Senior Accountant - R2R - 12 Months Contract

Informa Group Plc.; Colchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international company in Colchester is seeking a Financial Manager to lead the Record to Report (R2R) function. This role involves managing monthly closings, leading a team of accounting professionals, and ensuring compliance with financial processes. The ideal candidate will possess a professional accounting qualification and a strong understanding of R2R processes.

Benefits

Great community with social events

Volunteer time with charity match funding

Career development opportunities

25 days annual leave plus additional benefits

Company funded private medical cover

ShareMatch scheme

Strong wellbeing support

Recognition for great work

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge and understanding of SSC processes and how these fit into the wider environment.
• Good understanding of all R2R processes including best practice in R2R people processes and technology.
• Ability to manage own deadlines and priorities whilst delivering a high standard of work and supporting junior members when they require assistance.
• Evidence of making decisions at the right time based on the information available.

Responsibilities

• Manage the monthly close process for your division(s) including profit & loss statements, balance sheet reconciliations.
• Serve as the primary financial point of contact for your assigned division(s).
• Lead and develop a team of R2R accounting professionals ensuring effective planning and prioritization to maintain and improve performance.
• Escalate issues appropriately to your Finance Manager in a timely manner.

Skills

IVR

SOAP

Avaya

Solaris

Cost Accounting Standards

Database Design

Hibernate

ITIL

Weblogic

Express.js

Contracts

ASP

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACCA CIMA ACA or equivalent)

Job description

This role is based in our Colchester Office.

Reporting to the Finance Manager this key operational role is accountable for delivering an accurate high-value and consistent accounting service for your assigned division(s). You will lead a team within the Record to Report (R2R) function providing leadership and guidance to ensure exceptional accounting services and balance sheet integrity. As an ideal candidate you’ll be a high-performing professional who embraces change management processes while demonstrating effective collaboration with your team and business partners. You’ll ensure adherence to company policies the timely execution of duties and excellent service to all Informa customers and colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management & Reporting

• Manage the monthly close process for your division(s) including profit & loss statements balance sheet reconciliations accruals allocations revenue downloads prepayments and variance analysis with commentary
• Serve as the primary financial point of contact for your assigned division(s)
• Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations comply with integrity guidelines and control frameworks
• Deliver timely financial reporting and analysis including Group reporting supplementary packs and addressing ad-hoc requests
• Publish financial results in relevant finance systems
• Coordinate communications between Shared Services Operations (SSO) Group Finance and Business Teams

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of R2R accounting professionals ensuring effective planning and prioritization to maintain and improve performance
• Manage R2R services provided by Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) partners ensuring delivery aligns with contractual SLAs (if applicable)
• Foster a diverse and inclusive team environment through recruitment team formation and strategic planning
• Implement appropriate people development tools to optimize team performance focusing on both technical and soft skill development
• Engage team members in discussions encouraging their contributions to team objectives and issues that affect them
• Provide support and coverage for team members when necessary

Process Improvement & Compliance

• Escalate issues appropriately to your Finance Manager in a timely manner
• Participate in acquisition integration and due diligence processes
• Contribute to SSO and departmental projects including key process testing and systems implementation
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors
• Support the accounting integration of new products into the SSO structure and systems
• Analyse and resolve complex problems using business and systems knowledge
• Perform tax and compliance duties as required by your SSO

Qualifications & Experience

• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA CIMA ACA or equivalent)
• Good working knowledge and understanding of SSC processes and how these fit into the wider environment
• Good understanding of all R2R processes including best practice in R2R people processes and technology
• Ability to manage own deadlines and priorities whilst delivering a high standard of work and supporting junior members when they require assistance.
• Evidence of making decisions at the right time based on the information available.

Benefits

• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When its time for the next step we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave rising to 27 days after two years plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance mental health first aiders a healthy living subsidy access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Skills

IVR,SOAP,Avaya,Solaris,Cost Accounting Standards,Database Design,Hibernate,ITIL,Weblogic,Express.js,Contracts,ASP

Experience

years

Vacancy

1

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