R2R Compliance & Governance Accountant

Better places, thriving communities.

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for an R2R Compliance & Governance Lead to join the FSS Record to Report (R2R) team. Reporting to the FSS R2R Controller, this role is a key member of the R2R function. The role is responsible for leading and overseeing compliance and governance activities performed by the offshore team, ensuring all statutory, regulatory and internal reporting obligations are delivered accurately, efficiently and within agreed deadlines. The successful candidate will act as the primary liaison between FSS, Group Tax, Divisional Finance and the offshore team, providing technical expertise, leadership, coaching and support to drive a culture of strong financial control, high-quality service delivery and continuous process improvement.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of compliance and governance activities performed by the Wipro offshore Compliance & Governance team.
• Ensure all tax and compliance-related activities are completed accurately and in line with statutory and internal deadlines.
• Review and approve VAT returns prepared by the offshore team prior to submission to Group Tax for final approval.
• Review and approve CIS returns prior to submission.
• Review statutory accounts prepared by the offshore team to ensure accuracy, completeness, appropriate formatting and inclusion of Group Finance amendments.
• Undertake ad hoc duties and support additional activities as required, in line with the needs of the RTR function and wider business priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Accounting experience and qualifications essential.
• Strong knowledge of VAT and CIS compliance processes.
• High proficiency in Excel and confidence working with large data sets.

What's in it for you?

• High street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more via our MiDeals platform.
• Life cover of up to four times your salary.
• Enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (with the potential for free shares).
• Access to a virtual GP for you and members of your household.
• Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.
• Flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices, allowing you to purchase extra days’ holiday, critical illness insurance, dental treatment or technology products.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Mitie Stars recognition programme with cash prizes.
• Diverse variety of training and development avenues.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shradha Singh at shradha.singh@mitie.com.

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools. Join our Mitie Team. Together our diversity makes us stronger.