Head of Accounting

Overview

Lead accounting team, ensure compliance, reporting, treasury and cash flow management.

Key Responsibilities

• process improvement
• treasury management
• month end
• intercompany reporting
• cash forecast
• ifrs reporting

Tasks

-Driving the process improvements that have been set in place and encouraging best practices -Identifying process weaknesses and designing, implementing and enforcing process improvements across the central finance team, alongside the Head of Controlling -Ownership of the treasury processes, including overseeing internal forward hedges on EUR transactions (all outside of hedge accounting) -Routine month-end journals and coordination with intercompany partners, driving analysis and brief forecasting where necessary -Completion of group intercompany reporting -Responsible for the financial accounting team, credit control and purchase ledger functions -Key contact for external reporting, liaising with external auditors and external tax advisors for key reporting deadlines and RDEC. -Ownership and development of cash flow forecasting and reporting, providing insight into key KPIs such as debtor days and business cash flow -Responsible for preparing statutory accounts to relevant deadlines -Balance sheet reconciliations for complex areas -Ownership of month-end process in coordination with the Head of Controlling -Ownership of the newly implemented risk and control matrix, driving best practices and control improvements and enhanced documentation -Monthly and quarterly group management reporting in IFRS, ownership and understanding of the group reporting templates

Requirements

• aca/acca
• ifrs 16
• frs 101
• ms office
• large data
• time management

What You Bring

-Highly motivated, reliable and hardworking -Excellent time management skills -Highly inquisitive and a strong desire to learn and continue to drive process improvements -ACA/ACCA Fully qualified candidates from a practice background -Strong organisational and people skills -Ability to navigate complex and challenging systems and offering process improvements -Technical accounting expertise, reporting under FRS 101. Providing authoritative guidance on complex accounting issues and ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards, working with Group experts where required. Expertise with IFRS 16 processing and completeness with key business contacts is essential. -Consistently works to deadlines -Strong skills using MS Office and large data sets -Competent in IFRS accounting

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Benefits

-Employee Assistance Programme -Competitive salary paid on a monthly basis -34 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays -Free access to premium health and wellbeing apps -Subsidised gym membership -Attractive company pension scheme -Multiple salary sacrifice benefits including Electric Cars and Cycle2Work -Industry-leading enhanced maternity and paternity provision -Long Service award scheme, with holiday benefits -Health cash plan provided, allows you to claim towards health costs. For example, dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and more. -Life Assurance Scheme - 4x annual salary

About Tk Elevator

-Founded with a passion for transforming vertical transportation, the company has grown into a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry. -Providing cutting-edge mobility solutions, they offer a wide range of elevators, escalators, and moving walks designed for both modern and historical buildings. -With a strong presence in more than 100 countries, their reach is global, yet their approach remains focused on local expertise and customer satisfaction. -Typical projects include high-rise residential buildings, commercial skyscrapers, and busy transportation hubs like airports and train stations. -The company is renowned for its innovative designs, sustainability initiatives, and advanced safety features, setting new industry standards. -A standout project involved retrofitting historic buildings with state-of-the-art elevator systems that blend seamlessly with classical architecture. -The company continuously invests in digitalization and smart technologies, delivering next-generation solutions for efficient, reliable mobility.

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