Financial Reporting Senior Business Adviser Top 10 - London, United Kingdom - AJ Chambers

AJ Chambers

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Top 10 accountancy and business advisory firm, providing integrated advice and solutions to help businesses navigate a changing world.

Clients are Britains economic engine ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy.

Overview

Your opportunity to join a fast growing team in a vibrant and modern office environment to hone your financial reporting skills and help to drive the development of the Financial Reporting (FR) team.
FR is a specialist team, independent from audit, who sit within Business Services and Outsourcing (BSO). FR concentrate on complex financial reporting including preparation of complex financial statements under a range of accounting frameworks including FRS 102 and 101 as well as providing support to clients with auditor liaison, ad hoc technical queries, for example, accounting for mergers, demergers and technical training.
As an FR senior you will take responsibility for running assignments under manager supervision. You will take an active role in identifying potential issues and communicating the clients needs and potential solutions to the managers.
In addition to client facing work you will also work to provide support to the management team on departmental issues including coaching and feedback to more junior members of staff, ensuring compliance with the streams policies and procedures and the firms risk management procedures.
Key skills: Confident communicator, team player and able to research and resolve technical challenges.

Technical Responsibilities:

Prepare single and consolidated entity financial statements using all parts of the software including cashflow and consolidations
Prepare a consolidated cashflow statements for groups including foreign currency transactions, acquisitions and disposals
Identify potential issues with the consolidation along with the proposing solutions
Assist in research of complex technical area and offer solutions
Assist in preparing share options calculations including disclosures, and adding accounting entries to tax papers
Complies with the Ethics Standard 5 for nonaudit services
Understand the logic of a cashflow statement enabling issues to be identifies and solutions proposed

Commercial Responsibilities:

Start to manage a portfolio of clients
Maintain and build relationships with clients and ensure that all communications are conducted in a professional manner
Understanding the clients target aspirations, goals and needs whilst suggesting proposed solutions to them
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the commercial environment and its impact on the clients business, whilst demonstrating a clear understanding of the context of their work
Understands the finance and accounting functions generally performed by a business (eg sales, purchasing, A/R etc) and common best practices/processes for how they operate
Build trust and connect with the client by listening and showing empathy
Actively network professionally outside of BDO and seize opportunities for new professional contacts when presented
Identify business opportunities and looks at ways to improve the profitability of engagements
Accurately scope a new project and construct a fee estimate/budget for review
Monitors delivery against a project plan and intervenes as necessary to ensure engagements stay within budgets. Escalate as appropriate where required
Review the work of juniors and provide timely constructive feedback to enable the development and improvement of others technical ability

Personal Responsibilities:

Robust under pressure, demonstrating strong organisational skills
Demonstrates excellent analytical and research skills
Good team member who can encourage and support others at all levels
Results orientated
Selfmotivated and able to use own initiative
Excellent time management skills
Excellent client interacting and relationship building skills
Displays sound judgement on when to escalate or bring in other expertise to support clients
Embraces change with an adaptable and flexible working attitude
Able to think outside the box and bring prior experience to pragmatically provide solutions for clients.

Experience and professional Qualifications:

Qualified Accountant ACA, CA or equivalent
Experience in a trainee or senior role, including delivering statutory accounts preparation or audit services to large businesses.
Excellent working knowledge of financial reporting requirements as well as previous experience preparing statutory accounts, consolidations and cash flows.
Working knowledge of IFRSs.
Evidence of ability to research technical accounting matters.
Working knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulation and compliance, including antimoney laundering.
Working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Competent in the use of Caseware and other