Finance Manager
Costain Group PLC
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Maidenhead • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Prepare and review legal entity consolidation packs, including ETB adjustments, on a quarterly basis, performing and understanding trend analysis on period movements.
- Prepare and review legal entity financial statements, ensuring they are accurate and compliant with the relevant technical standards and the Companies Act.
- Produce technical accounting calculations and disclosure notes for IFRS 16 leases, IFRS 9 expected credit loss model, IFRS 7 financial instruments, IFRS 2 share-based payments, IAS 33 earnings per share and IAS 24 related parties.
- Deliver high quality audit deliverables for technical accounting calculations and support the coordination of the audit.
- Write high quality technical accounting papers to support key accounting applications and judgements.
- Support the production of accurate and timely external statutory reporting for the group and related Board papers.
- Assist in the maintenance and promotion (e.g. through training) of the Costain manual of accounting.
- Support the business with technical accounting queries, reviewing papers/proposals where necessary.
- Develop the graduate placement in the team and ensure smooth task transfers through placement handovers.
- Drive standard processes through principles of simplification, standardisation, and, working with the wider team, automation where appropriate.
- Support the establishment and maintenance of an effective business control framework.
- Other ad hoc finance projects for the benefit of the business.
Requirements
- Qualifications ACA or ACCA Qualified Accountant with documented proof of experience.
- Experience in a similar finance role.
- Experience producing financial statements.
- Experience of consolidation accounting preferred.
- Experience of process and systems optimisation; working with Oracle Enterprise One, or similar ERP system, desirable.
- Managing projects and investigating unusual or complex transactions recommending appropriate accounting treatment.
Benefits
- Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
- We do share individual feedback following an interview.
- A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial statementsconsolidation accountingtechnical accounting calculationsIFRS 16IFRS 9IFRS 7IFRS 2IAS 33IAS 24audit deliverables
Soft Skills
trend analysishigh quality writingtrainingproject managementcommunicationteam collaborationprocess simplificationstandardisationautomationbusiness control framework
Certifications
ACAACCA