Senior Statutory Accountant

<p><span><b>Job Title</b></span></p>Senior Statutory Accountant<p><b><span>Job Description Summary</span></b></p>Supporting the EMEA Financial Controller in the successful delivery of legal entity Controllership, ensuring compliance with local policy. <br/>This role involves partnering with both internal and external stakeholders, including outsourced service providers and consultants. The role requires a driven individual to deliver on the regular reporting requirements for local GAAP compliance, highly motivated and engaged to deliver timely and accurate financial information. <br/>The successful candidate will be primarily tasked with supporting the statutory audit processes for EMEA entities and the preparation and review of the statutory financial statements for these EMEA entities.<p><span><b>Job Description</b></span></p><p><b>Core responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>Manage the statutory audit processes, including co-ordination between the auditors, outsourced providers in India (FSC), the business and retained finance across the clusters as the key C&amp;W contact for external Auditor</li><li>Improve process to minimise the cost of SFS production, review and audit including optimisation of system functionality and automation and ensuring the best use of the FSC.</li><li>Pro-actively manage external Auditor, ensuring that all PBC deliverables are delivered on time. </li><li>Manage responses audit queries and findings.</li><li>Support CIT (Corporation Tax) computation process that is owned by the in-house Tax department.</li><li>Support legal entity rationalisation projects, providing technical accounting guidance as required.</li><li>Provide intercompany balance confirmations to support local overseas audit requirements.</li><li>Create efficiencies through continuous improvement of processes.</li><li>Assist with ad-hoc projects and tasks as they arise</li></ul><p><b>Qualifications, Skills, knowledge &amp; experience:</b></p><p>The ideal candidate will have experience working in a professional working environment, with an interest in commercial real estate:</p><ul><li>Degree in <span>Finance/Accounting/Economics</span></li><li>Minimum two – three years experience in relevant accounting or finance roles</li><li>Excellent communication in English</li><li>Strong technical accounting skills. IFRS Essential.</li><li>Proven project management skills to facilitate coordination of key stakeholders.</li><li>Excellent attention to detail and an organized, logical approach is essential.</li><li>Excellent communicator, organizational and interpersonal skills.</li><li>Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, a ‘key thinker’ who manages deadlines.</li><li>Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to complex accounting entries.</li><li>Adaptable and energetic, with ability to work as part of a team, as well as under their own initiative.</li><li>Chartered Accountant qualification is an advantage.</li><li>Workday (ERP) and Hyperion (HDM) experience is an advantage.</li><li>Experience working in a large, global company is an advantage.</li></ul><p></p><br/><p></p><br/><p></p><br/><p></p><p></p><br/><p></p><p></p><br/><p></p><p></p><br/><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>INCO: “Cushman &amp; Wakefield”