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Working for a leading global provider of financial markets, an exciting contract role has emerged to lead the Global Treasury Accounting team.

Your new role

• Manage a team of 5, who are responsible for treasury accounting, systems and controls.
• Ownership of treasury financial statement disclosures (net finance costs, cash & cash equivalents, borrowings & lease liabilities and financial assets & liabilities) for the half year, hard close and year-end Group accounts.
• Preparation of information to be included in the slides for year-end.
• Assist with the review of the Group's annual report.
• Manage the treasury accounting group audit.
• Manage the statutory audit of three treasury entities and review of financial statements, prepared in accordance with FRS 101 and GAAP.
• Review of monthly treasury accounting reporting pack, hedge accounting, derivative valuations and reconciliations. Participate in monthly review calls with senior management.
• Prepare a quarterly analytical review pack for treasury balances and participate in review calls with senior management.
• Provides accounting guidance on debt and derivative transactions and compliance with hedge accounting requirements.
• Review and approve treasury accounting memos.
• Review and approve hedge strategy documentation, prepared under IAS 39.
• Manage and participate in the ERP implementation of User Acceptance Testing for the Integrity Treasury Management System.
• Review and approve corporate transaction step plans for treasury transactions and analyse the fx impact of other step plans, such as dividends.
• Review and approve functional currency assessments.
• Monitor fx exposures and provide guidance on hedging strategies.
• Participate in the renewal of treasury facilities.
• Manage treasury operational risk through robust controls.
• Review and approve quarterly balance sheet substantiation.
• Assist with ad hoc questions and projects.

What you'll need to succeed

• ACA/ACCA qualified accountant with a minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong knowledge of the accounting treatment for borrowings, derivatives and hedge accounting.
• Experience in the application of:
  - IFRS 9:
  Financial Instruments
  - IAS 39: Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (hedge accounting)
  - IAS 21: The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates

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