Financial Reporting Assurance Accountant - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Experian

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    Grade: EB8/D

    Hiring Manager: Jonathan Baugh

    Location: SJP/Hybrid

    This is an exciting opportunity to join the Global Finance team at Experian. This will be reporting into the Global Financial Controller, the Group Financial Reporting team are the gatekeepers of finance across the Group. Responsibility for implementation and adherence to Group accounting policies is only part of it; the team play a key part in:

  • Delivering the Groups external results and internal month end processes
  • Developing a robust control framework while driving excellent data quality for decision making
  • Balance sheet review and risk management
  • Cash flow forecasting and management of capital expenditure
  • Audit relationship management and statutory obligation compliance
  • Management and identification of accounting risk and opportunity
  • Providing accounting guidance to regional finance teams
  • Accounting for complex areas and transactions
  • Perform Expert Reviews

  • Review the accounting for acquisitions and other complex transactions.
  • Form part of the second line of defence over work from specialists, reviewing outputs from tax and treasury etc.
  • Assist in the delivery of accounting papers and audit committee documents
  • Support and guidance

  • Develop and maintain a strong technical expertise
  • Assist regional finance teams with ad-hoc accounting queries
  • Provide guidance for new accounting issues across the Group
  • External reporting

  • Review of disclosures in the Group's financial statements and external tax report to ensure their accuracy
  • Deliver robust quality control procedures over all areas of the Group's external reporting
  • Assist in the completion of Q&A analysis over the Group's results
  • Qualifications

  • Degree qualified with an appropriate professional qualification (ACA etc.)
  • Strong technical accounting knowledge
  • Experience of audit and statutory processes preferred
  • Highly numerate with ability to quickly understand and challenge complex workpapers
  • Professional scepticism with an ability to detect weaknesses in explanations and tenacity to track down an answer
  • Excellent communicator – both written and verbal
  • Strong interpersonal skills – ability to form and leverage relationships