Head of Technical Accounting

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• Collaborate with customer-centric experts
• Embrace cultural diversity in our global team

Where your skills ignite opportunities & you will elevate your skills in a stretching, rewarding, and meaningful environment. At Eutelsat Group, we're united by inclusion and diversity, striving for gender balance and social responsibility, on Earth and in Space.

Who You Are:

You are the Head of Technical Accounting for the Financial Department, you will be responsible for all the accounting operations.

What You'll Do:

• Technical accounting expert within the Group
  • Serve as the subject matter expert within the Group for all accounting judgements and complexities, with a particular focus on:
    • Revenue accounting applying IFRS 15 to complex customer contracts
    • Accounting for capital projects applying IAS 16/38
    • Accounting for the Group's M&A activity, including acquisition accounting and accounting for divestments.
  • Accounting advisory with commercial, operational and other teams in advance of contracts being agreed to advise on accounting implications of proposed agreements.
  • Preparing accounting analysis to serve as the Group's accounting papers to justify and support the Group's accounting conclusions.

• Ownership of accounting policies of the Eutelsat Group
  • Maintain and update the Group Consolidation Manual
  • Lead on the evaluation and assessment of the Group's accounting policies in response to changes in accounting standards and other developments.

• Managing and working effectively with external advisors and auditors
  • Proactively and effectively managing external auditors (including where relevant across the Group's global jurisdictions).
  • Where relevant, managing and working productively with the Group's external advisors.

• Contribute to the production of the Group's external reporting, including annual and interim financial statements
  • Provide technical guidance on reporting requirements, including in relation to information required for disclosure in the financial statements

What it Takes:

• 8+ years of experience in accounting in an international environment
• Master degree in finance / accounting / economics
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong communication and presentation skills working with multiple peer groups and levels of management

Where You'll Be: London, United Kingdom.

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This role is a Eutelsat Group job opening; all our open roles are posted on the current OneWeb and Eutelsat websites. Please note that when you are applying, your application may be seen by both teams.

The Eutelsat Group treats the protection of personal data submitted to it seriously. By submitting this application, you agree to the collection and retention of your personal data by the Eutelsat group and acknowledge notice of, and understand the terms of Eutelsat's Privacy Policy (as amended from time to time).

This role is a Eutelsat Group job opening; all of our open roles are posted on the current OneWeb and Eutelsat websites. Please note that when you are applying, your application may be seen by both teams.