Technical Accountant - IFRS9
- Recruiter
- Advantage Resourcing
- Location
- England, Wiltshire, Swindon
- Salary
- £450 - £550 per day
- Posted
- 19 Sep 2016
- Closes
- 26 Sep 2016
- Ref
- 15239185/001
- Contact
- Advantage Resourcing
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Banking and Financial Services
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
We are currently working with a leading Financial Services Organisation who are looking to recruit a Technical Accountant to work on a IFRS 9 project for a 6 month interim role based in their offices in Swindon.
The role will be supporting a programme of work which interfaces with a wide range of finance, credit risk, business and project stakeholders.
Accountabilities include:
- Deal with complex information and accounting issues in order to debate and present appropriate solutions.
- Be commercially aware and be able to view issues from different perspectives and drive and implement appropriate solutions to meet business needs.
- Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external advisors. - Communicate effectively, tailoring written and verbal communication to audience needs.
- Produce clear and concise papers, with an ability to explain complex issues and ideas in a straight forward manner.
- Manage key work deliverables and co-ordinate the activity of others, where appropriate, to deliver against challenging and sometimes conflicting deadlines.
- Collaborate effectively within the team, and across project workstreams to seek input and support other areas.
- Technical accounting
- the team provides input and advice on accounting for the new changes, whether driven externally (new accounting standards, regulatory requirements) or internally (new products or transactions).
The work is technically demanding, but with a need for a real commercial perspective and understanding.
We are looking for people with experience of technical paper writing with experience of working with senior executive decision makers.
The ideal candidate will be ACA, ACCA or CIMA (or equivalent) This is not an operational accounting position, but a technical role influencing all the changes within Finance and the wider business.
You'll ideally have experience of implementing accounting standards, influencing finance change and preparing financial accounts, or similar technical roles.
If you feel this role matches your skills and experience please apply with your most recent CV.
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