Group Financial Accountant

CamWebDir; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and lifestyle perks

Private healthcare for you and family

25 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

Community involvement opportunities

Job summary

PA Consulting is recruiting for a key role within the Group Accounting Team in the UK. You will deliver timely and accurate group consolidation, raise consolidation journals and review numbers to ensure compliant reporting.

You will progressively lead the close process and liaise with overseas advisors for statutory reporting. Expected to have strong IFRS knowledge, audit experience, and the ability to quickly learn Oracle/PeopleSoft/IRIS systems.

Qualifications

• Excellent technical accounting skills with strong IFRS knowledge and ability to perform research.
• Experience in multinational consolidation and preparing consolidated financial statements.
• Ability to learn and navigate finance systems quickly (Oracle/PeopleSoft/IRIS).
• Commitment to strong financial controls and timely reporting.
• Experience of audit, either as auditor or as a key audit contact.
• Proactive, well-organised self-starter who can prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail with tenacious problem-solving.
• Flexible, collaborative, and open approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly group consolidation processes and prepare consolidation journals.
• Review consolidated numbers and ensure accurate reporting.
• Support the close process to meet tight month-end timetables.
• Provide IFRS guidance and technical accounting support across finance functions.
• Coordinate with auditors and provide timely information for audit testing.
• Learn and become lead user of finance systems and support other teams.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

Multinational consolidation

Finance systems

Financial control

Audit experience

Proactive

Attention to detail

Collaborative

British national

Job description

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week.
Join our Group Accounting Team to deliver timely and accurate financial reporting. Your experience of multinational consolidations, either from audit or industry, will enable you to hit the ground running. You will play an integral part of the team preparing the monthly group consolidation, raising consolidation journals and reviewing consolidated numbers to ensure accurate reporting. As you develop in the role, you will start to lead the close process to ensure adherence to our tight month end timetable.
With strong current IFRS knowledge and research skills, you will be confident in providing technical accounting support across the finance function. These skills will also be crucial in your role in preparing notes and support for the group annual report.
In this role, you will provide clear and timely information to auditors. Your experience of audit, either as an auditor or key contact will enable you to engage thoughtfully with audit testing, to give considered and complete responses, minimising follow up questions.
With support from the Group Finance Team you will quickly learn your way around our finance systems – Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close, PeopleSoft Financials, IRIS Accounts Production and MI systems – and will rapidly become a lead user, supporting other finance teams to get the most out of our systems.
As part of our global financial reporting you will take ownership of a number of UK and overseas corporate companies, approving month end journals, overseeing financial statements for the UK companies and liaising with overseas advisors for the preparation of overseas financial statements. Your relationship building skills will enable you to influence those professional advisors to provide high quality financial statements and meet local statutory reporting deadlines.

Qualifications

• Excellent technical accounting skills, both strong current IFRS knowledge and research skills
• Good understanding of multinational consolidation
• Able to rapidly build understanding of finance systems
• Commitment to excellent financial control
• Experience of audit – either as an auditor or as a key audit contact
• A proactive, highly organised self-starter with the ability to prioritise and deliver to strict deadlines
• Tenacious with great attention to detail
• Flexible, collaborative and open approach
• Sole British national

Additional information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.
We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.
Find out more about Life at PA here.
We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

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