Senior Group Reporting Accountant

Summary: The Senior Group Reporting Accountant role is a 12-month contract position focused on supporting statutory reporting activities for a listed group. The successful candidate will prepare the group's Annual Report and Accounts, manage audits, and ensure compliance with relevant standards. This position requires collaboration with senior finance stakeholders and involves working under tight deadlines. The role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week in either the Perth or Glasgow office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and review disclosures and supporting information for key notes in the consolidated financial statements, ensuring timely delivery of ARA, Preliminary Results, and Interim Results.
• Manage key controls over the group consolidation process.
• Review subsidiary financial statements and manage audits for certain corporate and holding entities.
• Act as a super-user for the group’s accounts production software (Thomson-Reuters OneSource), supporting divisional users preparing subsidiary accounts.
• Support financial reporting projects, including new accounting standards adoption, investment/divestment activities, and system implementations.
• Assist in implementing UK SOX requirements for financial reporting processes, ensuring robust compliance with relevant legislation, codes, and standards.

Key Skills:

• Fully qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, ICAS, or equivalent) with at least 5 years of post-qualified experience in financial reporting or external audit.
• Previous experience with listed PLC reporting and consolidation processes is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and corporate governance requirements.
• Excellent interpretative and analytical skills, with the ability to tackle complex technical accounting issues.
• Strong focus on continuous improvement and process efficiency.
• Able to manage multiple complex tasks independently and effectively under pressure.
• High level of personal resilience, initiative, and drive.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Experience with Thomson-Reuters OneSource would be advantageous.
• Strong understanding of statutory reporting, consolidation systems, and related workflows.

Salary (Rate): £415 per day

City: Undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: Hybrid

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Energy