Job Description
HW Finance are partnering with a well-established international group to appoint an Interim Group Financial Accountant to support their financial reporting function on a minimum 6-month basis.
This role will play a key part in supporting the group finance function. While predominantly based within the UK finance team, the role will also require some travel to the German site.
This is a great opportunity to gain exposure to European and cross-border financial reporting, while making an immediate and tangible impact within a busy finance function.
What's on offer
- Salary of £60,000 - £80,000 DOE
- Defined contribution pension (8% employer) and life assurance
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- 1 day per week working from home
Key responsibilities
- Preparation of statutory reporting for the German group entity
- Supporting and, where appropriate, leading the German statutory audit process
- Assisting with financial reporting across the wider European group
- Ownership of the month-end close process, including accruals, prepayments and fixed assets
- Producing monthly management accounts for central functions, including intercompany recharges
- Completion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Payroll postings and review
- Supporting the tax team with VAT returns, submissions and queries
- Responding to information requests from tax authorities
- Providing financial insight and support to internal accounting and reporting teams
- Delivering general financial accounting support across the group
- Contributing to ad-hoc projects and financial analysis as required
For this role, we are ideally looking for a qualified accountant. A strong technical background would be advantageous, but is not essential.
If you're interested in this opportunity and would like to find out more, please apply or get in touch for a confidential discussion.
