GROUP FINANCIAL REPORTING ACCOUNTANT - Cumbernauld

We’re looking for a Group Financial Reporting Accountant to play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting across the Group. This is a great opportunity to join our Group Finance function, partnering with teams across the business to ensure our reporting is accurate, timely and aligned to current accounting guidance and the Group Finance Manual.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITY

You’ll support the delivery of the statutory financial reporting process, ensuring the planning, compliance, accuracy and completeness of Group and subsidiary statutory accounts. You’ll play a key role in meeting legal and accounting requirements, delivering high-quality reporting on time and supporting reporting to the Audit Committee.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Group Tax team to prepare the necessary disclosures for the Group and individual subsidiary statutory accounts.

• Assist with the delivery of the group consolidation of the year end statutory financial reporting process ensuring compliance, completeness, and accuracy of all information.

• Lead the day-to-day management of the statutory reporting process within the Group, ensuring appropriate guidance is issued to local finance teams and the relevant central finance functions are engaged in the process, and aware of key deadlines.

• Build relationships with the external auditors to ensure all audit requirements are delivered in line with the statutory reporting timetable.

•  Develop and maintain technical expertise across all areas of statutory reporting to support the delivery of financial reporting and related team and functional initiatives, including providing training and guidance to local finance teams and new joiners.

• Support the development and ongoing maintenance of the Group Finance Manual, ensuring it remains up to date and reflects the changing business needs and regulatory environment.

• Provide financial reporting support in respect of project requirements across the Group, including areas such as The Finance Manual, acquisition accounting, corporate structure, accounting policy changes etc.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

You’ll be a qualified accountant with a genuine interest in financial reporting and a desire to continually develop and keep your technical knowledge up to date. Experience or knowledge of FRS 102 would be an advantage. You’ll be confident working with numbers, able to communicate clearly and comfortable building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business. You will be confident working within a team to find solutions to problems and to establish improved ways of working.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Finance function at a time of significant positive change and continuous improvement.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

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