Group Accountant

Vitae Financial Recruitment; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a skilled Group Accountant on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves producing high-quality group consolidated accounts, ensuring compliance with statutory deadlines, and streamlining accounting processes within a collaborative and inclusively acknowledged working culture.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with extensive experience in group consolidated management accounts.
• Proven track record in IFRS accounting.
• Experience in a complex private equity funded environment.

Responsibilities

• Produce group consolidated monthly financial and management accounts.
• Prepare statutory accounts for legacy group entities.
• Run the main group close process and review intercompany reports.

Skills

Consolidation

Financial Reporting

IFRS Accounting

Analytical Skills

Education

ACA

CIMA

ACCA

Job description

Group Accountant
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
70,000 - 80,000 + Great benefits package
Cambridge

Our client, a leading force within their chosen sector, has a key opening within their group finance team for a technically strong finance professional with a strong consolidation skillset.

The principal purpose of the role is to ensure timely production of high-quality group consolidated monthly financial and management accounts, which are regularly reviewed by the senior executive team. In addition, the successful candidate will champion the soon to be implemented new ERP system.

Key responsibilities will include:
- Run the main group close process and produce the monthly group consolidated management
accounts, including reviewing, and analysing intercompany reports, preparing balance sheet reconciliations, and reviewing Group cashflows.
- Prepare statutory accounts for legacy group entities, including audited consolidated accounts, ensuring all statutory filing deadlines are met.
- Simplify and eliminate elements of the previous holding structure, including offsetting intercompany loan balances and instruments.
- Work closely with the Group Tax Manager to assess the tax implications of structural changes and maximise tax efficiencies.
- Produce quarterly forecast group consolidated management accounts, annual budget and
various strategic forecasts.
- Review monthly financial submissions from operating businesses, liaising with colleagues to ensure compliance of reported results with Group policy.
- Review the monthly management report to Senior executives.
- Prepare monthly reporting financial packs for the Head Office.
- Work with the Group Management Accountant and Group System Accountant to develop and
evolve reporting input schedules and templates to maximise the accuracy of data entry
- Work with and challenge CFO to continually improve quality of management accounting and reporting.
- Provide deliverables for the Annual and Interim external audit.

The successful candidate will be professionally qualified (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) and have a proven track record of producing group consolidated management accounts. They will have experienced IFRS accounting and be able to give multiple examples of when they have added value across a complex private equity funded setup.

In return, our client offers a working culture that is professional but social, diverse but inclusive and an environment where effort and performance are acknowledged and rewarded accordingly.

Vitae Financial Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.