Group Accountant - FTSE 250

Recruiter
Agora Talent Ltd
Location
The City, Central London
Salary
Competitive
Posted
18 May 2019
Closes
17 Jun 2019
Ref
1156084370
Job role
Accountant, Group accountant
Sector
Accounting - Public practice
Agora Talent is pleased to be supporting this FTSE 250 Retailer for a Group Accountant due to recent internal promotion.

Your role will be wide-ranging and encompass you working with many different functions. Truly building your partnering skills whilst in a technical field.
  • Maintain accurate accounting records for head office companies. This will include:
  • Accounting for intercompany interest and settlement of intercompany interest and principal balances.
  • Production of monthly management accounts for head office companies.
  • Reporting of head office costs and intercompany recharge
  • Production of monthly management reports for the treasury function, including revaluation report for external debt, actual and budgeted interest and cash reports.
  • Preparation of intercompany reports on a monthly basis, and ensuring accuracy of intercompany reporting in the group consolidation system. This will include co-ordinating with UK and overseas finance teams to ensure any discrepancies are identified and resolved on a timely basis.
  • Ensuring the completeness of monthly reporting submissions by the group companies in the consolidation system, and ensuring that any discrepancies are identified and resolved on a timely basis.
  • Working closely with Group Financial Reporting Manager as part of period end consolidation process as follows:
  • To review the completeness and accuracy of key accounting reconciliations e.g. provisions, fixed assets, debt.
  • To ensure that the Group’s goodwill balance is accurately reported including the revaluation of goodwill, maintained in foreign currency.
  • To ensure that the interest charge on Group’s external loan is completely and accurately recorded in each of the individual Financing companies (UK and overseas)
  • Assistance with the preparation of monthly consolidation pack including all key reconciliations
  • Preparation of various reports under the group’s external debt agreement on a monthly basis.
  • Assistance in review and reporting of monthly head office cost reports in preparation of head office cost budget and forecast as well as monthly head office budget vs actual reviews.
  • Processing invoices and posting various journal entries as required

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