The Consultancy Group are currently partnered with a global Market Research company, who is looking for a Senior Group Reporting Accountant.

The successful candidate, will join the Group Finance team in their London office. Reporting to the Head of Group Finance, playing a critical role in managing our global accounting consolidation process.

Main responsibilities:

• Preparation of the group consolidation of over 30 entities
• Preparation of Group and Parent Co ETBs and supporting schedules at year-end and half year
• Assist with production of the back half of the Annual Report & Accounts including primary statements and disclosures.
• Ensure that intercompany balances are effectively eliminated.
• Provide analysis for trading and below the line FX in the income statement.
• Monitor the month-end timetable to ensure compliance across the finance teams and timely reporting of the month-end numbers to senior management.
• Preparation of the monthly Group management pack for the Board
• Review of Group intercompany matrix, and following up discrepancies with transactional teams
• Maintain reconciliations for below the line income statement items ie exceptional costs and interest
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for other Group items (ie leases)
• Prepare and maintain acquisition accounting entries.
• Lead income statement and balance sheet review calls with regional teams
• Assist with maintaining schedules for share-based payments and share based payment accounting entries.
• Support projects to standardise and improve financial controls across the group.
• Assist internal and external auditors with audit requests.

As Senior Group Accountant, you will:

• Qualified ACA (or equivalent) from a Top 20 accountancy firm
• 2+ years PQE in industry with experience of IFRS and financial consolidation
• Excellent Excel skills
• Experience of preparing financial statements and disclosures under IFRS
• Experience of using NetSuite, Adaptive Planning and Power BI desirable but not essential
• Exposure to share-based payments accounting desirable.
• Strong communication skills and service orientation/responsiveness
• Deal with audit questions (previous experience as an auditor would be very useful)
• Accounting for acquisitions and goodwill
• Experience in preparing preliminary results statement.