Statutory Reporting Accountant - ACCA / CIMA Qualified (Part or Full)

Bright Horizons, voted Great Place to Work for the last 12 consecutive years, are looking for a Statutory Reporting Accountant, to join their large financial team based in Rushden, Northamptonshire on a full time basis. 

Reporting directly to the Financial Accounting Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring financial controls and compliance are maintained in the production of all financial information, including: 
• Statutory reporting, 
• Preparation of corporation tax packs, 
• Completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations (particularly for acquired companies) 
• Maintaining bank relationships & accounts
• Assisting and liaising with internal and external audit 
• Ensuring that the company are complying with Sarbanes Oxley (SARBOX).

Additional responsibilities to include (but not be limited to):
• Maintaining accurate and effective personnel records
• Responding appropriately to issues requiring confidentiality
• Working with the team to ensure they are aligned to the company’s strategic goals
• Using evidence to evaluate policies, projects and programmes – seeing where the main risks lie, and thinking through implications, mitigating risks where possible and maximising opportunities

Recommended Experience/ Knowledge/ Skills
• ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA Qualified Accountant (Part Qualified will be considered)
• Experience with statutory reporting and group consolidations, balance sheet reconciliations and treasury
• Knowledge of FRS 102
• Working knowledge of corporation tax and VAT, US GAAP and SARBOX
• Ability to act assertively, and behave fairly and ethically
• Hold excellent communication skills, with both internal and external customers
• Ability to self-manage – being flexible and adaptable, to embrace new ways of doing things/ ability to learn new processes and utilise internal software/database

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.