Lead Accountant
Burberry, Leeds
Lead Accountant
Salary Not Specified
Burberry, Leeds
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 5 Nov | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 908a520789be4c29ae6a1dab8db69022
Full Job Description
As a Lead Accountant at Burberry, you will play a key role in our UK and Italy RTR Finance teams and be responsible for the accounting processes and standards across a number of entities, delivering high quality financial information, compliance and controls.,
- Reviewing teams' month-end outputs including journals and balance sheet reconciliations, as well as cash-flow and management reporting outputs
- Preparation and reviewing of statutory accounts outputs, and local compliance work and periodic returns
- Indirectly leading a high performing team through change, ensuring there is clarity across the team around roles, objectives, timescales, priority of deliverables and expected quality of outputs to support the business
- Effectively managing change by adapting, following guidance, understanding business needs, and anticipating impacts on roles and processes
- Understanding business processes and priorities to drive simplification, standardisation and automation within accounting processes
- Encourage issue identification and implement corrective and preventive action plans to resolve problems and improve processes
Professional accounting qualification is required (ACA/CA/ACCA/CIMA) - Strong technical background with experience applying IFRS or local accounting GAAP, ideally in corporate, international organisations
- Worked within a multicurrency environment, analysing and understanding the impact of movements in exchange rates on reported results is desirable.
- Advanced Excel essential, experienced in building and working with complex models and large data sets
- Appetite for delivering continuous improvement
- Fluent in English (written & spoken) essential; any other European languages a plus
At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today. We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.
This Lead Accountant role is offered on a full time, permanent basis and is based in our Queen Street, Leeds office 2 days per week.
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