Senior Financial & Reporting Accountant

CSL; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Seqirus is seeking a Senior Reporting Accountant to lead and coordinate defined accounting and close activities across a cluster of countries. You will prepare management and statutory accounts, escalate non-routine issues, and collaborate with local accounting teams to ensure compliant processes and efficient closes.

Hybrid role based in Speke, Liverpool with responsibilities covering ERP reconciliations, balance sheet planning, and interaction with internal and external stakeholders to

Qualifications

• 3+ years' relevant experience in a controllership, financial reporting role, audit.
• Proficient in financial statement production and ownership.
• Proficient in MS Office (particularly Excel).
• Proficient in the use of financial systems (SAP).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver assigned accounting and close activities in line with close calendars and local statutory requirements.
• Manage local electronic interfaces and daily management of invoices, ensuring process flow efficiency.
• Drive the implementation and operation of internal controls framework.
• Support internal audit activities and remediation projects.
• Coordinate external audit activities at entity level and escalate significant issues as needed.
• Apply technical accounting knowledge to support entity-level reporting and close activities.
• Deliver month-end close activities with ERP reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations and company policies across countries.

Skills

Financial reporting

Excel

Audit

MS Office

Education

IFRS/local GAAP accreditation

Tools

SAP

Job description

The role is part of the Accounting Operations, Account to Report team within the Centre of Excellence. The Senior Reporting Accountant is responsible for the execution and coordination of defined accounting and close activities for a cluster of countries, ensuring delivery in accordance with group policies, governance requirements and reporting timetables. The role supports the preparation of management and statutory accounts, identifying and escalating non-routine or complex issues to appropriate stakeholders. The position collaborates with local accounting teams and other finance functions outside of the shared service centre to support compliant accounting processes and efficient close outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver assigned accounting and close activities in accordance with close calendars, company policy and local statutory requirements, including preparation of standard journals, balance sheet reconciliations and review of business journals, with escalation of complex or non-standard items as required

• Manage any local electronic interfaces (if applicable) and deal with related activities including daily management of sales and vendor invoices, dealing with issues in process flow and coordinating all necessary enhancement activities and projects

• Drive the implementation and operation of the internal financial controls framework

• Support internal audit activities and implementation of identified remediations

• Coordinate external audit activities at entity level, ensuring timely provision of requested documentation, tracking audit requests, and escalating significant judgement areas, disagreements or delays to the Accounting to Report Manager in line with governance protocols

• Apply technical accounting knowledge to support entity-level reporting and close activities, identifying areas requiring interpretation or judgement and escalating technical conclusions for review and approval where appropriate

• Deliver assigned month-end close activities in line with the group close timetable, including ERP reconciliations and variance analysis, flagging risks, delays or exceptions early and escalating as required.

• Ensuring compliance with local financial regulations and tax laws of their respective countries/entities, as well as company policies and standard

• Support accounting operations functions outside of account to report where required (accounts payable, tax, treasury) ensuring compliance with local regulations in given areas.

• Identify process efficiency or control improvement opportunities arising from close execution and day-to-day accounting delivery, providing recommendations and impact assessments.

• Balance sheet planning working with financial business partners and financial planning and analysis teams to ensure creation of balance sheet for indirect cashflow. Submission of entity planning to group consolidation (ERP).

Education Requirements

• Professional certification in finance or accounting (IFRS and local GAAP accreditation)

Experience Requirements

• 3+ years' relevant experience in a controllership, financial reporting role, audit

• Proficient in financial statement production and ownership

• Proficient in MS Office (particularly Excel)

• Proficient in the use of financial systems (SAP)

The role is a hybrid position requiring working 3 days per week in Speke, Liverpool

About CSL Seqirus

CSL Seqirus is part of CSL. As one of the largest influenza vaccine providers in the world, CSL Seqirus is a major contributor to the prevention of influenza globally and a transcontinental partner in pandemic preparedness. With state-of-the-art production facilities in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, CSL Seqirus utilizes egg, cell and adjuvant technologies to offer a broad portfolio of differentiated influenza vaccines in more than 20 countries around the world.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

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To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

Equal Opportunity Employer

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