Group Accountant

This is an extremely broad, newly created role for someone exceptional to join the high-calibre finance team of a small, fast-growing PLC in Somerset.

Client Details

My client are a majority family-owned PLC which has experienced phenomenal growth in recent times both organically and through acquisition, frequently branching out into new markets and pushing the boundaries of industry capabilities. They have a habit of helping their people forge long, highly successful careers by providing them with superb progression and development opportunities.

Description

Assisting UK & European Finance Director with key, group-wide ad hoc projects

Group Management Accounts

• Preparation of consolidated Group monthly management accounts
• Review of UK and European subsidiary Management Accounts

Statutory Accounts

• Assisting preparation of the interim and final consolidated group accounts
• Assisting Co-ordination of Group consolidation for statutory purposes
• Finalisation of UK subsidiary statutory accounts
• Monitoring of changes/additions to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS's) to ensure the Group and subsidiary companies remain compliant with current accounting standards and best practice

Preparation of annual UK tax computations (in liaison with UK tax advisers) Implementation and monitoring of KPI's

Consolidation of monthly Group cash flow forecasts and assistance with overall treasury management

Assisting in annual budget preparation process

Assisting UK & European Finance Director with Group Company Secretarial duties

• Maintaining of statutory records
• Compliance with UKLA and DTR reporting
• Administration of subsidiary and parent company AGM's
• General company secretarial duties

Profile

The ideal candidate will be qualified, bright, ambitious and should have lots of personality. In return this opportunity will afford the successful candidate superb career progression (the UK&Europe FD joined from practice only 7 years ago), regular close interaction with The Board, exposure to a variety of key commercial accounting tasks and projects and the chance to be part of a high performance PLC culture which has retained the feel of a family-run business.

Job Offer

This role will pay a highly competitive salary for the region, plus the chance to very quickly progress both career and earnings.