Intercompany Accountant

Control Risks; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global bonus scheme

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Control Risks is seeking a detail-oriented Intercompany Accountant to join the Accounting & Reporting team in the UK. You will own intercompany accounting activities, reconcile balances across entities and ensure robust documentation to support consolidation and transfer pricing compliance.

This role collaborates with Finance, Tax, Legal and entity controllers to drive accuracy, improve automation and strengthen control environments as the business grows.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Minimum five years' experience in intercompany or consolidation accounting or a related finance role.
• Strong understanding of intercompany accounting principles, transfer pricing and multi-entity environments.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile intercompany activity across entities ensuring completeness and accuracy.
• Monitor intercompany balances and resolve discrepancies with relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations and supporting documentation for leadership and auditors.
• Improve reporting and develop automation on intercompany balances across the Group.
• Support group consolidation and monthly/quarterly/year-end reporting.

Skills

Intercompany accounting

Consolidation accounting

Excel advanced

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Multi-currency accounting

Audit support

Power BI

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

D365 Finance

Power BI

Excel

Job description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Intercompany Accountant to join our Accounting & Reporting team. Reporting directly to the Senior Manager - Group Reporting & Consolidation, this role is responsible for the accurate processing, reconciliation and reporting of intercompany transactions across the Control Risk Group.

The successful candidate will take ownership of intercompany accounting activities, ensuring transactions are accurately recorded, reconciled and supported by robust documentation. The role will work closely with Finance, Tax, Legal, Finance Business Partners, operational teams and entity controllers to maintain compliance with transfer pricing policies, support financial consolidation and ensure intercompany balances are appropriately managed and settled.

The Intercompany Accountant will contribute to the development of scalable processes, improved automation and a strong control environment to support the business's continued growth.

Requirements

Intercompany Accounting And Reconciliations

• Reconcile intercompany activity across entities, ensuring completeness, accuracy and compliance with Group accounting policies.
• Monitor intercompany balances and proactively investigate and resolve discrepancies with relevant stakeholders.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of intercompany accounts, ensuring variances are identified, investigated and resolved on a timely basis.
• Prepare reconciliation schedules, supporting documentation and variance analysis for Finance leadership and external auditors.
• Improve reporting and develop automation on Intercompany balances across the Group.

Transfer pricing and compliance

• Assist in the preparation and maintenance of intercompany agreements supporting transfer pricing strategies and Intercompany loans.
• Support the tax team with information for transfer pricing computation, analyses and audit requests by providing accurate financial information and supporting documentation.

Consolidation and financial reporting

• Support the Group consolidation process by ensuring intercompany balances are reconciled and elimination entries are accurate and fully supported.
• Support the Group team with the preparation of monthly Group balance sheet, income statement and cash flow.
• Maintain comprehensive audit trails and supporting documentation for all intercompany transactions and balances.
• Provide timely and accurate information to support month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting requirements.
• Assist with analysis of intercompany trends, balances and exposures, highlighting risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Manage and review the accounting of small UK based holding entities, including managing their audits.

Systems, controls and process improvement

• Manage intercompany accounting activities within the Group ERP system, ensuring data integrity and strong system controls.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of intercompany billing processes, supporting documentation and operational procedures.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes, reduce manual effort and improve efficiency, accuracy and scalability.
• Support finance systems implementations, upgrades and process transformation initiatives impacting intercompany accounting.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve intercompany accounting policies, procedures and best-practice documentation.

Stakeholder management and business partnership

• Build strong working relationships with Finance Business Partners, operational teams and entity controllers across the Group.
• Partner with Tax, Partner Reward and Legal teams on regulatory compliance, transfer pricing, management the accounting of the transactions with Partners and entity structuring initiatives.
• Support external audit processes by providing timely, accurate and complete intercompany documentation.
• Communicate complex intercompany accounting matters clearly and effectively to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Collaborate across teams to resolve accounting, operational and reporting issues that may impact financial reporting quality or close timelines.

Other Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Manager - Group Reporting & Consolidation, with ad hoc projects, process improvements and strategic finance initiatives.
• Undertake other duties consistent with the level and scope of the role.

Who You Are

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience.
• Minimum five years' experience in intercompany accounting, consolidation accounting or a related finance role.
• Strong understanding of intercompany accounting principles, transfer pricing and multi-entity financial environments.
• Proven experience performing complex reconciliations and resolving accounting discrepancies across multiple entities.
• Strong knowledge of multi-currency accounting and foreign exchange considerations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including reconciliations, pivot tables, data analysis and reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret large datasets and identify trends, risks and anomalies.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet reporting deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical accounting matters clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• High standards of integrity, ownership and professional judgement.

Desirable

• Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics Finance & operations (D365)
• Experience supporting finance transformation, systems implementation or automation initiative, building reports in Power BI.
• Familiarity with transfer pricing documentation requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience working in a high-growth, fast-paced business environment.

Benefits

Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.

We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status"

If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.