Financial Accountant, Senior Associate; Newly or Nearly qualified

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Description
About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands‑on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work‑guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity‑are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

Joining the Finance Team located in Manchester, and part of an established finance team that supports offices across Europe and the Middle East as part of the shared service function.

The Corporate Accounting Team works closely with Local External Accountants and are responsible for all financial accounting and reporting for the EMEA business including but not limited to month end close, balance sheet reconciliations, inter company reconciliations, and statutory and compliance filings (VAT, Financial Statements etc.). This role reports to the Financial Accountant and will work alongside the Finance Team, external advisors, auditors, and the wider business as required.

The successful applicant will have experience working in a multi‑site, corporate environment.

Your application must demonstrate clearly that you are accustomed to working with large data sets in Excel, ERP systems like SAP, volume based work preparing VAT returns and balance sheet reconciliations, and managing inter company transactions, across the EMEA region.

We are seeking someone who is 1‑3 exams away from full qualification, and firm plans to complete exams by the end of this calendar year.

How you'll contribute

• Month end - GAAP
• Completing monthly close to global deadlines including preparation and posting of month‑end journals
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including timely resolution of differences
• Preparation of monthly Fee Reconciliations
• Preparation of quarterly Inter company Reconciliations and Invoicing, including working with our Treasury Team to ensure timely settlement of Inter company Balances
• Monthly local statutory accounts, fiscal and compliance
• Prepare monthly data packs for local accountants and share to agreed timeline
• On a monthly basis review and reconcile local GAAP / management accounts, understand differences and where appropriate make adjustments to GAAP and/or local books
• Liaise with external advisors, including auditors and local accountants.
• Support the local country audits ensuring a timely submission of Financial Statements, and also A&M Tax Team to ensure a timely submission of Corporation Tax and Transfer Pricing Returns
• Compile data for VAT and other fiscal returns and ensure these are correctly reported to the local fiscal authority on a timely basis and correctly accounted for in GAAP books

Other

• Assist with the preparation of the financial statements, if required
• Liaising with Accounts Payable and Billing Teams to ensure that costs are correctly allocated to each business unit
• Assistance with ad‑hoc projects as and when required
• Ensuring a robust control environment is operated and maintained
• Partner with the A&M Tax Team to extract General Ledger to assist in data the preparation of the PSA submission

Skills and qualifications

• Almost qualified (1‑3 exams left) or Newly qualified accountant with a number of years' experience in a corporate, international multi‑site business with exposure to FX transactions
• Experience of supporting the preparation of local GAAP financial statements
• Experience in VAT preparation, review and submission
• Good technical knowledge of financial reporting and accounting operations
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and working with large data sets (20K+ lines)
• Demonstrable experience of Global ERP systems, especially with SAP
• Professional services industry experience is desirable
• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines, results orientated and "can do" attitude
• A natural team player who can…