Interim Financial Accountant, South Norfolk

Your new company
Hays are currently recruiting for a rapidly expanding, dynamic and forward thinking business in South Norfolk. This company are the market leading business in their field in the UK and have further expansion plans in the foreseeable future.

Your new role
This role is a member of the Senior Finance Leadership Team and reports to the Group Financial Controller. The primary responsibilities are to oversee the Financial Accounts, Taxation and Treasury aspects of Financial Control.

The principal aspects of the role are:

* External financial reporting and compliance, including liaison with auditors, statutory accounts and all areas of technical accounting;
* Corporation Tax and VAT accounting and compliance ;
* Treasury, including bank covenant compliance, cash flow forecasting and oversight of monthly reconciliations;
* Delivery of the monthly reporting of the Group Balance Sheet and Cash flow consolidation; In conjunction with the Management Accountant Head Office, delivery of accurate and robust balance sheet control;
* Oversight of the financial control, reporting and business partnering for the overseas business;
* Oversight of the finance integration of all acquisitions, including completion accounts, project management and acquisition accounting;
* Day to day management of the Financial Accounts, Taxation and Treasury teams;
* A member of the Senior Finance Team, supporting the Financial Controller in setting and delivering the strategy and objectives for the finance control team.

You will specifically be responsible for external financial reporting and compliance, including liaison with auditors, statutory accounts and all areas of technical accounting

* Preparation of all external reporting including Annual Report and statutory accounts, Group interim reporting, analyst presentations and 30+ subsidiary statutory accounts for all Companies within the group;
* Oversight of annual audit process, including ensuring the timetable for all parties is adhered to and all audit issues are appropriately addressed pre and post audit;
* Liaising with the Group's Annual Report designers, including ensuring the time table is adhered to and the Group's Annual Report is delivered on time;
* Responsible for all aspects of technical accounting, including share based payment charges, hedge accounting, acquisition fair value accounting, impairment reviews, intangible asset valuations and deferred tax calculations;
* Responsible for the review of all monthly technical accounting workings prepared by the Financial Accounts team, including share based payment charges, intangible asset amortisation and loan interest;
* Overseeing the accurate and timely preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations for intangible assets, share based payments, corporation tax, VAT, deferred taxation and loans.
Corporation Tax and VAT accounting and compliance

* Oversight of all aspects of Corporation Tax, including working with the Group's Tax Accountant to ensure accurate and timely calculation of tax liabilities, payments on account, group relief and submission of HMRC returns for the group and its subsidiaries;
* Oversight of all VAT accounting and compliance and cross border VAT, working with the Group's Tax Accountant to ensure returns are submitted in line with HMRC regulations for the VAT Group and those outside of the Group VAT arrangement;
* Ensuring the Group's inter-company recharges are compliant with transfer pricing regulations;
* Reviewing and developing robust and effective processes and procedures for all areas of tax compliance to ensure the Group meets the standards required under the Senior Accounting Officer reporting requirements;
* Liaising with external tax advisors where required.

Treasury, including bank covenant compliance, cash flow forecasting and monthly reporting deadlines

* Responsible for the Group's cash flow forecasting ensuring the Group has sufficient funds to facilitate further acquisitions in line with the acquisition timetable;
* Oversight of bank facility draw down and repayment instructions;
* Responsible for the accurate and timely reporting of the Group's quarterly bank covenant compliance, ensuring on an on-going basis that the Group acts within the parameters of the bank agreement;
* Liaising with the Corporate support team at the bank to ensure the smooth running of day to day services and continued development services available.

Responsible for timely and accurate delivery of the monthly Group Balance Sheet and Cash flow consolidation

* Delivery of accurate and timely consolidated balance sheet and cash flow reporting;
* Review of the monthly balance sheet and cash flow consolidation as prepared by the Financial Accounts team;
* Ensuring the consolidation accurately reflects Group's financial position including appropriate investigation and resolution where required.

Delivery of robust balance sheet control:

* Supporting the Financial Controller with delivery of accurate and timely reporting and financial control.
* Assisting the Financial Controller in development and implementation of efficient, accurate and robust accounting processes, systems and policies.
* Working in conjunction with the Management Accountant Head Office in delivery of efficient, accurate and timely management accounting.

Oversight of the financial control, reporting and business partnering for overseas business

* Providing direction and support to the European Financial Accountant to ensure timely and robust delivery of monthly financial reporting for all practices based in The Netherlands;
* Ensuring the currency translation of the non-sterling denominated balance sheets is maintained in accordance with IFRS for Group reporting purposes;
* Providing support to the European Financial Accountant to migrate practices based overseas from legacy accounting arrangements to the Group's outsourced accountancy provider based overseas
* Ensuring adherence to all European tax compliance, seeking additional outsourced support where required.

Day to day management of both the Financial Accounts, Taxation and Treasury teams

* Responsible for ensuring the continued development and progression of all team members to help them reach their potential;
* Adopting a culture of team work ensuring regular 1-2-1s with each team member and also regular team meetings and updates to help foster a culture of open communication and team work;
* Supporting the team in development of robust and effective processes, helping them to challenge areas where improvement is required and to drive change forward;
* Supporting the team in delivery of key projects and ensuring they meet the required deadlines for the wider business.

This is a full time role working Monday to Friday

What you'll need to succeed
Essential:

* Fully qualified accountant, with significant experience of statutory financial accounting and tax compliance
* Strong knowledge of IFRS, including demonstrable experience of practical application
* Experience of treasury management in a multi-site environment
* Significant experience of leading, managing and developing a team
* Advanced Excel skills
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Excellent organisational and project management skills
* Proactive and driven to succeed
* Able to communicate clearly with a range of people at differing levels
* Able to energise, shape and direct colleagues to maximise motivation

You must be available on short notice to interview and commence work.

What you need to do now
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