Lead - Accounting & Financial Reporting in Burgess Hill

About This Role

CAE is hiring! With approximately 13,000 employees in more than 35 countries, CAE is a global leader in training for the civil aviation & defense and security. We are looking for a Lead - Accounting & Financial Reporting to join and lead our global finance and reporting team as part of our civil aviation division in Crawley at our London‑Gatwick training centre.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring timely closing of the books including all corporate reporting requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring all statutory requirements and deadlines are met for each of the jurisdictions (taxation, financial statements, VAT tax reporting, etc.).
• Ensure strong control environment and coordinate across functions to ensure processes evolve as needed.
• Ensure strong balance sheet reviews are performed.
• Act as a liaison between accounting, financial planning & analysis, business development, mergers & acquisitions, treasury, tax, internal and external audit, shared services (AR & AP) and consolidation.
• Work with civil aviation reporting leader to push standardization initiatives and evolution of controls environment.
• Establish strong working relationships with the business units outside of finance to support growth and strategy execution.

Main Tasks

• Complete the overall Month End process following the Matrix and Responsibilities to ensure deadlines are met. This will include recurring journals and other journals as required by the business performance team.
• Oversee the monthly inter‑company confirmation process (incl unbilled balances) to ensure IC are reconciled.
• Oversee the completion of the different corporate reporting deliverables.
• Ensure timely completion and streamline all revenue reconciliations for the region.
• Ensure completion of the balance sheet reconciliations for each individual entity in the region identifying in a monthly basis R&Os and running the governance on specific items such as leases and loans, prepaids, PO'S, etc.
• Overall administration of the bank accounts and completion of cash flow forecasts for short term and longer-term funding requirements, including analysis of the actuals.
• Fixed assets governance and IFRS 16 (processing monthly and any amendments/new leases).
• Overall administration of the expense claim process and ensure that staff expense claims are compliant with corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensure timely completion of VAT returns, WHT, payroll taxes and any other local TAX requirements and associated reconciliations.
• Participate in the preparation of corporation tax computations for all legal entities within the region.
• Lead and/or participate in the internal and external audit process for all legal entities within the region.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Team management desirable (direct/indirectly/projects).
• Good leadership & personnel management skills.
• Good organisational capabilities.
• Full understanding of financial accounting to trial balance.
• Experience of IFRS reporting.
• Able to work successfully with multiple foreign currencies.
• Flexibility to adapt role and tasks to changes in the business.
• Investigation of nominal account ledgers and support in the resolution of queries.
• Able to work in a fast‑moving environment, providing accurate and timely information to a high standard.
• Computer skills - capable of learning: financial software applications (ERP), Hyperion Planning, HFM, databases, spreadsheets, PowerPoints and word processing.

Capabilities & Competencies

• Stress resistant and work well under pressure, e.g. meeting deadlines whilst delivering a high standard of work.
• Ability to learn about the financial requirements of new/different countries.
• Deal decisively with both routine and non‑routine matters unsupervised.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written (additional foreign languages would be an advantage).

We offer a competitive benefit package to the successful candidate including but not limited to private healthcare cover, a medicash and pension plan, flexible working and flexible holiday policy.

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted. Equal Opportunity Employer CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws. If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com.