<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold"><em>This is a remote role based anywhere within the UK or one of our European countries of operation. You must be a permanent resident of that country and have the right to work there.</em></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold"><br></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold">The Department</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Our Group Finance team has primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial reporting, financial planning, management of financial risks and ensuring a consistent accounting and reporting approach across the group.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold">The Role</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring robust accounting and financial reporting across the Group. This includes overseeing Group consolidation and maintaining a strong and effective internal control environment that supports sound decision-making and sustainable growth.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">Responsibilities</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">The primary responsibilities of this role are:</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Ensuring the preparation of all financial reporting on Group consolidation system is timely, accurate, robust and controlled with appropriate governance</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Preparing the Group balance sheet and cashflow items including analytical review, following up and resolving issues, reporting</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Co-ordination and timely production of the Group and local entity statutory accounts (including Jersey) including audit sign-off</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Providing technical accounting guidance across the Group</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Driving the Group’s accounting and policy processes, improving and maintaining controls in the SUN and OneStream systems from an accounts consolidation and data integrity perspective</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Providing strong leadership to your team, developing and motivating them</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Deputise for the GFC at meetings, events and project teams, as required</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Demonstrating the behaviours set out in our Autovista Leadership Competency Framework</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Always adhering to our Code of Ethics, company policies and rules, and following the requirements of the Group Authority Framework (GAF) for all decisions and authorisations within the GAF</span></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">Role details and requirements</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">Control of Consolidation System</span></span></p> <ol> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Prepare the consolidation of the Group's monthly and annual financial and management accounts in a timely manner, including preparing and posting consolidation journals, intercompany reconciliations, reserves (local and IFRS) reconciliations and CTA reconciliations</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Prepare monthly balance sheet reviews</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Ensure appropriate control environment is established and maintained to uphold the integrity of the information in the financial system</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Provide ad hoc analysis and work with the other Finance Teams in the Group to drive financial performance</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">Corporate Reporting </span></span></p> <ol> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Preparation of the IFRS group financial statements/statutory accounts</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Co-ordination of external audit (including the financial statements/statutory accounts process) for the Group and legal entities across the group. This includes the management and resolution of issues</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Maintain register of filing requirements for all companies across the group as well as maintaining a standardised review process across the companies that ensures timely and accurate submissions in the local jurisdictions</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Preparation and support of cash flow reporting and working capital management</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Ownership of the Group accounting manual and providing technical guidance</span></li> </ol> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">Budget and Forecasting</span></span></p> <ol> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Support the Group Financial Controller, assisting with the timely preparation of the budget and forecasts for all balance sheet items and working capital management</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Production of weekly, monthly, annual cash flow forecasts</span></li> </ol> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold">The Candidate</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">We are looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong technical expertise and a proven track record in financial reporting and consolidation. The ideal candidate will bring:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">In-depth technical accounting knowledge, particularly of IFRS</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Solid experience in the use of group consolidation financial systems</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">The ability to perform effectively under pressure, working accurately with great attention to detail while meeting deadlines</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">A proactive mindset with a drive to continuously improve processes and deliver a high-quality professional service</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Demonstrated people management experience and a commitment to team development</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Prior experience working across multiple entities and jurisdictions</span></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold">If this sounds like you, Apply Now!</span></p><br><hr><div class="fabric-5qovnk-root MuiBox-root css-witlqh" data-fabric-component="Flex"><div class="fabric-5qovnk-root MuiBox-root css-1phs5iq" data-fabric-component="Flex"><div class="fabric-2lfz5e-root MuiBox-root css-jipda8" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-v3bc9l-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Location</p></div><div class="fabric-15808a6-root MuiBox-root css-4cxybv" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-958q8r-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Remote</p></div><hr class="MuiDivider-root fabric-jcid1o-root MuiDivider-fullWidth MuiBox-root css-40h3v3" data-fabric-component="Divider"></div><div class="fabric-5qovnk-root MuiBox-root css-1phs5iq" data-fabric-component="Flex"><div class="fabric-2lfz5e-root MuiBox-root css-jipda8" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-v3bc9l-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Department</p></div><div class="fabric-15808a6-root MuiBox-root css-4cxybv" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-958q8r-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Finance</p></div><hr class="MuiDivider-root fabric-jcid1o-root MuiDivider-fullWidth MuiBox-root css-40h3v3" data-fabric-component="Divider"></div><div class="fabric-5qovnk-root MuiBox-root css-1phs5iq" data-fabric-component="Flex"><div class="fabric-2lfz5e-root MuiBox-root css-jipda8" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-v3bc9l-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Employment Type</p></div><div class="fabric-15808a6-root MuiBox-root css-4cxybv" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-958q8r-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Employee - Permanent Contract - Full-Time</p></div><hr class="MuiDivider-root fabric-jcid1o-root MuiDivider-fullWidth MuiBox-root css-40h3v3" data-fabric-component="Divider"></div><div class="fabric-5qovnk-root MuiBox-root css-1phs5iq" data-fabric-component="Flex"><div class="fabric-2lfz5e-root MuiBox-root css-jipda8" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-v3bc9l-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Minimum Experience</p></div><div class="fabric-15808a6-root MuiBox-root css-4cxybv" data-fabric-component="LayoutBox"><p class="fabric-958q8r-root" data-fabric-component="BodyText">Experienced</p></div><hr class="MuiDivider-root fabric-jcid1o-root MuiDivider-fullWidth MuiBox-root css-40h3v3" data-fabric-component="Divider"></div></div>