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Day to day duties will include:
Financial Reporting & Consolidation
- Support the preparation and delivery of Group consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS.
- Lead the month-end and quarter-end consolidation cycle, ensuring reporting outputs are accurate, complete and delivered within agreed timelines.
- Prepare and review financial statement disclosures, reconciliations and supporting analysis for external reporting requirements.
- Review consolidation journals, intercompany eliminations and adjustment entries to ensure financial information is reported correctly.
- Ensure compliance with Group accounting policies, financial reporting standards and governance requirements.
- Assist with the implementation of new accounting standards and evolving reporting obligations.
Statutory Compliance & Reporting
- Coordinate the preparation and completion of statutory financial statements across Group entities.
- Partner with local finance teams and external advisors to manage country-specific reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, regulatory obligations and statutory filing requirements.
- Manage reporting timetables and monitor key deadlines to ensure timely submissions.
- Prepare and maintain supporting schedules, reconciliations and documentation to support statutory reporting activities.
- Drive consistency, standardisation and efficiency across statutory reporting processes.
Tax Reporting & Compliance
- Coordinate corporate tax compliance activities, including the preparation and submission of tax returns.
- Manage relationships with external tax advisors and review the quality and accuracy of deliverables provided.
- Support the preparation of tax provisions and associated reporting requirements.
- Assist with the preparation of tax disclosures within Group and statutory financial statements.
- Support responses to tax authority enquiries, audits and information requests.
- Monitor changes in tax legislation and assess the impact on reporting and compliance obligations.
Audit Coordination
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors during interim and year-end audit engagements.
- Coordinate the timely delivery of audit requests and supporting information across the wider finance function.
- Monitor audit progress and ensure queries are addressed effectively and within agreed deadlines.
- Support the planning and execution of statutory and Group audit activities.
- Work collaboratively with auditors and internal stakeholders to resolve technical accounting and reporting matters.
Governance, Controls & Process Enhancement
- Maintain a robust control environment across consolidation, external reporting, statutory reporting and tax activities.
- Ensure financial reporting processes are supported by appropriate documentation, governance and audit trails.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve efficiencies and enhance reporting quality.
- Support the development and enhancement of reporting systems, templates and control frameworks.
- Contribute to finance transformation initiatives and continuous improvement programmes across the function. xwwtmva
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