepare and review general ledger reconciliations and journal entries.
• Analyse financial results versus expectations, budgets, and forecasts.
• Provide technical accounting support to the business.
• Enhance reporting/planning systems and standardise procedures.
• Review and implement changes in accounting, tax, and company law.
• Lead contact for the external auditors.
• Prepare annual statutory accounts and other ad hoc financial reports.
• Preparation and management of the liquidity planning forecasts.
• Management of operational banking, coordinating with Group treasury, the Financial Shared Service Centre, and our corporate bankers.
• Report liquidity positions and process intercompany funding and hedging.
• Reporting and filing of business taxes, resolving tax issues as they arise.
• Responsible contact for external tax consultants, Group Tax and HMRC.
• Identify tax opportunities and risks.

Team / Leadership

• Manage Accounting, Tax, and Treasury team.
• Coach and develop team members.
• Foster personal growth aligned with objectives.
• Act as deputy for senior finance team members when needed.

Your Qualifications

• Professional Qualification: UK qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA)
• Experience: Significant experience in practice and finance functions, preferably within a large corporation
• Leadership: Proven ability to manage and develop teams
• ERP Systems: Experience with systems like SAP is desirable.
• MS Office: Strong skills in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

Your contact

Schaeffler (UK) Limited
Emmaline Horncastle

Keywords: Experienced; Team Leader (General); Full-Time; Unlimited; Finance;