Statutory Reporting and Tax Accountant

Role Overview

• Overseeing and producing primary statements and disclosure notes for the annual consolidated report and accounts.
• Drive the production of the statutory consolidation and group accounts (in excel) and the statutory accounts in CCH.
• Ensuring F2414CA Non-financial F3 and sustainability information statement is up to date
• Coordinating and delivering the work required to established and accurate standards.
• Owning the production of the annual subsidiary accounts.
• Supporting the interim and year end external reporting process and audit.
• Liaising with auditors on key year end and half year deliverables, discussing potential situations that can arise during the statutory reporting process, along with internal auditors.
• Assisting with and preparing technical accounting papers for submission to the Group’s statutory auditors, and to prepare contributions for papers submitted to the Group Audit Committee and Group Board.
• Acting as a subject matter expert for financial reporting.
• Provision of technical accounting knowledge and support across the financial reporting teams.
• Prepare monthly consolidated balance sheet & cash flow for management account and external reporting purposes.
• Support due diligence on potential acquisition targets with respect to tax compliance.
• Review completion accounts for acquisition entities and ensure accurate disclosures in associated financial statements as well as appropriate tax provisions.
• Lead corporate simplification project to rationalise group structure considering tax and accounting implications.
• Prepare corporation tax computations for all group entities as well as deferred tax calculations.
• Prepare ERS returns for group schemes and ensuring filed appropriately.
• Maintain transfer pricing schedules and documentation as well as consider cross boarder implications of transactions.
• Prepare monthly consolidated balance sheet & cash flow for management account and external reporting purposes.
• Managing and supporting the Statutory Reporting & Tax Assistant Accountant to deliver group objectives – including starting the process for SAO, reviewing VAT returns and quarterly payment on account calculations and supporting the delivery of the US tax reporting (predominantly requires accounting detail from our systems rather than UK tax specific information)

Requirements

• ACA qualified, with 1-2 years PQE and with experience of large organisations, ideally as an external auditor with one of the Big 4 or from a group reporting function.
• Up-to-date knowledge of UKGAAP
• Experience of preparing or auditing UKGAAP financial statements
• Experience in applying technical accounting standards in a group consolidation context, also in subsidiary financial statements
• Experience working in tax department of accountancy firm, with detailed knowledge of corporation tax and VAT.
• Excellent time management and organisation skills
• Be a self-motivator and show an ability to ‘get the job done’ without close supervision
• Drive and determination to deliver outstanding results as the company grows
• Strong communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Advance excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail

Benefits

• Competitive Salary Package
• Quarterly and yearly awards
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Generous Holiday allowance, increasing by 1 day per year based on service up to an additional 5 days holiday per year