Treasury Accountant in London

We are currently recruiting for a Treasury Accountant to join our team playing a key role in our daily finance operations. You will be working alongside a talented, like-minded team for some of Europe's largest frozen food brands including Birdseye, Aunt Bessie, Findus and Goodfella pizzas.

About the role:

You will be responsible for the financial accounting and reporting of all Treasury activities including debt, CCIRS, IRS, cash, FX and related areas. Its purpose is to enhance visibility and understanding of the financial impact arising from Treasury operations at a Group Level, while centralising and improving efficiency of all technical treasury accounting processes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ownership of both forecast and actual accounting processes, alongside the delivery of insightful variance analysis.
• Developing recommendations to mitigate financial volatility and unlock further financial value.
• Providing greater level of understanding and reporting (incl forecast vs actual variance analysis) of financial impacts at a Nomad group (and individual entity level) resulting from Treasury activities.
• Helping to drive financial benefit for Nomad via clear treasury and derivative accounting process and policy (including cash flow hedge reserve and hedge accounting).
• Primary contact point/treasury lead for PwC relationship in relation to all treasury activity.
• Ownership and implementation of all changes to treasury activities as a result of regulatory change.
• Clear leadership and clarity to the Nomad Group on all treasury accounting activities.
• Ensure compliance with Group Treasury (and accounting) policies.
• Analysis of the treasury monthly P&L including the drivers of interest charge, foreign exchange gains and losses.
• Preparation of Group Interest Budget and forecasts and reporting on variance analysis.
• Ownership of all treasury related external reporting, including periodic disclosures and year end process (including SEC regulatory impacts, 6-K and 20-F reporting, use of Workiva and SEC search tools).
• Co-responsibility for Treasury SOX RACM (with treasury manager).
• Provide accounting support and advice to Assistant Group Treasurer on all treasury activities.
• Preparation of all month and periodic derivative valuations / hedge effectiveness calculations.
• Understanding and alignment of accounting for all FX exposures of the Nomad Group, including working with the Treasury Manager to identify all FX exposures – ensuring exposures are identified, assessed and managed.
• Ownership of Group hedge accounting policy (and associated hedge effectiveness documentation) incl debt / FX / other.
• Support for debt transfer pricing policy and other ad hoc modelling including WACC.
• Ownership of several aspects of process change and driving improvements within the Treasury function and areas of wider Business impact.
• Ownership of the off-market CCIRS model and liaison with external audit advisers.

About you:

• AMCT qualified or studying +3 years Post qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent).
• Good knowledge and understanding of IFRS and hedge accounting.
• Working knowledge of SEC reporting and SOX control environment.
• Experience of SAP or other consolidation reporting system.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to take on additional tasks and projects.
• Team focused.

What we can offer you:

We're on an exceptional adventure and can offer a truly purpose led career with flexibility. In addition, you will benefit from the below:

• An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential.
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of Birds Eye and Nomad Foods.
• A culture where you're part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference.

At Nomad Foods we're proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.