Senior Group Accountant / Manager - 6 month FTC

Senior Group Accountant / Manager
What we're looking for:
We're looking for help in our Group accounting & External Reporting team, who will be responsible for assisting on Group consolidation and aspects of the Group's internal and external reporting requirements. This will include, Group Annual accounts, interim financial statements (31 Dec 2024) and Statutory financial statements for several larger central entities and other ad hoc reporting requirements.
What you'll be doing

• Assist with production of disclosures for IFRS consolidated annual and interim financial statements, along with detailed note workings


• Assisting with significant M&A accounting related activity in maintenance of Business Combinations model and Intangible assets reconciliation


• Assist with the production of annual statutory accounts of several holding / treasury companies


• Assist with the external audit - proactively monitoring requests and helping team members to deliver, clarify requests and re-arrange timelines when needed


• Assisting with M&A accounting related activity (helping with calculating purchase consideration, review off acquired balance sheet etc.)


• Assist in collecting and review of new or changed leases and update of IFRS 16 model


• Ad hoc reporting requests both internally as well other teams - Treasury, Tax, M&A, Divisional Finance, Timely and accurate production of various reporting packs, as well as production of quality detailed reconciliations, suggestions for process and system improvements.


• You will also need to efficiently co-ordinate with business partners throughout the month end cycle.


• High quality outputs presented in a concise and easy-to-follow manner.


• Having a clear understanding of the aim of the task/process and asking questions early when this is not clear., A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us:


• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new


• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges


• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond


Reasonable adjustments
We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours
• or hybrid working.

If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application - if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

• Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.
  
  Knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP and familiarity with UK Law


• Prior experience of large multi-currency group consolidation a bonus


• Prior experience in using OneStream or HFM and Unit4 is a bonus


• Ability to work under tight timeline whilst maintaining quality of deliverables


• Plans ahead, with a proven ability of meeting deadlines.


• Apply professional skepticism to identify when information may not be correct or may not make sense and understanding that one data set needs to reconcile to other in some way (which always needs to be presented)


• A personal drive for producing high quality work.


• Problem solving capability.


• Effective interpersonal skills and a team player


• Advanced MS Excel (SUMIF, VLOOKUP and Index match formulae), data manipulation and analysis


Professional Qualifications

• Graduate level education (or equivalent)


• Previous audit experience would be highly beneficial


• Qualified accountant: 3-5 years PQE, ACA/ ACCA/ CA(SA) or equivalent
  
  Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 18,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.
  
  People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.