ADP
Principal Accounting Manager
Staines-upon-Thames
Posted about 22 hours ago
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Principal Accounting Manager
Location
Our Staines office
Reports to
Accounting Director, UK, Ireland and South Africa
Hybrid working
3 days in office and 2 days from home
Role Overview
The Principal Accounting Manager serves as a technical leader within the UK, Ireland and South Africa General Accounting organisation, acting as the deputy to the Accounting Director and providing technical leadership across accounting, financial reporting, governance, compliance and business transformation activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Deputising where required for the financial accounting and reporting of 5 UK, 1 Irish & 1 South Africa legal entities, ensuring these are maintained in compliance with FRS 102 & IFRS, company policies and US GAAP (for consolidation purposes).
- Drive the SOX compliance effort sponsored by the Accounting Director both improving the SOX framework and the operational effectiveness of the controls on a day-to-day basis.
- Own, account, improve, identify risks and mitigate for all of the following critical and sensitive ADP processes, requiring technical expertise as per local UK GAAP and IFRS and a solid understanding of consolidation accounting.
- Lead UK GAAP/IFRS trial balance and financial statements for all UK managed entities. Manage Audit effort in collaboration with external audit team and operate as the General Accounting point of contact for all audit related matters.
- Act as technical advisor for all junior member of the UK General Accounting staff and with regards to any complex technical accounting matter. Own and produce all audit memos re. revenue recognition, impairment, going concern, etc.
- Prepare and submit audit information to a professional standard.
- Responsible for all Group monthly, quarterly and yearly submissions returns.
- Own Corporation tax and Group reporting for the specific entities including Pension & FCA external reporting. Oversight technically VAT compliance and help manage the relationship with external tax advisors and Corp tax team.
- Review Balance Sheet reconciliations for Ireland and SA to a high level with strong support and reasoning and deputise on review of UK.
- Build close working relationships with the rest of the UK Finance team.
- Work across the organisation's matrix structure, providing support to those that need it and obtaining information when it is required.
- Take on key projects such as business cases, ERP/system upgrades, technical memos, detailed analysis and operational reviews.
- Lead alongside the accounting director continuous improvement initiatives across accounting processes, controls and systems to improve efficiency, scalability and risk management.
- Drive a culture of accountability, compliance, continuous improvement and technical excellence.
- Responsible for management of the Finance Intern from an accounting perspective and rotating direct line management with FP&A.
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Supervisory Responsibilities
- The role currently has no direct management responsibilities however it does include responsibility for supervision and development of the Finance Intern on a rotational basis alongside FP&A leadership.
Key Stakeholders
- UK, SA and Ireland Accounting Director
- UKISE and southern Europe CFOs
- Business Teams reporting to all members of UKISE EXCOM
- EMEA Senior Financial Director & Team
- Senior Financial Accountants & Team
- UKISA FP&A Director & Team
Skills, Education and Other Requirements
Education and Experience
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA). Audit & Technical accounting under UKGAAP/IFRS experience is a must.
- Subject matter expert for accounting standards and statutory accounting.
- Experience of an international corporate structure and matrix organisation would be an advantage.
Skills
- Microsoft Office essential (Advanced Excel, Basic Word and PowerPoint).
- Comfortable with large amounts of data.
- ERP Oracle and Hyperion Planning experience preferred.
Capabilities
- Teamwork
- Builds and maintains strong working relationships.
- Actively networks across the business, contribute to cross functional teams.
- Values delivering high quality service to internal & external clients.
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Communication
- Communicates with tact & sensitivity, invites feedback.
- Expresses facts in a clear and concise manner.
- Recognises information required from others and informs them appropriately.
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Analytical & Problem Solving
- Able to obtain unbiased information by effectively questioning and probing.
- Uses sound rationale for problem identification and decision making.
- Goes beyond the initial findings and takes steps to check multiple data sources and interpret various types of data.
- Demonstrates tenacity and creativity when working with data to produce a high quality output.
- Consistently determines an accurate sequence of activities to achieve goals.
- Proactively looks for root causes and not just symptoms of problems.
- Appropriately uses metrics and understands the information's impact on decisions.
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Results Orientated
- Strong sense of urgency about solving problems and completing tasks.
- Able to embrace and adapt to change.
- Utilises different approaches to complete a project.
- Prioritises, Self-manages and proposes win-win solutions.
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Attention to Detail
- Organised and able to track work progress against schedule.
- Ensures appropriate documentation on methodology and assumptions is in place.
- Scrutinises own work.
- Follows up with others to ensure work is tracking according to plan.
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Interpersonal Skills
- Takes a partnership approach.
- Responsive and aware of others.
- Resilient.
- Knows who to involve in a process or decision-making exercise.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (you can also buy and sell up to 5 days each year)
- Flexible benefits - private medical insurance, excellent pension scheme, subsidized gyms, employee discount portal, life assurance cover, annual kids pass membership and many more
- Study support
- Employee Assistance Program
- Company social events
- Annual bonus scheme
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