Responsible for the annual audit, including day-to-day liaison with the external audit team for year end
Building and maintaining accounting manual documentation by ensuring policies adhere to IFRS for management and statutory accounting
Redesign and production of Statutory (company only and consolidated) FRS101 & IFRS accounts of all FitFlop Group Companies (local and overseas)
Coordinating the preparation of audit deliverables with the Finance team and other departments in line with audit timings
Ensure the business’ audit deliverables meet the requirements of the auditors both in terms of quality and timeliness by way of the year end audit milestone plan
Recommending any changes from new/amended accounting standards and implementing them in the Financial Statements as required
Ensuring external tax experts prepare the year-end tax computations and returns in line with audit milestones
Proactively supporting the wider Finance team and BI team to help improve the Finance reporting suite as required
Ad hoc requests from the FM, GFC, or CFO

ACA or equivalent qualification
Solid accounting experience including statutory accounting, consolidation, and tax
Knowledge of the end-to-end statutory audit process, and experience of liaising with auditors
Up to date knowledge of the latest accounting standards and how they affect statutory accounts
Experience of producing high quality, reliable financial information for management
Experience of working with finance systems – Navision or NetSuite is preferred, but not essential
Experience of working with BI and reporting systems – Tableau, Smartsheet advantageous
Able to work as part of a team and autonomously to agreed deadlines
Excellent communication (both oral and written) and organisational skills
Advanced user of Excel
Possessing strong business awareness and acumen
Business partnering – we want you to be embedded in the business and at the right hand of your stakeholders, supporting them to make the right decisions from a commercial & financial standpoint

Statutory Accountant – FTC

Key skills