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Group Accountant - Financial Reporting

Employer
Michael Page Finance
Location
England, West Midlands, Coventry
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
Aug 1, 2019

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Job Role
Financial Accountant
Sector
Manufacturing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

The Group Accountant will be a member of a small team responsible for meeting the external reporting requirements of the Group and maintaining appropriate Group-wide financial policies and procedures.

Client Details

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do at Meggitt, a worldwide leader in aerospace, defence and selected energy markets.

We believe in our vision of "Enabling the Extraordinary: To Fly, To Power, To Live". At Meggitt, we truly enable the extraordinary. We're good at what we do and that's why customers come back to us. We are constantly working to improve our processes and performance, striving for excellence.

By working together, we bring extraordinary technology to our customers, building trusted global relationships and successful collaborations through strong teamwork. Our teams are passionate about what we do and how we do it.

We pride ourselves on doing the right thing, in the right way wherever we operate. Our colleagues, customers and the communities we are part of can count on us to act with integrity, honesty and respect.

These core values - teamwork, integrity and excellence - are what have allowed us to become the company we are today. With facilities and over 11,000 employees worldwide, Meggitt draws on over 160 years of expertise to enhance the lives of people across the globe.

Meggitt have invested £130m on the construction of a new manufacturing and office facility at Ansty Park in Coventry. The site will provide a base for 1,000 employees in a world-class aerospace engineering and technology environment. It will also be the new home for Meggitt's Plc global headquarters.

As part of this move the Group finance function will be relocating from Bournemouth to Ansty Park. Meggitt are looking to take this opportunity to develop a world-class group finance function of proud technical specialists to build the success of the future.

Description

Responsibilities will include:

  • Preparation of Group consolidated interim and full year financial results

  • Preparation of consolidated US GAAP information

  • Preparation of statutory accounts for UK based business units

  • Support the transition to any new accounting requirements, including the training of finance/non-finance personnel

  • Maintain the Group's Finance Policies and Procedures Manual

  • Act as contact for business units for technical accounting guidance

  • Liaise with the Group's external auditors

Profile

  • Qualified accountant with strong technical background, gained in practice

  • Highly organised and capable of working to tight deadlines

  • Strong communication skills - both written and oral

  • Hands-on approach but the ability also to stand back and see the bigger picture

  • Previous experience of Group consolidation work, gained in practice and/or industry

Who we are looking for

  • Proud Technical Specialists

  • Ability to relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

  • Able to utilise successes and failures as learning fodder, learning through experimentation and proactive approaches

  • Understands the timescales and pathway to transformation and change and flexible in their approach to leading/working through ambiguity

  • Builds collaborative relationships and drives engagement

  • Nurtures and promotes talent, diversity and innovation

  • Open to being based in Bournemouth through the Knowledge Transfer period until 1st March go live in Ansty

Job Offer

Competitive package + benefits

Company

Michael Page specialises in the permanent, temporary and interim recruitment of qualified accountants. In fact, our organisation was founded to provide selection and recruitment services for accounting professionals and has been a market leader in this field for more than 35 years.

We have earned the trust of clients in industry and commerce, the banking and financial services markets and the public and not-for-profit sector. We also have an exemplary track record of completing assignments for everyone from small, boutique practices to the Big Four firms.

Many of our consultants have a background in accounting and finance – that’s real, grass roots expertise at your disposal. Combine that with the global reach you get from a company that has over 155 offices in 36 countries and you’re looking at a pretty formidable package. We are confident no other consultancy is better qualified to help you make that crucial, next step in your career.

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