Group Accountant

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Bristol based business

Your new role
Join a nonperforming finance function driving global consistency, accuracy and automation.We're looking for a detail-driven Group Accountant to join our Global Accounting Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bristol. You'll spend at least three days a week in our Bristol office, with flexibility to work from home for part of the week. Existing remote arrangements recorded in Fusion will continue where applicable.A world of potentialOur Global Accounting CoE coordinates and oversees month-end close activities - supported by the offshore teams in India.The team manage the majority of monthly journal postings, sub-ledger accounting (Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Intercompany), and balance sheet reconciliations for Financial Control.With a 20-person team focused on globalised, standardised and automated processes, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a truly international finance environment. The role you'll love As a Group Accountant, you'll play a key role in ensuring month-end close is delivered efficiently, accurately and to timetable. You'll oversee accounting processes performed by our offshore provider, review journals and reconciliations, and support one of our core sub-towers - General Ledger, Intercompany, Fixed Assets or Cash Management.You'll also work closely with Financial Control, respond to auditor queries, and help drive continuous improvement across our global processes.Key responsibilities include:

• Month-end journals prepared to group timetable and playbook standards
• Intercompany, fixed asset and balance sheet reconciliations completed accurately and on time
• Quality assurance of offshore processing, including reporting, feedback and training
• Initial P&L reviews to ensure accuracy of results
• Balance sheet integrity, with timely escalation of judgemental items
• SOP review to ensure alignment with global ways of working
• Process improvement to support standardisation and automation

• Several years' experience in an accounting role, ideally within a large, global business
• Strong understanding of accounting standards and financial terminology
• Experience using complex financial systems such as Oracle or SAP
• Confidence maintaining and reviewing Excel-based reports, journals and reconciliations
• High attention to detail, analytical thinking and strong organisational skills
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to engage stakeholders including tax, audit and commercial finance
• Experience working with or reviewing the output of offshore teams
• Studying towards ACA/CA/ACCA/CIMA with no more than four exams remaining

• Flexible working options available.
• Parking.
• Study support.