Interim Year End Accountant

Interim Year End Accountant - Woking

• Responsibility for successful delivery of Group's annual financial statement audit
• Preparation of the Group Consolidation File
• Liaise and delivery of all audit deliverables requested by the audit teams
• Responding to all additional audit requests and queries
• Managing & Co-ordinating responses from Finance and non-Finance team members and the wider business.
• Co-ordination and review of all Corporation Tax Computations
• Preparation / review of the Group and Subsidiary financial statements
• Minimising the number of audit journals and management letter points
• Attending and leading audit update and close meeting
• Manage the production of subsidiary Statutory Accounts for all legal entities
• Preparation and successful audit of the Annual Reports and Accounts that is in full compliance with IFRS, OfS, and any other regulatory disclosure requirements.
• Timely preparation of top-quality annual report and accounts for subsidiary companies in the group.
• Coordinate the completion of OfS return working with FP&A, Management accounting, registry and strategy teams.
• Review of month end revenue recognition, Balance sheet reconciliation etc. to ensure technical accounting aspects are covered.
• Regular review and update of accounting policies to be fully IFRS compliant and preparing detailed accounting papers for the Audit Committee.
• Develop/update discounted cash flow model for impairment review.
• Take the lead on work for key judgements and estimates and preparing related Audit Committee papers.
• Liaise with EY for Group tax provision and related disclosure requirements in statutory financial statements (group and subsidiaries).
• Deputise for Financial Controller where needed on leading the audit and ensure all the information is provided on a timely basis including the project management of PBCs.
• Deputise for Financial Controller where needed on Liaising with internal audit manager to ensure yearly audit plan are executed as planned.
• Deputise for Financial Controller where needed as the main contact point for corporate tax with external advisors.
• Prepare/amend technical accounting papers including IFRS15 (for new and existing partnerships), IFRS16, IFRS 9 and any others, as required.