Group Accountant

Group Accountant

Part-time (30 hours per week)

Derby – Hybrid

High Growth Manufacturing

£50 - £54k FTE + benefits

We’re partnering with a hugely successful, internationally focused manufacturing organisation to appoint a Group Accountant into its Head Office finance team on a part time basis.

This is a varied Group finance role with a good mix of reporting, control, cash management and intercompany activity, audit, tax and Group reporting. It would suit someone who enjoys taking ownership of a varied remit and working closely with senior stakeholders across a complex Group structure.

You’ll play a key role in maintaining the integrity of the Head Office accounts, supporting Group reporting and helping ensure strong financial control across a number of legal entities.

The role

You’ll take ownership of a wide range of financial accounting and control activities, including:

Month-end and Group reporting

A key part of the role will be ownership of the Group Head Office accounts and trial balance, including completion of the monthly Group reporting package.

You’ll also be responsible for:

• Preparing and posting monthly journals, including accruals, prepayments, interest and loan amounts
• Completing intercompany reconciliations
• Producing monthly reports covering Head Office overheads and key KPIs
• Taking ownership of three holding companies, maintaining trial balances and accounting for intercompany transactions, dividends and loan interest
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations across all Group Head Office entities

Financial Accounting & Control

• Perform bank reconciliations and maintain accurate cash book postings
• Preparation of VAT, P11Ds and PSA returns including ensuring best practice/compliance across the Group
• Preparation of quarterly Group management recharges to the Global Business Units, ensuring Transfer Pricing requirements are met
• Ownership of Head Office accounts payable for small amount of Group service providers
• Completion of payroll reconciliations and ensuring compliance with payroll regulations

Budgets and forecasts

You’ll also take responsibility for the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process for the Head Office entity, alongside regular monthly reviews of performance.

This will include:

• Preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Reviewing costs against budget, prior year and latest forecast
• Investigating and explaining key variances
• Presenting key financial information to senior leadership, including the CEO and CFO

Head Office accounting and governance

The role also carries responsibility for a number of important Head Office finance and governance activities, including:

• Administering Head Office pension schemes, liaising with providers and processing monthly payments
• Maintaining Group documentation for loans and dividends
• Completing and maintaining the Group intercompany loan matrix
• Maintaining statutory registers and supporting annual company secretarial requirements
• Processing employee expenses and acting as a key point of control for HMRC compliance

Cash management and treasury

There is also good exposure to wider Group cash management and treasury activity.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Preparing weekly 13-week cash flow forecasts for Head Office entities
• Supporting the consolidation of Group cash forecasts
• Contributing to Group cash repatriation strategy
• Supporting wider cash planning and treasury discussions

Wider responsibilities

The role will also provide exposure across year-end reporting, audit, tax and banking, including:

• Supporting the year-end audit process
• Assisting with tax compliance requirements
• Supporting the preparation of company financial statements
• Contributing to Group tax returns at year-end
• Acting as administrator for Head Office commercial banking
• Loading and processing banking payments

What they are looking for

Our client is looking for someone who is organised, technically confident and comfortable operating within a detailed, deadline-driven Head Office environment.

Candidate Profile

• Strong attention to detail
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), Finalist or qualified by experience
• The ability to manage multiple deadlines in a structured and efficient way
• Experience of Head Office accounting, ideally including intercompany transactions and loan arrangements
• Experience working with senior executives and handling confidential information
• Sound double-entry bookkeeping knowledge
• Some exposure to Group accounts and consolidations
• Strong organisational and administrative capability
• The ability to prioritise effectively across a broad workload

Experience of SAP would be beneficial but is not essential, while exposure to US GAAP would also be useful.

This is a strong opportunity for someone looking for a broad part time Group-level accounting role with exposure to senior leadership, multiple entities, treasury, tax, reporting and financial control.

If you’d like to hear more, please get in touch for a confidential conversation