Group Accountant

About the role

This Group Accountant role covers the full set of accounts for investment holding companies, including audit support, month-end closing, group consolidation and reporting. It sits within a finance team that works across several departments and subsidiaries.

Key responsibilities

• Manage full sets of accounts for investment holding companies, handle audit requests, maintain supporting schedules and follow up on audit adjustments and local statutory financial statements.
• Monitor month-end closing progress and help improve reporting processes and controls.
• Support the preparation of consolidated financial statements, statutory accounts and US reporting deliverables, and handle intercompany balances and transactions.
• Help prepare monthly group financial reports and presentation slides.
• Collect and validate financial data with finance teams across departments and subsidiaries, and coordinate with external auditors.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and US GAAP and SEC reporting, and contribute to consolidation and reporting process improvements and automation.
• Support annual budgeting and forecasting, take part in finance transformation projects and provide ad-hoc financial analysis.

Required profile

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or a related discipline; a professional accounting qualification is preferred.
• At least 3-5 years of relevant accounting or audit experience, including hands-on group consolidation.
• Prior audit experience with a mid-tier or Big Four firm; Big Four experience combined with commercial finance experience is a strong advantage.
• Experience preparing management reports for a listed company.
• Able to meet reporting deadlines, resolve reconciliation issues and communicate effectively across multiple entities.

Required skills

• Good working knowledge of IFRS and strong Excel skills.
• Experience with accounting systems such as Xero.
• Detail-oriented, proactive and able to work independently in a fast-moving environment.
• Advantageous: ERP or accounting system migration and integration experience, and knowledge of US GAAP or SEC reporting.