Intercompany Accountant: Consolidation & Automation Pro

Control Risks Group; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global bonus scheme

Job summary

Control Risks Group is seeking an experienced Intercompany Accountant to join the Accounting & Reporting team in the UK. You will own intercompany accounting activities, reconcile balances, and ensure robust documentation and controls across multiple entities.

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Group Reporting & Consolidation, you will support monthly consolidation, balance sheet, income statement and cash flow, while driving automation and process improvements to enhance accuracy and efficiency

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile intercompany activity across entities, ensuring completeness, accuracy and compliance with Group accounting policies.
• Monitor intercompany balances and investigate discrepancies with relevant stakeholders.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of intercompany accounts and resolve variances.
• 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.
• Assist in the preparation and maintenance of intercompany agreements supporting transfer pricing strategies.
• Support the tax team with information for transfer pricing computation, analyses and audit requests.
• Support Group consolidation by ensuring intercompany balances are reconciled and elimination entries are accurate.
• Prepare monthly Group balance sheet, income statement and cash flow and maintain audit trails.
• Provide timely information for month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting and analyze intercompany trends.

Skills

Intercompany accounting

Consolidation accounting

Reconciliations

Excel

Data analysis

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Dynamics 365

Job description

Control Risks Group is seeking an experienced Intercompany Accountant to join the Accounting & Reporting team in the UK. You will own intercompany accounting activities, reconcile balances, and ensure robust documentation and controls across multiple entities.

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Group Reporting & Consolidation, you will support monthly consolidation, balance sheet, income statement and cash flow, while driving automation and process improvements to enhance accuracy and efficiency