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HQ Financial Accountant - Computer Gaming
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HQ Financial Accountant - Computer Gaming
Ground breaking and rapidly expanding international Computer Gaming business are looking for a part or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) to join their London based team.
Role Mission
To ensure accurate end-to-end delivery of period-end close, balance sheet integrity and statutory-ready financial reporting for HQ entities. The Financial Accountant plays a key role in maintaining financial controls, ensures compliance with accounting policies, improve processes and support decision-making across the business.
How is success defined in this role?
- To ensure timely month-end close process, ensuring accurate HQ reporting with no disruption to business deliverables
- Develop sound understanding of audit requirements, financial controls and maintaining audit-ready working papers.
- Drive continuous improvement of financial processes, systems and controls to enhance efficiency, data integrity and scalability as HQ continues to grow.
- Ensure ongoing compliance with all relevant IFRS accounting standards, tax requirements and regulatory obligations.
- Act as a trusted partner to department leads and management teams - supporting them with accounting guidance, reviewing submissions and supporting on local reporting challenges.
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What you'll do
Key deliverables
- Month-end close: Prepare month-end close reporting for the HQ Group, ensuring timely, accurate and complete delivery
- Financial reporting: Prepare monthly financial reporting packs, including P&L, Balance Sheet and supporting schedules, ensuring outputs are audit-ready
- Accruals and GL analysis: Determine and post journals, accruals, provisions and reclasses, applying appropriate accounting judgement and documentation standards
- Intercompany work: Manage intercompany accounting for entities in scope, including intercompany recharges, reconciliations, query resolution and supporting settlement.
- Business Partnering: Partner with budget holders to ensure accurate period recognition and financial impact, proactively address risks and challenge assumptions.
- Fixed Assets & IFRS16: Oversee fixed asset accounting, including additions, disposals, depreciation and register integrity. Ensure accurate IFRS16 accounting, including monthly postings and balance sheet reporting.
- Tax, Audit & Statutory reporting: Prepare and submit quarterly VAT Returns and related reconciliations for the UK entity, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Support local statutory filings for the UK entity and liaise with external auditors and local advisors as required.
- Ad Hoc: Supporting ad hoc reporting, projects and continuous improvement initiatives as required
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Areas of accountability
- Ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance with IFRS.
- Support HQ financial close and audit processes.
- Partner confidently with stakeholders and explain financial information clearly.
What we're looking for from you
- Part or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with accounting experience.
- Proven track record in managing complex financial operations, including international subsidiaries.
- IFRS multi-currency experience required.
- Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience of working with auditors to complete statutory audits;
- Experience owning period-end close and ensuring balance sheet integrity through robust reconciliations
- Practical experience with VAT compliance and statutory accounts processes.
- NetSuite and Tagetik experience is a bonus.
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
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