A driven and hands-on Financial Accountant with experience of statutory and consolidated group reporting for multiple entities under IFRS. Reporting to the Group Reporting Manager, you will work as part of the three-person Group Reporting team to deliver quality, accurate financial reporting. You must be able to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines effectively.
The Financial Accountant will support the Group Reporting Manager in preparing monthly, quarterly & annual consolidated results, take a leading role during the statutory accounts process.
The role will also be responsible for the group capital expenditure process giving insight into the business plans and strategy for our portfolio of hotels. They will also take ownership of the annual control exercises around fixed assets, including a group-wide asset register review. It is therefore important that the individual has strong communication skills and experience of working with senior stakeholders, and also the desire for process improvement.

You will demonstrate a history of driving best practice and a passion for continuous improvement to support the Group Reporting Manager in delivering not only an industry leading financial reporting and control environment, but also a central finance function that both partners with and supports the business. They must be a proactive, self-starter with the energy and enthusiasm to strive for success.

• Start to finish management of the statutory accounts process for the 21 Group entities, including preparation of the accounts, in depth planning and tracking of status, managing internal and external review process and organising director sign-off
• Completion of the annual intercompany cleardown exercise, where the intercompany balances throughout the group are settled via various dividend and capital injection transactions
• Support preparation of quarterly consolidated reporting to the parent company and bank, including consolidated balance sheets and cashflows
• Responsible for the day to day management of the capital expenditure process
• Ownership and monitoring of the groups IFRS 16 model and processing remeasurements as required
• Support preparation of monthly management pack for parent company and bank
• Support with month end process, including processing of manual journals
• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations with supporting documentation
• Ensure Group Accounting Policy is adhered to
• Support implementation of, and compliance with, robust financial controls
• Ad hoc technical accounting and project work as required