Corporate Accounting Manager

at  Nord Anglia Education

Date: 30 Oct 2024
Location:London, GB
Job ID: 3971
School: Group Central Support United Kingdom Office
Company: Nord Anglia Education

CORPORATE ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).
Nord Anglia Education is looking to recruit a Corporate Accounting Manager to join our Finance Team, sat within the Group Central Support.
We are looking for someone to support on the management of the financial and statutory reporting requirements, leading process and systems improvement for the accounting function, review of central subsidiary accounts and reporting packs under IFRS and other applicable GAAPs, and the co-ordination of year end and ad-hoc audits.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS:

• Degree in finance/accounting or related discipline from a recognised tertiary institution
• Professional accounting qualifications (ACA or equivalent)
• Strong academic performance at tertiary level in the relevant discipline
• IFRS knowledge
• Risk identification, process improvement and internal controls development
• Experience in collaborating with stakeholders at all levels throughout an organisation
• Knowledge of ERP systems- Navision and OneStream (or similar platforms)
  Please see full Job Description here.

ABOUT US

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading international schools organisation. Our 87 international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education. We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.
Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we’re at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students.
By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team. As a member of the world’s leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world.

We seek an individual to join as a Corporate Accounting Manager where your focus will be to:

• Support the business with the acquisition and integration of new schools.
• Work with the Senior Group Reporting Manager and Regional Finance controllers to reduce reliance on manual and inefficient processes and comply with the agreed internal key controls necessary to move to a controls-based audit.
• Work cross-functionally with other teams to provide clear and concise accounting advice on significant and unusual transactions.
• Accountable for the co-ordination and preparation of the statutory accounts for all central entities and liaising with the Group Financial control team as to status and accounting guidance.
• Preparation of tax packs and liaise with the Group tax team to ensure these are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ownership and review of the trial balances for the central entities as well as key account reconciliations
• Review and approve monthly bank reconciliations