Accountant (Group Reporting)

ID

2024-13308

Element has an opportunity for a new Accountant (Group Reporting) to join and strengthen a best-in-class, growing Group finance function. This is a permanent role and is a great opportunity to develop your career within a global business and add value to the team.

The role will work within our Group Reporting and Financial Control team and requires partnering with various key finance stakeholders cross-border. Stakeholders will include Group FP&A and finance systems, tax, shared service centre finance teams and local finance contacts worldwide.

Reporting to the Group Finance Director with key elements of the role to include:

• Assisting with the preparation of the year end glossy annual report in conjunction with Group Communications team
• Assisting with implementing financial controls and process improvements across the wider Group
• Assisting with month end reporting, including the review and reporting of Group IFRS results
• Supporting with the interpretation of IFRS standards together with the application of judgement to determine recommendations on accounting treatment
• Supporting with M&As
• Supporting the Head of Reporting & Financial Control with the year-end audit in providing information requested by the external auditors
• Offering proactive resolution of accounting queries from Shared Service Centres and local finance teams

• Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g ACA, CPA, ACCA), with some post qualification experience
• Experience working within a professional accounting practice
• Experience with financial controls and processes
• Solid understanding of all IFRS technical accounting standards is required for this role
• Flexible and comfortable with a transformation setting
• Self-starter with ability to work autonomously, on own initiative
• Experience working in a multi-currency environment and a global business
• Experience with Consolidation and Group reporting

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.