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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates strong project management and coordination skills in delivering Annual Report & Accounts, with a focus on statutory reporting, IFRS compliance, and financial accounting processes. Exhibits high attention to detail and effective stakeholder management in a deadline-driven environment.
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Qualified AccountantIFRS ReportingProject ManagementTechnical AccountingStakeholder Management
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Hard Skills
Statutory ReportingFinancial AccountingAudit CoordinationProcess ImprovementFinancial ControlsTechnical Accounting AnalysisVersion ControlMilestone TrackingDrafting Financial StatementsReporting Improvements
Soft Skills
Excellent OrganisationHigh Attention to DetailStrong Written CommunicationConfident Stakeholder ManagementProactive Risk Identification
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointCtrlPrint
Certifications & Qualifications
Qualified Accountant
Industry Keywords
Annual Report & AccountsExternal ReportingBig 4 AccountingBalance Sheet GovernanceAudit Trails
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support the IFRS Finance Manager with project management and delivery of the Annual Report & Accounts timetable from planning through final publication
- Maintain the ARA project plan, milestone tracker and action log
- Coordinate inputs, review comments and approvals across Finance, Executive stakeholders, the Board, Group, Investor Relations, external auditors and the design agency
- Support preparation of financial statements and coordinate inputs with a finance trainee
- Coordinate Strategic Report, Governance and financial statements content
- Align the ARA with Group reporting, press releases and other external communications
- Manage version control, feedback logs and audit trails
- Coordinate proofing, formatting and update cycles through the reporting platform
- Work with the design agency on report design, imagery, key messages and final production
- Identify, track and escalate delivery risks and dependencies
- Support the external audit process by coordinating evidence, responses, deliverables and follow-ups
- Support Financial Accounting projects, process documentation, reporting improvements, technical accounting analysis, control enhancements and ad hoc priorities
- Support delivery and monitoring of Provision 29 controls
- Provide visibility of progress, issues and required decisions to the IFRS Finance Manager and Financial Control leadership team
Requirements
What you’ll need- Qualified accountant, or equivalent experience
- Strong understanding of statutory reporting, IFRS reporting and financial accounting processes
- Experience supporting or delivering Annual Report & Accounts, statutory accounts or other complex external reporting
- Strong technical accounting capability and controls mindset
- Strong project management skills, including managing detailed plans, tracking milestones, coordinating dependencies and driving delivery across multiple stakeholders
- Excellent organisation and diligence in a high-profile, deadline-driven reporting environment
- High attention to detail, including version control, audit trails, review logs and approval evidence
- Strong written communication skills for drafting, editing and reviewing narrative reporting content
- Confident stakeholder management skills
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate blockers, follow up proactively and escalate matters clearly
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Experience using CtrlPrint or similar reporting tools would be beneficial
- Experience in a leading audit or accounting practice, including Big 4, welcomed but not essential
- Experience preparing statutory financial statements would be advantageous
- Experience of financial controls, audit coordination, balance sheet governance, process improvement or technical accounting projects would be advantageous
Benefits
Comp & perks- Company Bonus Scheme
- Matched pension contributions up to 8.5%
- 26 days annual leave + 2 Life Days (and bank holidays)
- Single Private Health Cover
- Complimentary Private Medical
- Income Protection
- Flexible Benefits – EV Scheme, Money Coach, Will Writing, Mortgage Advice, Dental and Eye Care Schemes
- Enhanced Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Adoption)
- Wellness Allowance £500
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted Health Assessments
- Volunteering Days
- Matched Funding