Senior Financial & Reporting Accountant

CSL Vifor; West Kirby; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Vifor in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Reporting Accountant to coordinate and deliver defined accounting and close activities across a cluster of countries, ensuring alignment with group policies, governance requirements and close timetables. You will support management and statutory accounts and escalate complex issues as needed.

The role collaborates with local accounting teams, drives internal controls, supports audits, and ensures compliant accounting processes and efficient

Qualifications

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

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 local electronic interfaces and daily management of invoices, issues in process flow and coordinate enhancement activities and projects.
• Drive the implementation and operation of the internal financial controls framework.
• Support internal audit activities and remediation implementations.
• Coordinate external audit activities at entity level, ensuring timely provision of requested documentation and escalation of significant issues to management.
• Apply technical accounting knowledge to support entity-level reporting and close activities, escalating where needed.
• Deliver month-end close activities in line with group timetable, including ERP reconciliations and variance analyses.
• Ensuring compliance with local financial regulations and tax laws of their respective countries/entities, as well as company policies.
• Support accounting operations functions outside of account to report where required (accounts payable, tax, treasury).
• Identify process efficiency or control improvement opportunities arising from close execution and day-to-day accounting delivery.
• Balance sheet planning with FP&A for indirect cashflow; submission of entity planning to group consolidation (ERP).

Skills

Financial reporting

Audit

MS Office

Education

IFRS and 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