Senior Associate, Financial Reporting EMEA
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Description
The firm:
Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.
With over 10,000 people providing services across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M's restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
To learn more, visit: AlvarezandMarsal.com.
The team:
Joining the EMEA Finance Team located in Manchester which supports offices across Europe and the Middle East as part of the shared service function.
The Financial Reporting team, which forms part of the EMEA Finance team are responsible for all financial accounting and reporting for the EMEA business including but not limited to month end close, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany reconciliations, and statutory and compliance filings (VAT, Financial Statements etc).
The successful applicant will work alongside the EMEA Finance Team, external advisors, auditors, and the wider business as required.
Key Responsibilities:
Month end - GAAP
• Completing monthly close to global deadlines including preparation and posting of month-end journals
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including timely resolution of differences
• Preparation of monthly Fee Reconciliations
• Preparation of quarterly Intercompany Reconciliations and Invoicing, including working with our Treasury Team to ensure timely settlement of Intercompany Balances
Monthly local statutory accounts, fiscal and compliance
• Prepare monthly data packs for local accountants and share to agreed timelines
• On a monthly basis review and reconcile local GAAP / management accounts, understand differences and where appropriate make adjustments to GAAP and/or local books
• Liaise with external advisors, including auditors and local accountants.
• Support the local country audits ensuring a timely submission of Financial Statements, and also A&M Tax Team to ensure a timely submission of Corporation Tax and Transfer Pricing Returns
• Compile data for VAT and other fiscal returns and ensure these are correctly reported to the local fiscal authority on a timely basis and correctly accounted for in GAAP books
Other:
• Assist with the preparation of the financial statements, if required
• Liaising with Accounts Payable and Billing Teams to ensure that costs are correctly allocated to each business unit
• Assistance with ad-hoc projects as and when required
• Ensuring a robust control environment is operated and maintained
• Partner with the A&M Tax Team to extract General Ledger to assist in data the preparation of the PSA submission
Skills and qualifications:
• Part-Qualified accountant with some prior experience in industry
• Previous experience operating in an international multi-site business with exposure to FX transactions
• Experience of supporting the preparation of local GAAP financial statements
• Experience in VAT preparation, review and submission
• Good technical knowledge
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, previous experience of working using a Global ERP system
• Professional services industry experience is desirable
• Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines, results orientated and "can do" attitude
• A natural team player who can interact easily with colleagues and have strong communication skills
• Ability to work with large data sets, and comfortable with manual, detail driven processes
What can we offer you?
• Competitive salary
• Career development: A&M expects high performance and rewards individual contributions to the team's success
• The opportunity to work for a dynamic global organization and deal with the complexities of a Global business