Corporate Reporting Accountant

Corporate Reporting Accountant 

Permanent 

Peterborough (Hybrid working 3 days in office)

Competitive Salary 

Your role: We have a fantastic opportunity for a  Corporate Reporting Accountant to join our Finance team at News UK Peterborough. Acting as a support function to the Tech team you will be a key contact for our auditors and News Corp throughout the process, also supporting more junior members of the team through training and mentoring. Some  responsibilities will include: 

• Completion and ownership of a number complex reconciliations 
• Review of reconciliations prepared by analysts within the team
• Specifically this will involve loading reporting packs for submission to US Corporate for News UK and its Subsidiaries as well as assisting analytical review. 
• Completion of additional tasks related to the quarterly reporting process including submission of analytics to News Corp
• You will assist in the preparation of key Financial Statements for News UK and its Subsidiaries to agreed timetables and the reconciliation process to management reporting
• You will be a key contact in the management of the audit processes across the group supporting the finance managers to deliver requests timely 
• You will be expected to be develop key relationships across Finance to ensure deadlines are met
• Assume responsibility for the US Tax compliance reporting (with support from the Tax and wider corporate reporting team).

More about the role

You will support the Finance Manager to deliver the annual SOX process for News UK ensuring stakeholders are supported and kept up to date and will complete testing of key SOX processes within Finance, and take a lead on new requirements to test automated controls. 

The Team

This will sit within the Corporate Reporting Team who report financial submissions for News UK and its subsidiaries using Onestream (training will be provided).  

What we’re looking for from you: 

• Effective time management
• Ability to drive process improvements
• Ability to build good business relationships
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified
• Experience working in Audit (Essential)

What's in it for you? You will be joining a growing business that is diversifying its portfolio in an industry that is fast paced and facing declining print sales. You will enjoy the challenge of new experiences and be in a great vantage point to gain insight into a business with exciting new brands supported by established respected brands. 

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
• 25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.

Equal opportunities:

The Company is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It opposes all forms of discrimination in the workplace.

We are a diverse team so want to maximise every individual’s potential to create a productive environment where everyone feels valued, and where talents are fully recognised and utilised.

This means affording equal access to any employment opportunities within the Company according to your ability, without prejudice or discrimination by reason of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, disability or age.

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