Job Description

:Job Title: Group Reporting AccountantDepartment: Group External Reporting and Control teamM Group Services is the leading essential infrastructure services provider operating within water,energy, transport and telecommunication across the UK & Ireland. The Group is a rapidly growing (c.xc2xa31.6bn revenue), highly acquisitive PE owned Group. We are looking for a driven professional toJoin the Group External Reporting and Control team. There is great scope for this role to be involved in supporting M&A activities and transformation projects and make a real impact in this high-profile role that will have significant exposure to senior management.Responsibilities:

• Month end reporting and analysis for the Head office, providing insightful analysis of month end performance, identifying key variances, underlying causes, risks and opportunities to key stakeholders.
• Take full ownership of management accounts for holding companies, prepare and post journals,

review balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the shared service centre, assist and supply information to auditors for annual audit.

• Support on the Strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting for the Groupxe2x80x99s holding companies.
• Involvement in day to day communication with the subsidiaries, sending instructions, handling queries and raising enquiries on the financial submissions received.
• Support in the preparation of periodical consolidated reports and commentary to financial information and assist in driving a continuous improvement in financial reporting processes

Key Skills and qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant with relevant post qualification experience
• Committed team player with a proven ability to hit deadlines, in a fast-paced environment
• Strong focus on controls, processes, and continuous improvement
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships and to use these relationships to get results
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and operate with impact and influence
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of using Oracle would be advantageous but not essential

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