Compliance Accountant Supervisor

Due to continued expansion and rapid growth we have an excellent opportunity to recruit for a Qualified Accountant to join our prestigious client as a Supervisor within their Global Business Solutions (GBS) department as part of the Compliance team based at their offices in South Worcestershire.

*Reporting directly to the Compliance Director, the role offers the right individual a real opportunity for progression into a Management position in the future.

The remit of the Compliance team is to ensure that all international statutory compliance deadlines i.e. statutory financial statements, audits, corporate tax returns, corporate secretarial work etc. are prepared and filed on a timely basis for their GBS client portfolio.

This covers their US client base who have either full subsidiaries, branches or permanent establishments overseas, across 30+ different countries on a global basis.

**This position, supervising an existing team, would further expand the Compliance team assigned to their UK client portfolio whilst also offering opportunities to work on an international scale.

Expectations

Taking responsibility for the planning and management of compliance work across their US client base including the preparation, review and delivery of their UK statutory compliance obligations, you will ensure a high quality, consistent global approach and client service excellence is provided as well as developing a more junior team.

• Desire be part of a fast-paced, expanding and successful department, excited by the opportunity to work in an international environment and with a drive to contribute to the ongoing success of the firm and the team.
• Demonstrate understanding, technical knowledge and application of FRS 102; ability to prepare and review FRS 102 UK financial statements, providing feedback, coaching and training to a more junior team.
• Project manage key stages of delivering an international compliance services to their clients; with a focus on ensuring that all UK statutory compliance services are delivered to their client portfolio in a timely manner; this includes identification of audit requirements, coordination and scheduling with statutory auditors, preparation and review of financial statements, answering team, auditors and client queries, supervising a junior team and ensuring all deadlines are identified and achieved.
• Communicate effectively with clients in an articulate, informed, persuasive fashion, with an ability to give them the confidence that you have the answers and can deliver as well as adopting a global project management mind-set, ensuring that global obligations and implications are identified and being handled by the relevant teams.
• Ability to identify and anticipate client needs or issues and present possible solutions;
• Challenge, adapt and/or champion new ways of working; be a self-starter who can input in to continuous improvements for process and procedures both within the team and across the department.
• Commercial awareness; ability to contribute towards marked improvements in budgets, time recording, fee structure and profitability of work.

Required Attributes

• Qualified ACA/ACCA with year+ post qualified experience.
• Previous experience of handling a large client portfolio, including UK statutory financial statement preparation, review and/or audit, gained within public practice.
• Excellent client service and communication skills and an ability to gain trust and develop relationships quickly.
• Ability to deliver consistent responses and high standards first time through high attention to detail.
• Highly organised and able to deal with multiple deadlines and prioritise tasks appropriately.
• A team player and self-starter who is able to come in and quickly take ownership with minimal management supervision.
• Experience with people management either through direct line management or supervisory experience of a more junior team would be advantageous.
• IT skills - ability to use Microsoft office packages, in particular Excel. Experience with Caseware and Iris highly desirable.
• An interest in the big picture around what Global Business Solutions and the wider Firm can offer to their clients.

A 'hands on' and progressive role which will give you access to an interesting range of US tech start-ups and their senior management team, as well as their international operations.