Job Description

You are required to create a strong financial control environment by ensuring robust policies, procedures and processes are in place that deliver accurate and timely external and internal reporting (statutory and management).

• Has full accountability for technical compliance and guidelines, balance sheet control, cash optimization, treasury management and tax compliance within the business
• Works closely with senior members of the financial and commercial management teams to ensure ways of working and commercial contracts are acceptable from a compliance and process perspective
• Overseas transaction processing to deliver an efficient and effective AP and AR process
• Year end is the end of November and there are some post Covid legacy issues which still need to be fully worked through before the audit starts.
• The team have been working from home for the last year, only just returning to the office, on a hybrid basis, in the last few weeks.
• This means strong people management skills – including coaching, motivating etc. – are very important
• One area of particular focus is around lease accounting / IFRS16 – the accounting for all leases has been impacted by a combination of the government mandated closure period and / or renegotiated lease terms.
• Having prior experience in these areas will be a real advantage

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Year end is the end of November and there are some post Covid legacy issues which still need to be fully worked through before the audit starts.
• The team have been working from home for the last year, only just returning to the office, on a hybrid basis, in the last few weeks. This means strong people management skills – including coaching, motivating etc. – are very important
• One area of particular focus is around lease accounting / IFRS16 – the accounting for all leases has been impacted by a combination of the government mandated closure period and / or renegotiated lease terms. Having prior experience in these areas will be a real advantage