Responsibilities: * Lead the accounting for certain companies including monthly and quarterly ledger entries and interactions with Controlling, Treasury, UFS and CoCC. * Lead on certain areas of the financial statements * Act as subject matter lead on certain processes and topics * Represent the ABP in appropriate forums. * Drive continuous improvement in own areas. * Be responsible for the accounting for certain client operational sites and businesses. * Prepare balance sheet and account reconciliations for certain companies and certain balance sheet items * Develop strong working relationships to ensure that there is knowledge of the business and its expected developments with a view to converting this into the consequent impact on financial statements and to validate the accuracy of the statements. * Preparation of any supplemental information required on a monthly and quarterly basis for the Centre of Competence for Consolidation. * Ensure that information provided by the businesses is validated and challenged prior to being processed by UFS. * Prepare statutory accounts for businesses where responsibility lies. * Ensure that the group reporting packages are technically correct and in accordance with the client accounting manual and International Financial Reporting Standards. * Ensure that the accounting ledgers are compliant with UK tax requirements (Corporation tax, VAT, PAYE etc). * Liaise with external audit to fully support audits. Qualifications/skills required: Essential: * A degree or equivalent level qualification. * Strong IT skills and IT literate, with Excel being a prerequisite. * Excellent numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data. * Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong working relationships. * Flexibility to work to tight timescales. * A relevant professional accounting qualification (fully/partly qualified)