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Group Financial Accountant

Employer
Dartmouth Partners Ltd
Location
Central London, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Feb 27, 2019

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Job Role
Group Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Due to impressive international growth Dartmouth Partners have been retained to find a Group Financial Accountant for a live events business. The company headquartered in the west end, has offices worldwide and has provided organisation, logistics and management to a wide array of events from international sporting functions to rock concerts. The business pride themselves on being a one stop bespoke solution to the events industry. Furthering a recent capital investment, the business is looking to build a world class group finance function to help continue the company's expansion. This role will be highly commercial having a broad remit encompassing core finance alongside projects, leading on group budgets and forecasts and hands on M&A work. Key

Responsibilities:
Primary responsibility for the production of the Group monthly reporting pack for use by Executive Management, owners, and lending banks Tracking of synergy benefits and performance versus PE business case and ensuring this is fed through to budgets/forecasts and actuals. Preparation for and work during exit, including possible IPO and production of listing particulars Working closely with the FP&A team to provide support and budgeting and forecasting process and analysis of actual vriances Closely monitor performance of acquisitions versus business case Responsible for accurate acquisition accounting (currently running at circa 10 acquisitions per year) Work with Treasury team to ensure consistency of information between financial system, and treasury reporting, including weekly bank reporting and 13 week cashflow forecasts Work alongside internal audit in ensuring that there is a good cost control environment across the Group, including performing periodic balance sheet reviews, covering key areas such as inventory provisioning and rebates in stock accounting. Work with Corporate Finance team in maintaining three year plans for supporting the business, and also for use with work on impairment and going concern reviews Support the Group Financial Controller in running the Year end audit process Ad-hoc papers for Audit Committee Valuation and accounting for interest rate hedges, embedded derivatives (within Preference Shares) and defined benefit pension accounting Maintain and control lease accounting module in consolidation system in accordance with IFRS 16 Key Requirements: Chartered Accountant from a top 10 audit firm Greater than 3 years post qualified experience working in a group function of an international business Strong understanding of IFRS Understanding of the principles of effective financial systems including process and control Strong analytics skills Excellent Interpersonal skills and adept at interacting with individuals at all levels in the business Committed to delivering to agreed timescales with a high degree of accuracy Flexible attitude towards working responsibilities and workload Effective working in teams, both within office and wider teams across the Group European Language skills would be an advantage

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