Group Financial Accountant

Paconsulting; Melbourn; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

25 days leave + Xmas Eve half-day

Company pension

Community involvement

Annual bonus

Employee ownership

Tax efficient benefits

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking an experienced Group Accountant to join our Group Accounting Team in a hybrid role in the UK. You will deliver monthly group consolidations, oversee UK and overseas company statements, and interact with auditors to provide timely, high-quality financial reporting.

You will bring strong IFRS knowledge, audit experience, and the ability to lead the close process while collaborating across finance functions.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with UK ACA/CA/ACCA
• Strong IFRS knowledge and research skills
• Experience with multinational consolidation
• Able to learn finance systems quickly (Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close, PeopleSoft, IRIS, MI)
• Commitment to strong financial control
• Experience of audit as auditor or key audit contact
• Proactive, highly organized self-starter with ability to meet deadlines
• Tenacious with strong attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Collaborative and flexible approach
• British national with residency for security clearance

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly group consolidations and consolidation journals.
• Review consolidated numbers for accurate reporting.
• Lead the month-end close to meet tight timetable.
• Provide technical accounting support across the finance function.
• Prepare notes for the group annual report.
• Interact with auditors and respond to audit testing.
• Learn and become lead user of Oracle FC&C, PeopleSoft, IRIS and MI systems.
• Own the UK and overseas company statements and liaise with overseas advisors.
• Support overseas entities in preparing statutory financial statements.

Skills

ACCA/CA/ACA

IFRS knowledge

Multinational consolidation

Finance systems

Financial control

Audit experience

Self-starter

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Collaborative & flexible

British national

Tools

Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close

PeopleSoft Financials

IRIS Accounts Production

MI systems

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.

• Qualified accountant - ACA / CA / ACCA
• 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
• Strong communication skills
• Flexible, collaborative and open approach
• Sole British national

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government's guidance on security vetting before applying.

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• 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
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

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