Financial Accounting Lead

In this role you will lead the nine strong Financial Accounting Team within our Finance Shared Service Team. Your experience of management will enable you to motivate and develop the team – setting challenging annual objectives supervising and reviewing performance giving direction and coaching. You will lead by example in developing strong collaborative relationships beyond Finance Shared Services and providing service excellence to both internal and external customers.As a strong leader you will be responsible for delivering timely and accurate monthly financial accounting for the Groups trading entities in line with the overall group reporting timetable. Your experience as a financial accountant will enable you to review and monitor the work of your team ensuring that it adheres to applicable reporting standards and PA Group policies. With deep financial accounting knowledge and experience in a multicurrency environment you will be the go-to person for technical and practical questions from your team. You will proactively investigate unusual transactions in conjunction with the Group Finance Team.Your understanding of financial control will enable you to maintain a robust control environment in line with internal governance and external regulatory requirements. Keen to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of processes and with experience of identifying and delivering change you will design document and implement process improvements wherever possible.By collaborating with local accounting service providers and audit teams you will ensure compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements including the identification and implementation of new regulations. You will track the progress of accounts preparation audit and filing across the PA Group.  Your excellent attention to detail will enable you to thoroughly review local financial statements providing valuable feedback to your team.As part of the wider Group and Financial Accounting Team you will own various processes for the Group month and quarter end reporting requirements delivering these on time and accurately.Hybrid working – our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment.Qualifications : Qualified accountant ACA / CIMA / ACCAPrevious team management experienceExperience as a financial accountant in a multinational organisation or in a professional services environment with a proven track record of achievement and successA proactive highly organised self-starter able to hold others to accountAbility to prioritise and manage accurate delivery to required deadlinesHappy to be in the detail but also able to step back and see the bigger pictureHistory of identifying and delivering change/improvement.Strong decision-making skills to answer technical and practical questions in a timely manner as well as provide solutions to issues arisingStrong communication and influencing skillsFlexible collaborative and open approachWe know the skill-gap and somewhat need to tick every box can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates so please dont hesitate to apply wed love to hear from you.Apply today by completing our online applicationAdditional Information : Life At PA encompasses our peoples experience at PA. Its about how we enrich peoples working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams and support our communities to deliver insight and impact solving the worlds most complex challenges. Were focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Life at PA here. We are dedicated to supporting the physical emotional social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits: Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days Generous company pension scheme Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives Annual performance-based bonus PA share ownership Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work give as you earn) Were committed to advancing equality. We recruit retain reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age background disability genetic information parental or family status religion or belief race ethnicity nationality sex sexual orientation gender identity (or expression) political belief veteran status or by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups. Adjustments or accommodations – Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process at either application or interview please contact us on  #LI-AG1Remote Work : NoEmployment Type : Full-time Key Skills Account Payable,Invoicing,Journal Entry,Data Entry,Accounting & Finance,Tax Returns,QuickBooks,General Ledger Accounting,Microsoft Excel,Reporting,Payroll,Financial statement,Account Receivable,ACCA,CPA Experience: years Vacancy: 1