Group Financial Accountant in High Wycombe

The Company: A long established, aquistitve Electonics Business based in High Wycombe. Their products are used worldwide and regarded as the best in class. A constantly innovating listed PLC, still retain an entreupreunrial attitude while enjoying a dominant market share. They pride themselves on offering excellent benefits, rewarding their people well and offering a profesionally challenging workload with plenty of scope for career progression. The role is based at the HQ and offers hybrid working. The Role: We’re looking for a qualified accountant to join the team as a Group Financial Accountant supporting external statutory reporting, IFRS technical accounting, tax and treasury issues within the Group Finance team. The position provides a unique opportunity to take ownership of statutory and technical accounting processes within a fast-paced and evolving group environment. Main Duties and Responsibilities: Financial Accounting Take responsibility over the Group’s annual and half year reports processes and lead the projects, including: Preparing consolidated IFRS statutory accounts and disclosures Ensure that the Group’s financial statements and annual report is delivered to a high standard with relevant disclosures in a timely manner Act as a key contact for external auditors and assist in the co-ordination of the annual and interim audit and ensuring that all auditor queries are satisfactorily addressed Preparing technical accounting memos for Audit Committee in line with IFRS Production of Group wide accounting policies and maintenance of the Group Finance Manual Act as the Group’s technical accounting expert and assist the Management Accounting team in operating entities with any queries on accounting treatment in line with IFRS Management of the Group’s internal control programme including the internal control declaration process Be responsible for the preparation of all UK based entities financial statements and to ensure that these are filed in advance of the deadline Be responsible for the accounting for share based payments including preparing the budget and updated forecasts for the group Experience and Skills Required: Qualified ACA with audit background Strong grounding in IFRS technical accounting Experience of working in, or with, a multi-national or listed company Multi-currency group consolidation Strong analytical and IT skills particularly in Excel Experience of NetSuite and Microsoft BI will be advantage Be a strong, effective communicator, with a proven ability to build relationships Ability to communicate with the Board and non-financial individuals alike Have a high level of personal motivation and initiative with the ability to work to tight deadlines in a flexible and evolving work environment Actively seeks to improve processes making them more effective and efficient A high level of attention to detail