Overview
Murphy is recruiting for a Record to Report (RTR) Team Leader to work within the Finance Shared Service Team at Stone Cross, Wigan (WA3 3JD). Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the USA, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. We are committed to fostering an engaging and collaborative work environment in which each person\'s career is nurtured and developed, with a focus on employee development, innovation and a positive work-life balance.
A day in the life of a Murphy Record to Report Team Leader
Responsibilities
* Managing the performance of accounting activities related to the maintenance of complete and accurate general ledger and management accounts across all areas of the JMS Group.
* Ensuring information is processed within the RTR area in line with Group Timetable and SSC SLAs to ensure a timely month end reporting cycle and the production of complete and accurate management accounts.
* Handling items of a more complex and sensitive nature and providing sign-off or approval where required for journals and Balance Sheet reconciliations.
* Delivering timely and accurate information to Group Finance, Head of Tax for external and internal reporting.
* Recruiting, managing and developing the RTR team, as well as reviewing their work to ensure quality and compliance.
* Acting as a business-facing responsible partner to all Finance and Commercial colleagues, articulating and reporting all business unit / legal entity headlines within Profit/Loss and Balance Sheet arenas.
* Ensuring complete transparency of all Profit/Loss and balance sheet open items on a monthly basis, providing executive reporting to Key Stakeholders.
* Delivering accounting activities in a controlled, documented, timely manner, supporting all aspects of query management and resolution.
* Delivering Balance Sheet assurance through completed, accurate reconciliations in a timely manner, supporting all aspects of query management and resolution.
* Ensuring that accounting ledgers, management accounts, journals and associated supporting documents, schedules, and reports, and analyses are accurately prepared and maintained.
* Performing complex reconciliations for the balance sheet and profit and loss account as per the Group\'s agreed reconciliation processes and reviewing the balance sheet reconciliations produced by the team.
* Managing the timely allocation of tasks for the month end process.
* Raising inter-company charges/invoices as required, agreeing intercompany settlements on a monthly basis.
* Preparing regular and ad-hoc allocation of costs to business units, functions or group companies, ensuring no stranded costs and that reallocations are actioned promptly.
* Providing routine and special requests for reports or analysis for internal groups, external auditors, end of project/completion audits by customers, affiliated companies and regulatory agencies.
* Applying appropriate financial control and governance by adhering to the group accounting manual, policies and control framework to support successful external audit outcomes.
* Supporting the group audit and compliance programme and the ability to lead and deliver RTR innovation projects.
* Providing analysis, data and explanations as requested for statutory and regulatory financial reporting.
* Using D365 to support the RTR function including all reporting requirements.
* Ensuring compliance with accounting principles and standards and the SSC\'s SLAs and recognizing and communicating potential issues/risks on a monthly basis.
Qualifications
* Required: CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified or equivalent; strong academic record; experience of working in Finance in a commercial business, ideally in a large organisation of a similar size and structure.
* Desirable: Strong RTR experience, preferably in a Shared Services environment; good knowledge of Finance ERP systems; proven experience of successfully managing a small team of qualified and part-qualified accountants; construction industry knowledge or industries with complex contractual arrangements; extensive knowledge of General Ledger and processes; working knowledge of using Power BI and data warehouses; fluency in written and oral English; exposure to VAT returns, PSA returns and completing corporation tax packs; good analytical skills and sound judgment; experience of accounting for joint arrangements/ventures; practical working knowledge of Project Accounting along with excellent bookkeeping and reconciliation skills.
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