Interim Group Accountant

Redcentric Plc; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading managed service provider is seeking a Financial Reporting Assistant to support the production of financial statements and manage audit tasks. The ideal candidate will have strong ACA/ACCA qualifications, excellent IT skills, and experience in a similar role. This position offers hybrid working options, with the opportunity to work from home 2-3 days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience in a listed environment with PLC accounts desirable but not essential.
• Proven ability to assist in financial statement production and group consolidations.
• Experience in project management related to financial tasks.

Responsibilities

• Support the production of Annual Report & Accounts and financial statements.
• Assist with Group audit coordination and preparation of key audit schedules.
• Prepare documentation for financial reporting and assist in tax returns.

Skills

Experience in a similar role

ACA/ACCA qualification

Excellent IT skills (Advanced Excel)

Inter-personal skills

Ability to work to deadlines

Attention to detail

Job description

Job Description ABOUT REDCENTRIC: Redcentric is an AIM listed, leading managed service provider with a rich end-to-end solution portfolio covering the spectrum of Connectivity, Cloud and Collaboration, designed and delivered by our own highly skilled teams from our privately owned, UK based multi-million pound infrastructure.

Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION: AIM OF THE ROLE: You'll be reporting into the Financial Reporting Manager. This role has been newly created to handle the day-to-day financial reporting tasks currently performed by the Financial Reporting Manager, in order to enable them to complete some project-based, time critical activities, to which this role may also assist.

Responsibilities

• Support with the production of the Group's Annual Report & Accounts, and half year (interim) financial statements.
• Assisting in the preparation of the key subsidiary accounts (2 main UK entities).
• Support with Group audit coordination and assistance in the preparation of key schedules for audit delivery
• Assistance in the preparation of Group-level numbers including (but not limited to)
• IFRS16 related balances
• Debt and Financing transactions
• Tax balances
• Consolidation level journals
• Share-based payments
• Cash flow hedging
• Assist in the preparation of a financial reporting handbook, including collecting and organising existing documentation, enhancing/refreshing/updating this documentation, and where required preparing documentation in any identified gaps.
• Review and advise on the accounting treatment of certain transactions including the preparation of technical papers confirming treatments with reference to IFRS.
• Assist in the activity to rationalise the Group structure, including project managing individual company strike-offs.
• Assist in the preparation of information required the Group's annual tax returns.
• Assist in the periodic completion of ONS surveys.
• Assist in the preparation of financial data for our various ESG reporting requirements.

Person specification

• The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in a similar role. Experience gained in a listed environment with PLC accounts desirable but not essential.
• You will be a technically strong, ACA/ACCA accountant, having ideally trained in practice as this is a predominantly technical role, but with industry experience of assisting with the production of financial statements and group consolidations.
• The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills, experience and attributes:
• Excellent inter-personal skills with the ability to effectively communicate effectively with appropriate internal and external contacts.
• Willingness to take ownership of a task or project.
• Ability to work to deadlines, effectively communicating progress.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent IT skills (Advanced Excel).
• Close attention to detail.

Hours of Work

The Company's standard working hours are Monday to Thursday from 9.00am until 5:30pm, and from 9.00am until 3:30pm on a Friday, with one hour for lunch. The role offers hybrid working with the option to work from home 2 - 3 days per week.