Statutory Accountant, Monese

• Qualified accountant (ideally UK-based ACA) with at least 2 years post qualification experience in a similar position
• Audit-trained from a medium/large accountancy firm, with experience of supervising and co-ordinating external audits
• Experience of documenting processes and key controls
• Strong understanding and technical knowledge of IFRS
• Hands-on experience of preparing IFRS consolidated statutory financial statements, including disclosures
• Experience of roles in medium sized companies (circa over £40m turnover) with multi-currency ledgers and consolidations
• Experience of preparing technical papers
• Excellent in Microsoft Excel and proficient in PowerPoint and navigating various accounting systems for efficient data management and reporting
• Experience in managing small teams, and training & development of junior staff
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Demonstrates a risk and controls mindset, ensuring deliverables are of high quality and documented appropriately
• Self-motivated and self-driven individual, taking responsibility and ownership in delivering high quality work within set deadlines, in a fast-paced environment

Desirable

• This role sits within our Financial Control team which is responsible for the main statutory and financial reporting obligations of the group companies
• This role reports to the Group Financial Controller, and is focussed on ensuring all statutory reporting obligations are delivered in a timely and accurate manner, and will also be instrumental in developing and implementing key financial controls across the team, be involved in driving a range of finance related process improvements and initiatives
• It is a hands-on position requiring a self-driven individual with exceptional communication, organisation, and analytical skills
• Collaboration across various finance, business and regulatory functions will be a key part of this role
• Co-ordinate and manage the year-end audit process across the Pockit and Monese group
• Draft accounting technical papers for approval to support accounting decisions, particularly around share options, impairment reviews, capitalised development costs, share issues, acquisition/disposals
• Manage and prepare the consolidation of multi-currency subsidiaries; prepare consolidated year-end financial statements in accordance with IFRS, drafting disclosures for statutory accounts
• Stay current with accounting standards and regulatory requirements, and co-ordinate with wider finance functions to implement these
• Co-ordinate with company secretarial regarding statutory filings
• Completion of quarterly VAT submissions
• Review of corporation tax computation, preparation of annual R&D claims and co-ordination with external tax advisors
• Review of monthly payroll and co-ordination with payroll providers and HR to implement any changes in benefits; manage share options accounting
• Good understanding of UK tax frameworks including corporation tax, VAT, payroll taxes, and transfer pricing
• Responsible for any FCA-related finance submissions
• Responsible for accounting for capitalised development costs, goodwill, equity, reserves, and loans; including posting the relevant accounting entries on the accounting system
• Implementation and co-ordination of monthly balance sheet reconciliation process; performance and review of balance sheet reconciliations
• Review of month-end reporting and preparation of monthly finance packs with variance analysis
• Responsibility for finance treasury operations, managing the treasury flows bi-monthly to ensure cash is optimised, approving payments to suppliers and implementing controls around payments
• Review, documentation of finance processes, identifying and implementing key controls
• Training and development of junior accountants/finance operations
• Build strong working relationships across wider Finance Team, Treasury, Regulatory and external advisors, and auditors
• Contribute to finance projects (eg entity integration, process/system changes)
• The role may involve some hybrid working, but the candidate is expected to be present for key leadership and collaboration functions as needed