Financial Accountant

Our client is a leading Global Business Services company based in London with turnover in the multi-millions and growing year on year. Their success has been achieved through their client and delivery focus, which has seen them develop into a strong brand.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller and liaising with the central Finance team you will be responsible for the preparation of the business’ year-end financial statements under IFRS, maintaining and upholding strict group accounting policies and any other ad-hoc projects that may be required.

Responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with the preparation of the statutory and year-end accounts;
• Month-end balance sheet reconciliations;
• Liaising with external Auditors;
• Assistance in the production of monthly management reporting packs;
• Ad-hoc queries as requested by the Senior Management Team.

The Ideal Candidate:

• A Qualified Accountant with experience gained in practice;
• Experience of auditing consolidated financial statements under IFRS and USGAAP;
• The ability to manage workload, prioritise efficiently and be proactive in seeking improvements to the processes with a core focus on optimisation and delivery;
• Strong IT skills, including Excel, and the ability to learn new IT systems and processes – caseware experience would be desirable;
• Strong communication skills both written and oral with proven experience in influencing senior stakeholders and ability to summarise complex information into concise and value adding insights.

I will be contacting candidates with the closest match to the client's selection criteria within 48 hours of application to arrange an initial meeting. If you have not heard from me within these timescales, thank you for your interest but please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.