WHAT YOU WILL DO

The role is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Group’s consolidated and subsidiary financial statements, advising on complex technical accounting matters and the production of Tax returns and compliance with Tax regulation.
As a member of the external reporting team, the successful candidate will have contact with numerous stakeholders at varying levels of seniority within the business and externally (external auditors and tax advisers).

A critical member of the external reporting and tax team responsible for, amongst other items, the Annual Report and Accounts and Interim Accounts. Responsibilities include:

• Support the production of the consolidated results and financial statements for the Group and its subsidiaries.
• Prepare accurate and timely disclosures to a high standard for first review
• Monitor the receipt of internal deliverables, and review these, to support the reporting process.
• Liaise with the external auditors, monitor the adherence to their client request list and ensure these are provided on time. Provide timely responses to their queries. As a member of the external reporting team, your role requires you to facilitate a smooth audit process which includes project management, timely delivery of information and explanations to auditors and good communication.
• Work closely with the regulatory reporting team to provide data needed for Regulatory Returns/ provide explanations as needed.
• Review month and period end outputs to understand movements as these ultimately feed in to the ARA and Interim Accounts.
• Pick up adhoc tasks as required to support the smooth running of the regular reporting processes.
• Understand the taxes applicable to the Group, reporting timelines and how the Group maintains compliance with its tax requirements. Familiarity with UK Corporation Tax and VAT is helpful

Demonstrate knowledge of accounting standards that are relevant to the Group e.g. IFRS 9, IFRS 2, IFRS 5 among others. Responsibilities include

• Support the preparation of technical accounting papers, as required. Research accounting treatment for transactions, prepare drafts of accounting papers for review, that demonstrate an understanding of the accounting implications, consideration of alternatives and so on.
• Understand and challenge existing accounting treatment in respect of key judgements and rationalise to external auditors.
• Perform analysis on model outputs/ calculated outputs including variance analysis to identify inaccuracies/ discrepancies in reporting