Pratap Partnership
Interim Group Consolidation & Systems Accountant
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Pratap Partnership Recruitment
Pratap Partnership is working with an established international group to recruit an experienced Group Consolidation & Systems Accountant for an initial three-month assignment.
This is a hands-on project role supporting the implementation and stabilisation of a new group consolidation and reporting system. Working closely with the senior finance team, international finance colleagues and an external implementation partner, you will take responsibility for ensuring the new system produces accurate, fully reconciled and reliable group reporting.
Role Responsibilities
- Supporting the implementation and rollout of a new group consolidation and reporting platform.
- Reconciling data within the new system to historic financial statements, consolidation files and existing reporting outputs.
- Validating trial balances, intercompany balances, investment eliminations and consolidation adjustments.
- Investigating and resolving differences between system outputs and historic group reporting.
- Supporting the consolidation of financial information across multiple international entities.
- Designing and testing financial reports for inclusion within the month-end reporting pack.
- Developing clear processes, controls and supporting documentation.
- Working with international finance teams to embed consistent reporting processes.
- Supporting system training and the transition away from existing spreadsheet-based consolidation processes.
- Assisting with audit requirements and ensuring a clear audit trail is maintained.
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Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Previous experience as a Group Accountant, Group Reporting Accountant, Consolidation Accountant or in a similar role.
- Strong practical experience of multi-entity and international group consolidations.
- Detailed knowledge of intercompany reconciliations and eliminations, investment eliminations and consolidation adjustments.
- Experience implementing, developing or supporting a group consolidation and reporting system.
- Tagetik experience would be advantageous, although experience of another recognised consolidation platform will be considered.
- Experience reconciling new system outputs to historic financial statements and consolidation reports.
- Previous audit experience, either within practice or managing and supporting the audit process within industry.
- Strong Excel, analytical and reconciliation skills.
- The ability to work independently while managing multiple stakeholders across different locations.
- An accounting qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
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Role Details
The role will be based in Sheffield, with a minimum of three days each week in the office. It is initially offered as a three-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension or a permanent opportunity depending on performance and longer-term business requirements.
This would suit an experienced Group Accountant who combines strong technical consolidation knowledge with practical finance-systems experience and enjoys delivering a defined implementation project.
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