Consolidation Manager – Technical Accountant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual IFRS consolidation process for the Group.

• Manage inputs, eliminations, intercompany balances, foreign exchange, and consolidation adjustments.

• Prepare and evaluate consolidated financial statements, along with supporting schedules and disclosures.

• Take ownership of the consolidation timetable and address issues with finance teams across the Group.

• Conduct technical accounting analyses for significant or complex transactions, including contract assessments.

• Draft accounting position papers that document facts, analyses, conclusions, and required actions.

• Coordinate and oversee the annual external audit process, serving as the primary liaison with auditors.

• Assist with acquisitions by conducting opening balance sheet reviews and integrating acquired entities into the Group's consolidation process.

• Maintain Group accounting policies and ensure consistent application across all entities.

• Identify and implement enhancements to consolidation, reporting, and financial close processes.

• Develop repeatable processes, documentation, and controls to elevate reporting quality and minimize manual efforts.

• Serve as a technical accounting partner to Finance, Legal, business leaders, and entity-level finance teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Professional accounting qualification or equivalent experience, such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, or a comparable qualification.

• Proven experience leading group consolidations and preparing consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS.

• Strong technical accounting expertise, including the ability to review contracts, evaluate complex transactions, and prepare well-reasoned accounting position papers.

• Experience managing an external audit cycle and serving as the primary contact for auditors.

• Background in, or closely supporting, a publicly traded company or another environment with stringent financial reporting and control requirements.

• Working knowledge of US GAAP, or the ability to assess and explain the relevant differences between IFRS and US GAAP in practice.

• A practical, solutions-oriented mindset: capable of identifying problems, determining causes, recommending fixes, and ensuring implementation.

• Preferred: experience with purchase price accounting, opening balance sheet reviews, and post-acquisition integration.

• Preferred: experience in a multi-entity, international group with operations across various currencies and jurisdictions.

• Preferred: experience in media, entertainment, technology, or video games.

• Preferred: experience enhancing consolidation tools, financial close processes, reporting systems, or internal controls.

• Preferred: Big Four training or experience, especially if followed by hands-on experience in a publicly traded or similarly complex company.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible hours

• Enhanced holiday

• Company sick pay

• Pension enrolment

• Annual pay reviews

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

• Dependants leave

• Career breaks

• Bi-annual appraisals

• Life insurance

• Health cash plan

• Mental health support through Saldo

• Metro pass and cycle schemes

• In-person and virtual events

• Access to previously released titles

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology