Group Financial Accountant

Location West Sussex
Discipline: Finance & Strategy
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: ari@weareedenbrook.com
Job ref: J5025
Published: about 1 year ago
Group Financial Reporting Accountant Key responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Preparation of Statutory Financial Statements for the Group’s UK subsidiaries. • Assist the Group’s auditors to ensure that the year-end audit process runs smoothly • Provide IFRS technical accounting advice, with particular focus on (but not limited to) IFRS 9 to the accounting operations team, senior management and other stakeholders • Consider the accounting implications of transactions or changes to the operations of the Group and the retail lending company in light of these standards • Supporting technical accounting projects including consultation with other teams throughout the Group and preparation of technical accounting memos and discussion paper • Supporting the maintenance of Group accounting policies to ensure it follows best practice and remain relevant • Ownership of weekly technical intelligence reporting, scanning the horizon for technical and reporting developments (IASB, FRC FCA amongst others) The ideal candidate should have: • Solid experience within technical accounting/accounting policy development team/financial reporting team of a UK publicly listed company or Big Four newly qualified accountant • Background in Technical accounting, strong working knowledge of IFRS 9, (ECL, Hedge Accounting and Securitisation) and Group reporting • Knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP and (IFRS 17 experience is an advantage) • Background in Financial Statements production or audit & banking business and accounting