Global Financial Accounting Manager - Balance Sheet

As our Global Financial Accounting Manager, you will be accountable for:

• Leading and developing a highly motivated team ensuring the team are cross trained in all areas and are highly adaptable; by promoting a positive culture, sharing knowledge, and encouraging collaboration to find solutions and drive process improvement, whilst leading by example across the Transactional Finance team.
• Ensuring complete and accurate ledgers for all legal entities, with timely reconciliations of all general ledger balance sheet accounts per group and statutory requirements.
• Serving as the balance sheet accounting expert, focusing on intangibles, tangibles, intercompany transactions, and cash.
• Building strong relationships with Group Treasury and Retail Operations to manage and flag cash risks.
• Acting as the key point of contact for half-year and year-end audits, preparing information for external auditors.
• Completing month-end tasks according to the month-end timetable and checklists.
• Contributing to the Group Accounting and Group Policies and Procedures Manuals, promoting best practices across the team.
• Liaising with Group Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Global Supply Chain Finance, EMEA Finance, and Regional Finance/Operations teams in the Americas and APAC, ensuring timely group deadlines.
• Reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Providing cover and support for the wider finance team, assisting with ad hoc projects, exploring collaboration with Regional Finance/Operations teams, driving centralisation of accounting while identifying efficiency improvements
  
  ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified.
• Extensive experience in a similar role within a Finance Department
• Microsoft Dynamics (D365), retail, multi-currency, multi-site, foreign language skills and experience of working with subsidiaries located overseas are highly desirable.
• Good understanding of business structure and the importance of accuracy of nominal ledger postings.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• Strong investigatory, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Experience working to tight deadlines within a small team, supporting others within the team wherever possible.
• A proactive approach to work and a desire to streamline processes to increase productivity across the team.
• A strong communicator, with the ability to liaise with colleagues in all Regions to ensure that we are complying with the local laws and regulations., ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified.
• Extensive experience in a similar role within a Finance Department
• Microsoft Dynamics (D365), retail, multi-currency, multi-site, foreign language skills and experience of working with subsidiaries located overseas are highly desirable.
• Good understanding of business structure and the importance of accuracy of nominal ledger postings.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• Strong investigatory, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Experience working to tight deadlines within a small team, supporting others within the team wherever possible.
• A proactive approach to work and a desire to streamline processes to increase productivity across the team.
• A strong communicator, with the ability to liaise with colleagues in all Regions to ensure that we are complying with the local laws and regulations