Group Accountant

Bibliotheca; Cheadle Hulme; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in library management solutions is seeking a Financial Accountant to join their team. The role involves delivering financial accounting services, managing statutory reporting, and ensuring compliance with local GAAP and IFRS. The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting skills and experience in multi-currency consolidations. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with internal and external stakeholders, adding value to the business through effective tax and VAT management.

Qualifications

• 3 years post qualification experience with strong technical accounting background.
• Experience in preparing group consolidations with multi-currency entities.

Responsibilities

• Managing external statutory reporting and overseeing the audit process.
• Preparing monthly financial accounts for the Swiss entities.
• Ensuring local GAAP and IFRS compliance requirements are met.

Skills

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Accuracy

Education

ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

Job description

Bibliotheca is dedicated to the development of innovative technologies and library management solutions that help sustain and grow libraries around the world. Bibliotheca reimagines how libraries function, using integrated technology to inspire and delight all kinds of people, wherever they are: at home, on the move, or within the library walls.

Bibliotheca employs 300 people across 22 countries, partnering with 30,000 libraries to make the library experience—physical and digital—seamless, intuitive, and inclusive.

Role Description

This Financial Accountant opportunity will report into the Finance Director – EMEA & Global Shared Services who is extremely supportive and able to develop keen individuals.

The role responsibility will involve delivering financial accounting services to Bibliotheca’s 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.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified (3 years post qualification experience with strong technical accounting/compliance background with exposure to Swiss GAAP and IFRS)
• Experience in preparing group consolidations with multi-currency entities.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities
• High level of accuracy
• Experience in finance projects and systems improvements.
• Strong partnering and interpersonal skills.
• Oracle NetSuite experience advantageous but not required.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Libraries

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