Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, is now recruiting for a Senior Group Technical Accountant in our Group Finance team.
We are seeking a technically strong, commercially aware, and collaborative Group Senior Accountant to support the Group’s external reporting, statutory reporting, and technical accounting requirements.
This role is responsible for leading the preparation of external reporting requirements, including statutory accounts, consolidated financial statements, and reporting documents for lenders, customers, owners, and investors. The Group Senior Accountant will also prepare technical accounting papers for complex transactions such as M&A, licence acquisitions, debt and refinancing activity, and other judgemental accounting areas, documenting well-supported accounting positions for internal stakeholders and external auditors.
• Prepare annual consolidated financial statements and reporting documents for submission to the Group’s lenders and support statutory reporting requirements. • Prepare annual statutory financial statements for entities within the Group’s holding structure, alongside ad‑hoc and recurring reporting documents required by customers, lenders, owners, and investors (including quarterly customer reporting and non‑statutory financial statements). • Create accounting journals and technical position papers for complex transactions, analysing applicable accounting standards, identifying key judgements, and documenting conclusions to support audit and regulatory requirements. • Support technical accounting areas including purchase price allocation for M&A, debt and refinancing accounting, impairment assessments, going‑concern assessments, IFRS 9 provisioning, PURP, and other complex Group accounting topics. • Act as a key point of contact between the business and external auditors, managing audit requests, leading walkthroughs, explaining key processes and accounting positions, resolving audit queries, and coordinating internal stakeholders to ensure timely audit milestones. • Oversee Group provisioning levels, deferred liability balances, and contingent liability balances, ensuring appropriate recognition, utilisation, burn‑down plans, and fully supportable reported balances. • Prepare technical accounting processes and initiatives, such as the capitalisation policy for costs associated with new licence integrations, site reporting packs, over‑time revenue recognition journals, monthly and quarterly journals, and the push‑down of Group accounting topics to statutory entities. • Support US GAAP to IFRS and UK GAAP to IFRS conversions, assist with ad‑hoc accounting policy changes and projects, and help update the Group Finance manual and communicate Group accounting policies. • Support Group month‑end reporting activities, provide guidance to entities worldwide on Group policy requirements and technical accounting issues, and identify process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. • Act as a key user and owner of the Group’s consolidation reporting system, OneStream, and support the tax department with local and consolidated tax provisions, local tax returns, and the posting of quarterly and annual tax charges. • Partner closely with site finance teams, including controllers, accounting and FP&A, as well as Legal, Business Development, Operations, PMO, IT, HR, external auditors, tax specialists, and the Group Treasurer.
At Ontic, our culture is integral to how we deliver success. We’re looking for someone who not only brings the right technical experience, but who will thrive in a culture of recognition, empowerment, and accountability.
We are looking for someone who is technically strong, commercially aware, and confident operating in a fast‑moving, demanding, and evolving business. You will be comfortable working with complexity, managing multiple stakeholders, and translating technical accounting matters into clear, practical guidance.