Corporate Reporting Accountant

Corporate Reporting Accountant

Kearsley

£45,000 - £60,000+

A reason to smile. That’s what we’re all about at the IDH Group. We’re Europe’s largest vertically integrated dental company.

This Corporate Reporting Accountant role is to provide in-depth exposure to the group’s activities and development opportunities across corporate reporting, taxation, risk management and treasury.

Role duties of the Corporate Reporting Accountant: 

• Preparation of the monthly management accounts board pack including liaison with divisional management account teams, maintenance of the accounting records for the holding companies and private equity financing and preparation of central reports such as Net Debt, group cash flow analysis including narrative, covenant reporting and forecast cash positions.
• Review of general month-end group accounting tasks including reconciliation of non-trading control accounts (goodwill, acquisitions related balances, onerous leases, bank financing), accounting for additional practice acquisitions or disposals, consolidations and cash flows.
• Preparation of the quarterly financial reporting for external bondholders including drafting Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the results and assisting with group reporting presentations.
• Preparation of the annual report to bondholders including updating information from across the business.
• Assisting in the review of monthly/quarterly balance sheet reconciliations across the group – setting up risk assessment and programme of review.
• Acquisition accounting; assist the Business Development teams with developing the financial reporting routines for new acquisitions.
• Disposals accounting; assist the Business Development team with disposal details for assets, ongoing property costs and underperformance liabilities.
• Management of the day-to-day requirements of the external auditors both during field work and in the period to final sign off. 
• Liaise with the external tax advisors in the preparation of Corporation Tax returns at year end including the preparation of tax pack information, resolving additional queries and review of final tax computations.
• Manage the preparation of the group VAT return and calculation of the partial exemption position including liaison with divisional teams in calculation of the final amount due. Assist in the preparation and review the final return.
• Document group accounting policies. Research appropriate accounting treatments and assist the Group Financial Controller in ensuring that accounting policies are applicable for the size and operations of the group. Implement new accounting policies – IFRS 9, 15, 16 in the next two years. Monitor divisional application of group accounting policies including field reviews of processes and procedures.
• Forecast operational cash requirements to ensure that cash is utilised efficiency through use of the group’s bank facilities.

Key Skills required of the Corporate Reporting Accountant:

• Qualified chartered accountant with post qualification experience.
• Good technical knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and disclosures.
• Multisite, M&A or private equity accounting experience beneficial.
• Knowledge of statutory accounts and tax computation preparation and review.
• Corporation tax and VAT knowledge beneficial.

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Reporting to Group Financial Controller

Hours: Full-time
Location: Kearsley, M26 1GG
Free parking

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