Group Financial Accountant

The Company:

A long established, aquistitve Electonics Business based in High Wycombe. Their products are used worldwide and regarded as the best in class. A constantly innovating listed PLC, still retain an entreupreunrial attitude while enjoying a dominant market share. They pride themselves on offering excellent benefits, rewarding their people well and offering a profesionally challenging workload with plenty of scope for career progression. The role is based at the HQ and offers hybrid working.

The Role:

We're looking for a qualified accountant to join the team as a Group Financial Accountant supporting external statutory reporting, IFRS technical accounting, tax and treasury issues within the Group Finance team.

The position provides a unique opportunity to take ownership of statutory and technical accounting processes within a fast-paced and evolving group environment.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial Accounting

Take responsibility over the Group's annual and half year reports processes and lead the projects, including:

• Preparing consolidated IFRS statutory accounts and disclosures
• Ensure that the Group's financial statements and annual report is delivered to a high standard with relevant disclosures in a timely manner
• Act as a key contact for external auditors and assist in the co-ordination of the annual and interim audit and ensuring that all auditor queries are satisfactorily addressed
• Preparing technical accounting memos for Audit Committee in line with IFRS
• Production of Group wide accounting policies and maintenance of the Group Finance Manual
• Act as the Group's technical accounting expert and assist the Management Accounting team in operating entities with any queries on accounting treatment in line with IFRS
• Management of the Group's internal control programme including the internal control declaration process
• Be responsible for the preparation of all UK based entities financial statements and to ensure that these are filed in advance of the deadline
• Be responsible for the accounting for share based payments including preparing the budget and updated forecasts for the group

Experience and Skills Required:

• Qualified ACA with audit background
• Strong grounding in IFRS technical accounting
• Experience of working in, or with, a multi-national or listed company
• Multi-currency group consolidation
• Strong analytical and IT skills particularly in Excel
• Experience of NetSuite and Microsoft BI will be advantage
• Be a strong, effective communicator, with a proven ability to build relationships
• Ability to communicate with the Board and non-financial individuals alike
• Have a high level of personal motivation and initiative with the ability to work to tight deadlines in a flexible and evolving work environment
• Actively seeks to improve processes making them more effective and efficient
• A high level of attention to detail