Job Description

Mazars is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.Are you a high performing financial accountant looking for a new challenge? We are looking for an experienced finance professional to support to the Head of Management and Financial Reporting, If this sounds like something you\'d be interested in, this is the role for you.About the teamOur Business Services team is a collective of creative, strategic, forward-thinking business enablers. Together the People & Culture, Marketing & Communications, IT, Operations, Finance and Quality & Risk Management teams make it their mission to ensure Mazars has the right tools, technology, strategies and services in place to deliver exceptional client service and future-proof our growing business.About the role

• In your role you will play a key part in supportingthe Head of Management and Financial Reporting, in preparing timely, accurate and high quality reporting and financial information. You\'ll be responsible for the UK Consolidated and Subsidiary financial statements, and other key reporting whilst maintaining and ensuring compliance with the relevant accounting standards and other regulatory guidelines.
• Preparation of consolidated annual statutory financial statements for UK Mazars Group (under IFRS) and UK subsidiary companies (under FRS102).
• Identify and implement new or amendments to changes within the financial reporting standards, making recommendations to management, identifying risks to the business and addressing these.
• Lead the engagement with the external auditors and the Audit & Risk committee, to include planning, preparation, delivery and published statutory reports within agreed timetables.
• Preparation and management of the audit deliverables / information.
• Submission to Group of year end consolidation pack and monthly management reporting.
• Prepare and submit VAT & GST returns to include associated reconciliations.
• Quarterly and annual reporting to 3rd parties including surveys.
• Accounting for Corporation Tax for UK and overseas corporate entities, including provision of information to the Internal Tax Team.
• Prepare and manage balance sheet reconciliations relating to investments, intangibles, goodwill, deferred consideration, reserves and various tax accounts.
• Review and reconcile partner transactions and prepare partner current account and partner statistic information.
• Leading on, and improving the year end reporting processes.
• Providing support and assistance across the wider Finance team during peak periods which may include managing team colleagues and taking other tasks.
• Other ad hoc and project work as directed by the Head of Management and Financial Reporting, and working closely with the Management Accountants and Management accounts team.

What are we looking for?

• Qualified accountant - ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent with experience within a similar role
• Sound knowledge of IFRS and FRS102 and worked in a role directly applying key standards within these frameworks
• Intermediate/advanced excel skills, familiar with using formulae, filters, pivots and lookups
• Caseware or Microsoft Dynamics experience advantageous
• Able to work to tight deadlines and manage pressure.
• Innovative and positive mindset to make transformational change where identified to increase efficiency and service delivery
• Confident to lead meetings with senior stakeholders

About MazarsMazars is a leading international professional services firm delivering exceptional quality in audit, accounting, tax, financial advisory, outsourcing and consulting.We are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action.At Mazars, we celebrate individuality and thrive on teamwork. We give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and make an impact so that everyone can reach their full potential.Being inclusive is core to our culture at Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond is fully supported to be their unique self. To read more about our approachOur aim is to make the recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible - please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

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