Group Accountant

at  Robert Walters

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a seasoned Group Accountant to join a leading global provider of innovative tech solutions. This role offers the chance to work with some of the world’s biggest companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, helping them reshape what it means to be a business. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting and accounting, contributing to leadership initiatives, driving change management, and focusing on continuous improvement to enhance overall efficiency within the team. Our client is a leading global provider of innovative clean tech solutions, working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies as well as innovative challenger brands. They are driven by their passion to create positive impact, helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. Their values drive decisions and how they interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. They offer personal growth – in leadership, commercial acumen and technical excellence – to be part of a global, winning high growth organisation – with a career path to match. They provide a vibrant culture full of people passionate about transformation and making a difference -with a one team, collaborative ethos. They offer a competitive reward package that truly awards their top talent.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

As a Group Accountant, you will be instrumental in shaping the financial landscape of our client’s organisation. Your responsibilities will extend beyond operational tasks; you will contribute to leadership initiatives, drive change management, and focus on continuous improvement to enhance overall efficiency within the team. You will manage full processes for month-end and year-end closing, oversee day-to-day accounting in Net Suite, assist with monthly reconciliations, manage direct reports, collaborate with other global accountants, mentor staff, ensure global compliance deadlines are met, drive improvements within the accounting function, assist with budgeting & forecasting, ad hoc reporting, analysis and research related to finance and business operations.

• Manage full process for month-end and year-end closing including balance sheet reconciliations.
• Oversee day-to-day accounting in Net Suite.
• Manage the work delivered for group and local audits including preparation of statutory accounts.
• Implement and oversee a system of internal controls and perform internal audit of revenue-related processes used globally.
• Assist with monthly reconciliations and perform monthly review of reconciliations.
• Manage direct report(s), collaborate with other global accountants, mentor and develop team/staff.
• Work closely with the Leadership team to deliver reports, analyse findings, identify potential risk areas and forecast opportunities.
• Ensure global compliance deadlines are met and review global compliance filings including GST/VAT returns and FBT returns.
• Drive improvements and increase efficiency within the accounting function through collaboration and systems upgrades.
• Assist with budgeting & forecasting, ad hoc reporting, analysis and research related to finance and business operations.

The ideal Group Accountant candidate will bring a wealth of accountancy experience, with a minimum of 8 years operating within an accounting team. You will have a solid technical background, including consolidated reporting and statutory reporting experience, and familiarity with public company compliance and governance. Your experience in technology or professional services organisations will be complemented by your knowledge of revenue and lease accounting practices. As a proven leader, you have managed finances for multi-divisional international businesses and have up-to-date knowledge of best practices in accounting. A background in Chartered Audit and advanced proficiency in Excel are also required. A Chartered Accountant qualification is mandatory for this role.

• Minimum of 8 years of accountancy experience operating in an accounting team.
• Solid technical background including consolidated reporting and statutory reporting experience.
• Familiarity with public company compliance and governance demonstrating adherence to regulatory standards.
• Experience in technology or professional services organisations with knowledge of revenue and lease accounting practices.
• Proven experience in managing finances for multi-divisional international businesses.
• Up-to-date knowledge of best practices in accounting.
• Background in Chartered Audit.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Chartered Accountant qualification is mandatory