Role Description
Support accurate financial reporting, effective business planning, or tax compliance through reliable analysis and well-maintained records. Work with finance colleagues, business teams, and external advisers to meet reporting deadlines, explain financial results, and manage obligations within the assigned remit.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and review financial records, reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation.
- Analyze transactions and investigate discrepancies, escalating significant issues.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reporting activities.
- Maintain accurate data in accounting, reporting, or tax systems.
- Prepare reports and explain findings clearly to relevant stakeholders.
- Support audits, reviews, and information requests.
- Follow internal controls, approval procedures, and confidentiality requirements.
- Monitor deadlines and coordinate inputs from relevant teams.
- Improve reporting accuracy, documentation, and process efficiency.
- Research technical questions and seek specialist guidance where appropriate.
Role-Specific Responsibilities
- Accountant: Maintain general ledger accounts, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, and support financial statements and statutory reporting under applicable accounting requirements.
- Management Accountant: Prepare budgets, forecasts, management reports, and cost analyses. Explain performance variances and support pricing, profitability, and resource allocation decisions.
- Tax Analyst: Prepare tax calculations, returns, and supporting schedules for assigned tax areas. Reconcile tax balances, research relevant requirements, and support filings, enquiries, and reviews under appropriate supervision.
Qualifications
- Relevant experience in accounting, management accounting, taxation, or a related finance role.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statements.
- Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with accounting or ERP systems.
- Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate supporting records.
- Clear communication and effective collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage recurring deadlines and competing priorities.
- Professional integrity and discretion when handling sensitive information.
- A degree in accounting, finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional training and practical experience.
- Accountant: Knowledge of general ledger processes, reconciliations, financial close, and reporting.
- Management Accountant: Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, costing, and performance analysis.
- Tax Analyst: Knowledge of tax principles and compliance processes relevant to the jurisdictions and tax areas supported.
Preferred Qualifications
- Progress toward or completion of a relevant qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or a recognized tax credential.
- Experience supporting multi-entity or international operations.
- Familiarity with reporting automation, business intelligence, or specialist tax software.
- Accountant: Experience with external audits and statutory accounts preparation.
- Management Accountant: Experience partnering with operational teams and developing financial models.
- Tax Analyst: Exposure to corporate income tax, indirect tax, withholding tax, or transfer pricing documentation, as relevant.
Scope by Role
- Accountant: Focuses on accurate accounting records, financial close, and financial reporting.
- Management Accountant: Provides financial insights that support planning, cost management, and business performance.
- Tax Analyst: Supports accurate tax calculations, timely filings, and resolution of tax-related queries within the assigned scope.