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ATG Entertainment; Farnham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ATG Entertainment is seeking a Senior Group Financial Accountant to support the Group Financial Manager in delivering IFRS-compliant consolidated reporting for ~130 entities. You will partner with regional finance teams, assist in UK statutory accounts, and help drive the group consolidation process.

You will excel in technical accounting, multi-currency consolidation, and advanced Excel, while communicating effectively with stakeholders across the business and preparing materials for Board and

Qualifications

• ACA or equivalent qualification with group finance experience.
• Multi-currency consolidation experience is essential.
• Strong IFRS knowledge and technical accounting expertise.
• Advanced Excel and MS Office skills required.
• Ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders and manage priorities.
• Experience supporting large, multi-entity consolidation environments.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly submissions from regional teams and provide commentary.
• Consolidate the monthly results for circa 130 entities.
• Ensure intercompany balances are reconciled and intra-group eliminations are correct.
• Assist in annual statutory accounts for UK subsidiaries (FRS101) and IFRS reports.
• Support auditor information requests and group audits.
• Develop technical accounting memos on judgements and acquisitions.

Skills

IFRS expertise

Consolidation experience

Multi-currency consolidation

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder communication

Group finance experience

Education

ACA or equivalent

Tools

Cognos Controller

Microsoft Excel

Job description

You will report to the Group Finance Manager and be indirectly responsible for the on-going training of two group financial accountants. You will also work closely with the regional finance team, group treasury, and group FP&A.

The Senior Group Financial Accountant supports the Group Financial Manager in delivering accurate consolidated financial information, that is compliant with all ATG Group finance policies and IFRS. You will be a technical accounting expert but also an effective business partner, able to support subsidiary finance teams in meeting their reporting requirements.

This role is based at our Woking Office, ultimately reporting to the Director of Group Reporting,

Your skills, qualities, and experience

Review and challenge monthly financial data submissions from regional teams and follow up queries through to resolution, ultimately providing a month end commentary on key movements.

Business Partner to the regional finance teams across the ATG Entertainment group to support them in meeting Group policies and reporting requirements.

Collaborate cross functionally with the relevant stakeholders to identify accounting impacts of operational initiatives, unusual transactions, new agreements & projects. Provide valuable insight that goes beyond just the journals posted into the accounts.

Work with the rest of the group finance team to ensure that the monthly consolidation of c.130 entities are executed correctly. All intercompany balances are matched and reconciled and intra-group transactions eliminated; holding company postings and review; loan interest calculations and postings; group costs and recharges reconcile; IFRS16 journals are calculated and posted correctly.

Understand and process quarterly derivative accounting entries.

Prepare monthly balance sheet and cashflow reporting for distribution to the Board, investors, and banks.

Participate in quarterly balance sheet reviews with subsidiary finance teams. Track agreed actions through to completion.

Assist in the integration of new acquisitions onto the ATG finance platform, ensuring consistency in reporting and financial controls and processes.

Become an expert user of our consolidation system – Microsoft Cognos Controller – to be able to maintain and develop the system to meet new requirements. Training and support will be provided.

Contribute to the production of the annual statutory accounts of all UK subsidiaries (FRS101).

Assist the Group Financial Manager in the production of the consolidated annual financial statements and report (IFRS).

Calculate annual joint venture accounting adjustments for statutory accounts purposes.

Be a key contact for the annual group audit, helping the Group Financial Manager to collate all audit evidence and manage auditor information requirements.

Draft technical accounting memos on accounting judgements, unusual transactions, acquisitions, disposals, and debt refinances.

Support the Group Financial Manager in ad hoc tasks and investigations, seeing these through individually to resolution.

Identify risks and provide the appropriate solutions along with the ability to implement those solutions with the help of the wider finance team and business.

ACA or equivalent qualified with experience working in a group finance function.

Multi-currency complex consolidation experience.

Technically minded, with a good understanding of IFRS.

Strong systems skills in all MS Office applications, with advanced Excel.

Strong attention to detail.

Experience working with consolidation and reporting systems; Cognos Controller preferred but not required.

Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Ability to successfully operate in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.

Ability to step back from the detail and effectively problem solve when issues arise.

Multi-regional group finance experience

Experience in UK statutory accounts (audit or industry).

About Us-Our values

ATG Entertainment’s values set the tone for how we work, how we treat one another, and the culture we continue to build across the UK and the wider organisatio

• THRIVE doing what we love (with passion and dynamism)
• CONNECT through every act (with collaboration and kindness)
• DARE to do different (with curiosity and courage)
• PERFORM at our best (with customer focus and ownership)

Our Corporate Social Responsibility pillars

Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to play their part in achieving our goals and upholding our Corporate Social Responsibility priorities:

• Inclusion: Committing to creating and upholding a positive, inclusive culture that nurtures potential and supports well-being.
• Sustainability: Playing your part in reducing our environmental impact and finding more sustainable ways of working.
• Next Generations: Encouraging the next generation in live entertainment by contributing to our outreach and training programmes, including mentoring students and trainees, and supporting our Creative Learning and Community Partnerships work.

Our culture

You will help us uphold a positive culture around meeting our obligations, by having a positive attitude to health and safety, legal and insurance requirements and take care to understand our policies and procedures.

We are all expected to participate actively in the life of the company, and opportunities will arise for you to collaborate with others across the business. Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to be flexible and adapt as the needs of the business change, taking on new or different responsibilities as the need arises.