Your new company

You will work for a global, innovative company that has offices in Europe, the UK, America and Asia. This company fosters a collaborative and inclusive culture where finance professionals can thrive. Whether you're supporting strategic financial planning, driving performance improvements, or analysing complex data sets, your work will contribute to meaningful change in the services that this company provides. They offer dynamic career paths, continuous learning opportunities, and the chance to be part of a global team.

Your new role

As an Accounting Consultant, you will be supporting statutory audit, compliance and regulatory reporting requirements. The Accounting Consultant is essential for ensuring and maintaining an internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. Working alongside the Finance and Accounting teams, you'll have the opportunity to manage both long and short-term projects effectively while working collaboratively in interdepartmental settings to accomplish tasks and goals.

Primary Responsibilities:
Prepare legal entity financial statements in accordance with IFRS and US GAAP.
Maintain an internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting.
Create, document, review and approve journal entries (e.g., journal upload, general ledger queries).
Prepare, review and approve account reconciliations.
Proactively analyse financial data to identify and address potential accounting issues on an ongoing basis, ensuring compliance with US and International GAAP.
Solve complex accounting problems and develop innovative solutions when resolving issues.
Demonstrate understanding of intercompany relationships and organisational structures (e.g., segments, legal entities) required to record both intercompany and intersegment transactions.
Perform financial variance analysis and provide explanations (period-over-period actuals) for Income statement, Balance sheet and Cash flow projections.
Partner with peers in other finance teams to streamline processes and implement best practice across geographies.
You will be rewarded and recognised for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

What you'll need to succeed

Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
Multinational experience
Working knowledge of both US GAAP and IFRS accounting and financial statement preparation under multiple GAAPs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experienced Excel user

Desirable

Experience with PeopleSoft Financial
Excel Add-in Tools such as SmartView

What you'll get in return

You will work for a global company in a contracted role for a minimum of 12 months. Flexible working hours and hybrid working are available, and you will be offered a competitive salary.

What you need to do now

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