Group Lease Accountant
IVC Evidensia UK
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Keynsham • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Review and approve information entered into the lease system of record, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with established controls.
- Manage and validate lease calculation outputs, ensuring correct classification, measurement and application of IFRS 16 rules.
- Investigate and resolve lease‑related operational enquiries in coordination with Lease Administrators, GBS, country finance teams and Property/Legal stakeholders.
- Review lease workflows, confirm expected complexity, and ensure correct routing and treatment of lease updates, acquisitions and amendments.
- Support Lease Administrators by validating corrections, resolving data discrepancies and providing operational guidance on lease matters.
- Monitor and oversee lessor‑specific and lease‑specific tasks such as rate management, ensuring correct inputs and periodic updates.
- Support Group Lease Management Accountant on operational lease reporting, ensuring accuracy of data used by Group Accounting, FP&A and other stakeholders.
- Review and approve IFRS 16 reporting outputs and support socialisation of results across relevant teams.
- Support budgeting and forecasting activities by validating lease‑related inputs and ensuring alignment with operational assumptions.
- Collaborate with the Group Lease Management Accountant and Group Lease Junior Management Accountant on reconciliation activities, asset checks and clearance of discrepancies.
- Contribute to audit activities by preparing supporting schedules, responding to queries and ensuring documentation is fully maintained.
- Identify and implement process improvements to support efficiency, data quality and strengthened internal controls.
- Provide guidance, day‑to‑day support and quality oversight to Lease Administrators and act as an escalation point for lease processing matters.
Requirements
- Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or relevant experience in a lease accounting role.
- Working knowledge of IFRS 16 and practical application within a multi-entity environment.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to review data for completeness and accuracy.
- Ability to manage and manipulate data using Excel (including pivot tables, lookups and data validation).
- Strong problem-solving approach and ability to work independently when required.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high quality outputs.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across functions and countries.
- Experience with lease accounting tools (e.g., BDO Lead) and/or ERP systems (e.g., Oracle Fusion, SAP) is a strong advantage.
- Experience working in a multisite, multicurrency or geographically dispersed organisation.
- Understanding of upstream lease processes (e.g., Property, Legal, AP).
- Experience contributing to process improvements or transformation projects.
Benefits
- Work-life balance
- 26 days annual leave
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
- Pension
- Discretionary Bonus
- Discounted staff pet care
- Dog Friendly office
- Free Parking available at Head Office
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
lease accountingIFRS 16data analysisExcelnumerical skillsdata validationprocess improvementsbudgetingforecastingaudit preparation
Soft Skills
problem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationcollaborationindependenceoperational guidancequality oversightanalytical skillsdata manipulationsupport
Certifications
ACAACCACIMA