Senior Financial Reporting Accountant

Senior Statutory Reporting Financial Accountant

We are a global firm based in Canary Wharf, London, seeking an experienced Senior Statutory Reporting Financial Accountant.

• Posting Date: 31 Aug 2023
• Sector:
  Finance / Accounting
• Type:
  Permanent
• Location:
  
  London
• Salary: £75,000 - £81,400 per annum
• Contact: dun
• Reference: DB0234

• Prepare statutory accounts for UK entities with supporting schedules and documentation to meet external audit requirements.
• Liaise directly with company auditors (KPMG) and coordinate responses to audit testing.
• Research and apply UK GAAP accounting policy for new or changing business activity.
• Post UK GAAP adjustments into unconsolidated companies in SAP.
• Take a lead role in the interim and year‑end SOX control audits, prepare supporting schedules and analysis, and answer queries from KPMG as they arise.
• Coordinate responses and requests for documentation from the wider Europe business.
• Ensure timely and accurate internal monthly corporate reporting to the headquarters in the US, including benefit analysis, ad‑valorem taxes, and allowance for doubtful accounts reports.
• Perform month‑end close activities such as accruals, amortisations, payroll accounting, currency revaluations and other ad‑hoc journals.
• Undertake monthly balance‑sheet account reconciliations, complete by end of month and to the required standard, ensure open items are followed up and cleared on a timely basis.
• Critically review accounting entries in SAP and overall account balance variances on a monthly basis, to ensure overall integrity of the data in SAP.
• Perform ad‑hoc statutory and analytical work to support Manager UK & HQ Accounting and the Europe business.
• Represent the financial accounting team on work streams and projects.

• Educated to degree level and must be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of UK GAAP accounting standards (FRS
  102).
• Post‑qualification experience in financial accounting and statutory reporting gained in either practice or a commercial environment (5+ years).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal skills. Ability to clearly summarise complex financial reporting issues and articulate them to a non‑finance audience.
• Effective analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks concurrently, manage own time and meet all deadlines. Experience working in a high‑pressure environment.
• Advanced user of Excel & SAP.
• Experience using Thomson Reuters One Source Accounts Production software preferred but not essential.

Reporting to the Manager UK & HQ Financial Accounting, this role is predominantly office‑based in Canary Wharf. The company offers a 9‑day – fortnight (every second Friday you have off as holiday).