Lead Accounting & Financial Reporting

Join CAE's Civil Aviation Training team as a Lead - Accounting & Financial Reporting and lead our global finance and reporting team as part of our civil aviation division in Crawley at our London-Gatwick Commercial Training Centre.

The role we are offering you:

In this role you will be leading a team of 5-6 Financial Analysts and be a part of our Finance leadership team.

Main 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.

Our ideal candidate:

• Is fully qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Has previous team management experience (desirable either 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.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written (additional foreign languages would be an advantage, Spanish, Dutch).

What kind of person will succeed in this team?

You are a hands-on leader and collaborator with experience in working in a fast-paced and global environment.

Contract details & location:

The position is based at our modern Commercial Aviation Training Centre in Crawley/Gatwick and offers hybrid working, 2 days on-site and 3 days from home. We are offering a permanent contract, working hours of the role are Monday to Friday with total working hours of 39 hours a week.

CAE offers:

• Attractive benefits including a flexible holiday policy.
• Private health insurance (BUPA).
• Healthcare cash plan.
• Pension scheme.
• Life Assurance & more!

With over 13,000 employees located in 35 countries, CAE is a global leader in training for the civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare markets.