Controllership Accountant
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Job Location:
Warrington - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Controllership Accountant role is a key role within the accounting and finance organisation and will work closely with the UK&I Head of External Reporting. As part of a dynamic team you will support with the preparation of year end accounting and audit information for our UK & I legal entities provide month end close support for our international holding company structure where needed work with the UK&I Head of External Reporting to provide technical accounting advice across the region and respond to technical accounting and audit related queries from our external auditors.
Role responsibilities:
Providing timely and accurate technical accounting support to the Europe & India business including assisting with the UK & I external audit process preparing extended trial balances and statutory accounting notes and responding to auditor queries across 32 audited companies and the AECOM international holding company structure.
Ensuring UK & I statutory financial statements are accurate comply with local GAAP and legal regulations and are filed in accordance with local timescales including posting journal entries and supporting general ledger accounting for the month end close process.
Supporting the annual impairment assessment of investments in subsidiaries and assisting in the ongoing drive to reduce complexity and size of the legal entity structure by simplifying entities and liquidating legacy companies where possible.
Working with the offshore Global Business Services team to drive efficient production of statutory accounts using software whilst promoting continual improvement in accounts production processes and quality.
Building strong relationships with internal and external finance colleagues business partners advisors and key business leaders to support optimise and manage financial structures in place to support the business.
Supporting the implementation of new UK/US GAAP accounting standards and corporate accounting policies across the Europe and India region in conjunction with the Global Accounting team.
Participating in special projects including corporate restructurings significant transactions bid submissions and working with Tax Treasury and legal to ensure compliance and optimisation of tax treasury and finance matters.
Supporting the internal audit process throughout the period to ensure a strong internal control environment that is compliant with public company requirements and AECOM policies.
Qualifications :
Minimum requirements
- Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
- Chartered Accountancy Qualification (ACA ACMA ACCA CIMA CPA or similar)
- Good Microsoft Office skills including Outlook Excel PowerPoint and Word
- Experience in accounting and reporting: specifically technical financial reporting and audit in a public company environment
- Must be pro-active and demonstrate ability to see things through to the end
- Ability to manage the detail but also understand the bigger picture
- Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple duties in a fast-paced environment
- Must be motivated work independently as well as part of a team
- Willingness to work with multiple different colleagues across different geographical regions on a variety of initiatives
- Good technical accounting knowledge and theoretical knowledge in financial reporting
Preferred skills and experiences
- Engineering & Construction project management contract accounting experience preferred
- Experience of accounts production software / Shared Service environment preferred
- US GAAP and multi-national company experience preferred
Additional Information :
About AECOM
AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.
Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Internal Audit
- Accounting Tally
- General Ledger Accounting
- External Audit
- Microsoft Excel
- PMP
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Analysis
- Payroll
- Financial Recouncilation
- Financial statement
- Accounting and Finance
- ACCA
- CPA
- Financial Reporting
About Company
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients ... View more
