Interim Senior Group Financial Accountant

Virtus Data Centres Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the data center industry seeks an experienced Chartered Accountant to manage technical accounting matters and financial reporting. The role involves business partnering, compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP, and implementing process improvements. Candidates should have experience with SAP and a strong accounting background.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Pension contribution scheme

Discretionary bonus

Cycle to work scheme

Annual travel card loan

Electric car scheme

Holiday buy and sell scheme

Qualifications

• Detail knowledge of applying IFRS9, IFRS10, IAS16, IFRS16.
• Experience in international financial reporting and consolidation.
• Familiar with SAP, especially S/4 HANA modules.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of accounting issues and technical accounting matters.
• Preparation of statutory accounts and liaising with auditors.
• Implement process improvements in financial reporting.

Skills

Practical experience in IFRS

Consolidation principles knowledge

SAP experience

Education

Chartered accountant with ACA or ACCA qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

About VIRTUS

VIRTUS Data Centres is the UK’s fastest growing data centre provider which owns, designs, builds and operates the country’s most efficient and flexible data centres.

In May 2023 we announced our plans to expand into continental Europe, with our first data centre due to open in Berlin in 2026, to be quickly followed by two full campuses and expansion into other countries in the pipeline.

Our purpose is to serve humanity by being an active, positive participant in the 4th industrial revolution. When we talk about our purpose, we refer to our customers’ customers; the child playing a computer game, the person watching their favourite movie, booking a medical appointment, a plane ticket, a hotel or doing their online banking; those things can’t be done if we don’t do our job.

Our mission is to consistently exceed the expectations of customers through innovative, high-quality solutions and services. We employ intelligent thinkers – people with positive attitudes, who add to the quality of our customer proposition and business.

We value individual endeavour and initiative and encourage teamwork and togetherness because collective experience and expertise is VIRTUS’ greatest strength.

Duties and Responsibilities

The role includes but is not limited to the following:

Technical Accounting

• Ownership of accounting issues and all technical accounting related matters
• Keep aware of developments in accounting technical matters and understanding the impact of relevant IFRS and accounting pronouncements for the Group.
• Business partnering with internal stakeholders to identify and support on transactions with accounting and finance considerations.
• Provide in-house technical accounting advice on both IFRS and UK GAAP (FRS 101), preparing accounting papers and leading the review process internally and externally with our auditors.
• Working with the majority shareholder on developing and aligning the central accounting policy

Treasury (IFRS9)

• Borrowing cost capitalisation IAS23 – including lease liability expense and interest on bank borrowings.
• Calculation of monthly EIR interest on bank borrowings
• Preparation of monthly cashflows on consolidated and entity basis
• Quarterly posting of hedge accounting
• Quarterly preparation of debt covenant compliance reporting
• Review and determination of accounting treatment for new borrowings and related treasury instruments

Other

• Preparation of the accounting treatment and calculations related to company long term incentive plans.
• Project-based work business partnering within the wider organisation.
• Preparation, review and filing of statutory accounts (IFRS, FRS101 and FRS102) and liaising with internal and external auditors.

Process Improvement:

• Implement best practices to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting processes.
• Continuously identify opportunities for improvements to processes and controls related to financial reporting.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Chartered accountant with ACA or ACCA qualification.

Experience:

Essential:

• Specific and detailed knowledge of applying IFRS9, IFRS10, IAS16 and IFRS16 arising from previous experience in a top-four firm or similar and/or the Finance team of a multinational business.
• Similar practical experience in applying consolidation principles for medium to large international groups of companies within a complex, multi-system ERP setting.
• Familiarity with day-to-day usage of SAP including hands-on experience – ideally a recent deployment of S/4 HANA employing the fixed asset module and RE-FX (lease) module.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in Finance teams within the data centre industry or other services industries within the telecommunications, technology or infrastructure sectors.
• Awareness of practical implications of SOX reporting on consolidation accounting processes, leases and fixed assets within the control environment.
• SAP experience using the Group Reporting (GR) Consolidation module.

Remuneration Package and Benefits

• Private healthcare
• Pension contribution scheme
• Eye and dental care benefit
• Discretionary bonus
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Annual travel card loan
• Tech Scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Workplace extras - Byond card and Extras discount
• Mortgage advice
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• Bank holiday flexibility
• Volunteering day x 1
• Birthday leave x 1
• Help@Hand

VIRTUS is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to fight for equality, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.

We reserve the right to close this post for applications should sufficient applications be received.

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